Re: Interface font

On Thursday 06 July 2006 17:50, Andy Korvemaker wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:27:13 -0500 (CDT), "Lars Eighner" said:
> > > --- Lars Eighner wrote:
> > >> How can I adjust the interface font. That is the font used in the
> > >> toolbars and menus, not the font used in documents.
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> > > AbiWord uses the GTK+ 2.0 toolkit. You should consult their
> > > documentation on the matter.
> >
> > So your answer is:
> > a) you don't know
> > b) you do know but you won't tell me
>
> Oh, he knows. Dom knows all. :-)
>
> I don't think there is a simple answer. I know when I was running GNOME,
> setting the default font for programs set it for AbiWord as well. So...
> (going from memory) that would probably be under something like
> Preferences -> Fonts on the GNOME menu bar.
>
> If you're not using GNOME, I'm not sure how to change the GTK defaults.
> There's probably some program available, and it's likely a setting in a
> text file, perhaps ~/.gtkrc or something similar. But I'm guessing. I'm
> on a Mac now, so I can't check it on my own system.
>
> Google pointed me to
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-July/013413.html
> That may help.
>
> andy

Gnome seems to be fading a bit. I use Slackware and the entire
Gnome suite has been deleted. This means that whatever version I
now have of Abiword is probably the one I will use in perpetuity.

It is perhaps too late for Abiword to adopt a new interface, but
the persistent use of Gnome seems to limit the audience a bit.

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