Use the Font preference tool to select the fonts to use in your applications, windows, terminals, and desktop.
Table 11.5, “Font Preferences” lists the font preferences that you can modify.
Table 11.5. Font Preferences
Dialog Element |
Description |
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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:
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Click on this button to specify further details of how to render fonts on your screen.
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Click on this button to open the Fonts folder. |
You can use the file manager to preview a font. To preview a font, perform the following steps:
Open a file manager window.
Enter the URI fonts:/// in the location bar. The fonts are displayed as icons in the view pane.
Double-click on an icon to display a preview of the font.
You can use the file manager to add a TrueType font. To add a TrueType font, perform the following steps:
Open a file manager window and select the TrueType font that you want to add.
From a file browser window, access the fonts:/// location. The fonts are displayed as icons.
Copy the TrueType font file that you want to add to the fonts:/// location.