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Bug 603890 - Gnome Shell interface ignores Font configuration
Gnome Shell interface ignores Font configuration
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 599713
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-12-06 07:34 UTC by Richard Schwarting
Modified: 2010-05-16 09:35 UTC
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Description Richard Schwarting 2009-12-06 07:34:55 UTC 
Altering the font DPI and font sizes in gnome-appearance-properties seems to have no effect on GNOME Shell.  The unusually large size makes certain aspects of it almost unusable, like the sidebar, where names look weird and unhelpful, being ellipsised after 7 characters.
Comment 1 Richard Schwarting 2009-12-06 07:35:25 UTC 
Er, this is with gnome-shell 2.28.3 via Fedora 12.
Comment 2 Owen Taylor 2009-12-07 17:21:41 UTC 
Closely related to 599713, I'm going to mark it as a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 599713 ***
Comment 3 Filippo Argiolas 2010-05-16 09:35:15 UTC 
Owen, the duplicate bug has been fixed using gnome settings for hinting (and dpi? i'd say no since if set 9pt fonts in the css I get a different size than 9pt in gtk).
The shell still ignores font size settings though, so I think either this or the other bug should be reopened. Also I think 16px by default for panel and menu fonts is huge but that's just aestethic taste, making it follow gnome settings would be great.