Reduce font size. System > Preference > Appearance > Fonts, doesn't work

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jun 19 01:00:55 UTC 2011


On 06/18/2011 02:56 AM, Icarus Alive wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Running Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop 32-bit, as guest, in VirtualBox 4.x
> (64-bit). I've tried to reduce the font-size via:
> System > Preference > Appearance > Fonts
> i.e. everything to 8pt size.
> 
> and for many applications (for example the terminal window), this
> change has taken effect. However unlike my 10.10 desktop setup (also
> running in the same VirtualBox setup), where such a change reduced all
> font sizes, in case of 11.04, I find that the font displayed for
> gnome-panel (top & bottom), the application window title bar, are all
> at the default font size. How can I change this ?

In Fonts: Application font is the one that you'll want to adjust. Just
try making larger/smaller & click OK. You should see an immediate change
in the panel font size.






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