Gnome Login Font

[David Abrahams]

Glenn J. Mason <glenn at glennji.com> writes:

>> I know this is a really silly thing, but it's been bugging me ever
>> since I installed Dapper.  The font used for userid and password on
>> the Gnome login screen looks too big; in particular, the dots that
>> represent the password sit right on the bottom of the password box.
>> Is there a way to tune this without rebuilding GDM?
>
> GDM is themeable, and the themes live in /usr/share/gdm/themes.
>
> I think Human is the default theme for Ubuntu 6.06 -- if you don't
> want to get into making your own themes, just edit
> /usr/share/gdm/themes/Human/Human.xml and change the fonts you'll
> find within.  (Although you should probably copy the Human directory
> to, say, HumanSmallFonts, edit the xml file, then tell GDM to use
> that new theme via gdmsetup (Administration -> Login Window).

I'm not using the "Human" theme, but a custom variation on
Clearlooks.  However, I don't see /usr/share/gdm/themes/clearlooks in
there.


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Dave Abrahams
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