Font Preferences
Use the Font preference tool
to select the fonts to use in your applications, windows, terminals, and desktop.
Table 8.4, “Font Preferences” lists the font preferences that
you can modify.
Table 8.4. Font Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
Application
font
|
Click on the font selector button to select a font to use in your applications. |
Desktop font
|
Click on the font selector button to select
a font to use on your desktop only. |
Window title font
|
Click on the font selector button to select
a font to use in the titlebars of your windows. |
Terminal font
|
Click on the font selector button to select
a font to use in the Terminal application |
Font Rendering
|
To specify how to render fonts on your screen,
select one of the following options:
Monochrome: Renders fonts in black and
white only. The edges of characters might appear jagged in some cases because
the characters are not antialiased. Antialiasing is
an effect that is applied to the edges of characters to make the characters
look smoother. Best shapes: Antialiases fonts where
possible. Use this option for standard Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) monitors. Best contrast: Adjusts fonts to give
the sharpest possible contrast, and also antialiases fonts, so that characters
have smooth edges. This option might enhance the accessibility of the GNOME
Desktop to users with visual impairments. Subpixel smoothing (LCDs): Uses techniques
that exploit the shape of individual Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) pixels to
render fonts smoothly. Use this option for LCD or flat-screen displays. |
Details
|
Click on this button to specify further details of how
to render fonts on your screen.
Resolution (dots per inch): Use the spin
box to specify the resolution to use when your screen renders fonts. Smoothing: Select one of the options
to specify how to antialias fonts. Hinting: Hinting
is a font-rendering technique that improves the quality of fonts at small
sizes and an at low screen resolutions. Select one of the options to specify
how to apply hinting your fonts. Subpixel order: Select one of the options
to specify the subpixel color order for your fonts. Use this option for LCD
or flat-screen displays. |
Go
to font folder
|
Click on this button to open the Fonts
folder. |
A preview of a font shows the characters of a font at different sizes, as well as copyright and technical information. To preview a font, perform the following steps:
Open the Font preference tool by choosing ->-> in the top panel.
Click on Details.
Click on Go to font folder. The Fonts folder opens.
Open a font to display a preview.
To add a TrueType font to your system, perform the following steps:
Open the Font preference tool by choosing ->-> in the top panel.
Click on Details.
Click on Go to font folder. The Fonts folder opens.
Open a file manager window and select the TrueType font that
you want to add.
Copy the TrueType font file that you want to add to the Fonts folder.
 | Tip |
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You can also open the Fonts folder by typing the following URI into Nautilus file manager's Open Location dialog: fonts:///. |
