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 | | From: | Sabrina Firme Rosalém | | Subject: | Changing default fonts for Linux | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:58:58 -0200 |
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 | Hi,
I like the default font configuration that comes with Opera for Windows.
Although I always have problems with the default configuration for Linux,
whatever Linux distribution I use.
In Linux, it's quite normal to have a 1024x768 screen resolution. Although
almost all programs and the window manager have a good font configuration,
that doesn't happen to Opera, where the fonts are too small for a
confortable reading.
Another difficult I always find is to change the font configuration. I'd be
glad if there was an option to change all fonts at once. Changing them one
by one is very boring.
It would also be useful if there was what I'll try to explain. If it is not
very clear, ask me to try again...
There is a list of opera fonts ("Interface menus", "Interface dialogs",
etc...) in the fonts preferences. For most of them, there is also an option
"(Default) - XXX". I don't know what is this default about. When I change
the default fonts for KDE, that font doesn't seem to change. My suggestion
is that we could have another default (say, "(Opera default) - YYY"), that
we could reference for each element in the mentioned list of opera fonts. I
mean, if I set "Interface menus" to "(Opera default) - YYY" and change the
"Opera default" for "ZZZ", automatically the "Interface menus" would get
changed, like all other fonts referencing to "Opera default".
It's easier to implement it then to explain it... Did you got it?
Thank you very much for this great browser
and have a Happy New Year for all of you!
With friendly regards,
Sabrina.
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| | From: | Steven V. Gunhouse | | Subject: | Re: Changing default fonts for Linux | | Date: | Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:03:15 GMT |
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| On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:58:58 -0200, Sabrina Firme Rosalém
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I like the default font configuration that comes with Opera for Windows.
> Although I always have problems with the default configuration for Linux,
> whatever Linux distribution I use.
> In Linux, it's quite normal to have a 1024x768 screen resolution.
> Although
> almost all programs and the window manager have a good font
> configuration,
> that doesn't happen to Opera, where the fonts are too small for a
> confortable reading.
>
> Another difficult I always find is to change the font configuration. I'd
> be
> glad if there was an option to change all fonts at once. Changing them
> one
> by one is very boring.
>
> It would also be useful if there was what I'll try to explain. If it is
> not
> very clear, ask me to try again...
>
> There is a list of opera fonts ("Interface menus", "Interface dialogs",
> etc...) in the fonts preferences. For most of them, there is also an
> option
> "(Default) - XXX". I don't know what is this default about. When I change
> the default fonts for KDE, that font doesn't seem to change. My
> suggestion
> is that we could have another default (say, "(Opera default) - YYY"),
> that
> we could reference for each element in the mentioned list of opera
> fonts. I
> mean, if I set "Interface menus" to "(Opera default) - YYY" and change
> the
> "Opera default" for "ZZZ", automatically the "Interface menus" would get
> changed, like all other fonts referencing to "Opera default".
>
> It's easier to implement it then to explain it... Did you got it?
If you are using KDE, then the "Default" is whatever is set as default in
KDE. Opera uses Qt, since KDE also uses Qt, whatever you set as default in
KDE becomes the default in Qt.
If you don't have KDE but you are using a Qt-shared version of Opera, then
you can use a program such as qtconfig to set the default font in Qt, or
you can manually edit the files in your home directory. (Like all Linux
config files, they are just ASCII text and can be edited in a text editor
if you have some idea what to set them to.)
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