Re: [Evolution] Re: [Evolution-hackers] Side effect of GTK2 and AA fonts

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

Run gnome-font-properties.  Make sure you choose a non-bold  font
(application font) that includes a bold alternative in its list.

Or if it aint working, maybe some installation issue is at work.

FWIW the defaults here look just fine, bold is REALLY BOLD and there's
no chance of mistaking it.  Using rh7.3 (+XD2) and rh9 (stock).

On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 07:01, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 18:09, Dax Kelson wrote:
> > First, the fonts look fabulous here on RHL8.0.
> >
> > Small problem though, the difference in appearance of the messages in my
> > INBOX between unread (bold) and read is not great enough. Too much
> > effort to tell the difference.
> >
> > Is there a way to configure my unread messages to show up as a
> > difference color, or increase the contrast of the boldness?
>
> I have the same problem with Evolution 1.4 on Red Hat Linux 9; the bold
> and non-bold text just aren't sufficiently different from each other.
>
> Other than the fact that you asked on the wrong list... was there an
> answer to the question? Can users change the fonts used for these parts?