This section describes how to customize specific components of the desktop
individually.
4.3.1. To Customize the Desktop Background
The desktop themes do not affect the desktop background. Therefore to
modify the desktop background to complement your desktop, you must customize
the desktop background separately using the Background
preference tool. To start the Background preference
tool, choose Applications->Desktop Preferences->Background.
4.3.3. To Customize Fonts
This section describes how to customize the font settings for the desktop
and frequently-used applications.
If you have difficulty with the default font type and font size that
is used on the desktop and desktop background, you can customize the font
settings to suit your needs.
You can specify individual font settings for the following desktop components
and applications:
4.3.3.1. To Customize the Desktop Fonts
The Font preference tool allows you to specify
the default fonts for the desktop.
To start the Font preference tool, choose Applications->Desktop Preferences->Font. The Font Preferences dialog contains the following options:
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Application font
Click on this button to select a default font to use for the text that
is displayed on the desktop, including the text displayed on the windows and
dialogs associated with GNOME-compliant applications and applets.
 | Note |
|---|
If you use the Theme preference tool
to select a theme that modifies the application font, the theme setting overrides
the font that you select using the Font preference
tool. |
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Desktop font
Click on this button to select a font to use for the text that is displayed
on the desktop background only.
| Note |
|---|
If you use large fonts, you may need to change the size of panes
in applications that use panes such as, Nautilus
file manager and Yelp. |
4.3.3.2. To Customize the Terminal Font
By default, the Terminal application uses
the default font settings that are specified in the Font
preference tool to display the text in the Terminal
window components such as the titlebar, toolbar, menubar, and application
dialogs. However, Terminal uses fixed-width fonts
to display the contents of the Terminal window,
that is the text that is displayed at the command line.
To change the font settings for the contents of the Terminal window, start the Terminal application,
then choose Edit->Current
Profile. In the General tabbed
section, specify a font for the window contents as follows:
Deselect the Use the same font as other applications option.
Click on the font selector button to select the font type
and font size to use for the contents of the Terminal
window.
4.3.3.3. To Customize the gedit Text Editor Font
By default, the gedit application uses the
default font settings that are specified in the Font
preference tool to display the text in the gedit
window components such as the menubar, toolbar, and application dialogs. However,
you can customize the font that gedit uses to display
the text editor window contents. To customize the font settings for the gedit window contents, perform the following steps:
In the gedit application, choose Edit->Preferences.
In the Preferences dialog, select the Fonts & Colors category.
Perform one of the following steps:
To use the default application font that is specified in the Font preference tool, select the Use default theme
font option.
To specify a font, deselect the Use default theme
font option, then click on the Font used by the editor button to display the font selector dialog.
4.3.3.4. To Customize the Nautilus File Manager Font
By default, the Nautilus file manager uses
the default font settings that are specified in the Font
preference tool to display the text in the file manager window. However, you
can further customize the font that is used in the file manager view pane.
To customize the font that is used in the view pane, click on the View menu in the file manager, then select one of the following
menu items:
To enlarge the text, select Zoom In.
To reduce the text, select Zoom Out.
To reset the text to the default font setting, select Normal Size.
