App fonts too big in Ubuntu

darkixion

I've noticed that some applications I run have huge fonts. I can fix this temporarily by selecting Appearance from the Gnome menus, and changing the DPI for fonts down by 1, then back up by 1 then re-applying, but next time I boot up they're big again.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

Thom

LegacyUser

I had a similar problem in openSUSE and i found that reducing the DPI from 96 to 85 or something would make fonts smaller.
Also, gnome-settings-daemon needs to be running at start for the settings to be applied next time.

kryptikos

The quickest way to adjust the fonts is by running:

$ sudo gnome-font-properties

This thread also had an interesting fix by editing a script to set the gtkrc:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/changing-font-size-style-in-gnome-how-613847/

Hope that helps a bit