Fonts in GTK with Fluxbox are tiny

[Drone4four]

I'm having this same problem on Gutsy. The fonts for the menus in Fluxbox are so tiny too. The only Fluxbox theme that has a readable font size is Artwiz.

[RedSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Drone4four I'm having this same problem on Gutsy. The fonts for the menus in Fluxbox are so tiny too. The only Fluxbox theme that has a readable font size is Artwiz.

What sort of an Ubuntu system do you have? Are you setting up Fluxbox on a command-line system or a server or something? It's possible you are missing some font packages.

[Drone4four]

Originally Posted by RedSquirrel What sort of an Ubuntu system do you have? Are you setting up Fluxbox on a command-line system or a server or something? It's possible you are missing some font packages.

I'm on a Gutsy 7.10 used as a desktop system.

btw RedSquirrel: I am so happy to see you respond to my post. I tried sending you a private message but it wouldn't let me. Apparently you can't receive message because your inbox is full or for some other reason.

[urukrama]

Originally Posted by Drone4four I'm having this same problem on Gutsy. The fonts for the menus in Fluxbox are so tiny too. The only Fluxbox theme that has a readable font size is Artwiz.

That would be because of the font settings of the theme you use. Open the theme.cfg file of your theme (either in /usr/share/fluxbox/styles or /home/USERNAME/.fluxbox/styles) and look for the font settings. Change to whatever font and size you like. Reconfigure fluxbox and the changes should be visible.

Originally Posted by Drone4four I made changes to GTK font size using gtk-chtheme. I changed it from font 8 or 10 to 22. Attached are before and after shots Notice how the firefox File/Edit/View buttons are larger, but the font in the gnome terminals are unchanged?

The fonts inside the gnome-terminal are controlled in the preferences settings of gnome-terminal itself, not by the gtk theme you use. Go Edit > Current Profile and you will see an option to change the fonts and size (as well as colours, background image, etc.)