From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 04:53:05 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2020B1065672 for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 04:53:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC3E8FC0C for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 04:53:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so1394446yen.13 for ; Sun, 27 May 2012 21:53:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=VW3Dtu4w78P9j53sxAZBUUCZ3EdlbI3rcB6Ul/3zwe0=; b=paSAP3afcL4Ck2lYyHc/3t2BGLSeT0nmd1iICZcvXj98NTObFEO1bxg484qVag3bWu TgiTtsYgLFh+rYizPtfNhhhjh4h33MHVRkbUH9NwNqVOIgA7Qfe0P2EQsQn17C0QadCc 51x7H1zhcn31sueLJZ6lncYTQ7iZ063w1L+yTWqRFNKqAWs/o2VAZDlNAntgCxIHJ3oH BRZ0tXjrjwA+X3gBBi7dKpiUVWmRSStVKIbMIEWp3F+dAZItG+gZsykaLTpXGm/o2GQl FXxBRyRj+EKBFFg0kzEe2G7yDKXFJxA9Ql8bDnH2ESeqseb1gPbleeqVZc6fAlb/8eQB zw4A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.208.105 with SMTP id md9mr1541259igc.12.1338180783901; Sun, 27 May 2012 21:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.112.4 with HTTP; Sun, 27 May 2012 21:53:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120528061118.39893340.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 23:53:03 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: font sizes in xfce 4.10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 04:53:05 -0000 On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Polytropon wrote: >> On Sun, 27 May 2012 22:20:43 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >>> Dear folks, >>> >>> I forgot to ask in same thread. =A0Apologize in advance :( >>> The font sizes have changed giving very tiny size, it was not like in >>> 4.8.3 XFCE. =A0Will resetting xfce to pristine state(default) restore >>> these? =A0or do I have to figure out another way to fix this? >> >> Depends. If you remove the user's ~/-xfce4 setting directory, >> they should go back to the defaults. But what are the defaults? >> Maybe those are already too small. >> >> As Xfce 4 is a Gtk+ application, you can try a general override >> of fonts with a ~/.gtkrc-2.0, containing >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gtk-font-name=3D"Tahoma 12" >> >> as an example to override. You can also change your display's >> DPI (depending on if you're using a CRT or LCD) in X's configuration >> file. >> >> I'd say the best way is to load Xfce 4 with its defaults, then >> alter them using its configuration tools, which will result in >> a "different" user configuration in the ~/.xfce4 directory. >> >> >> >> -- > > I copied the username/.config directory to another folder and nuked > it. =A0Then I see the pristine settings. =A0They are almost the same with > the exception of the clock moved to the side like it had been before > but was moved. =A0The fonts are the same :(, tiny. =A0If I change the siz= e > it is not noticed. =A0The bottom panel has no icons except for two > folders on both ends and the application finder. =A0I guess I will have > to change that behavior manually. > > I will see where I can adjust the sizes of the fonts since they don't > appear to be in a folder. > > Thanks for helping out. > > Regards, > > > Antonio I believe that I have found a way to fix the issue. The problem was the DPI, the fonts are the same size. Now everything seems to be normal :) I vistited the online tour http://www.xfce.org/about/tour Then clicked on the application finder, appearance, then clicked on DPI and raised the number to 96 did not see what it was though. Thanks Polytropon for your valuable help and suggestions. Regards, Antonio