Re: [Evolution] Setting menu, message list fonts

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 14:22, Norman P. B. Joseph wrote:
> Is it possible to change the fonts used in Evolutions menus, buttons,
> folder lists and messages lists?  I know that under "Tools" ->
> "Settings..." -> "Font Preferences" I can change "On Screen fonts" and
> "Printed Fonts", but this only appears to alter the fonts used in
> displaying the message contents, and I'm looking to change more fonts
> than just these.
>
> In other X-based applications I've changed such attributes in an
> associated "appdefaults" file.  But I'm not certain that Evolution uses
> this or maybe a similar mechanism.  Is this a configurable option, or
> hard-coded?  My Evolution is 1.2.1 under Red Hat 7.3.
>
> What prompts this question is that I recently switched monitors to a
> flat panel (yay!), but in the process I've had to change my screen
> resolution from 1600 -> 1280 (boo!).  So, now not only have I lost
> screen real estate, but now all the fonts seem REALLY REALLY BIG.  Kinda
> like going from high-school back to kindergarten.  :^)
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.

Menus, buttons, etc. use the GTK theme.  On Red Hat 7.3 (and other GNOME
1.4-based distros), this can be changed from the GNOME control center. 
Run "gnomecc" in a terminal window (or find it in the menus, where under
Ximian Desktop it appears as System > Settings) and select Desktop >
Theme Selector.  Under User Font, check Use custom font.  Then click the
long button that displays the default font name to browse for a
different default font.

-Mark Gordon