GDM font size

[vaskark]

My fonts are extraordinarily big in my GDM window. Is there any way to make them smaller? I couldn't find anything in the Login Screen Setup window. Thanks.

[Buffalo Soldier]

My problem is the opposite. It's too tiny. Seeing that I only boot once in a while, it's something that I ignore. But would be nice to know how to change the font size though.

[maqi]

Have a look in /usr/share/gdm/themes. Then go into the directory with the same name as your login theme and take a look at the <your-login-theme>.xml file in a text editor.

You can change the font/font-size, etc in here. But make sure you keep a backup copy of the original .xml file - say <your-login-theme>-old.xml - just in case you make a serious error.

HTH
maqi

[strawberry]

and what about the size of the letters in the login box? How can we modify it?

[vaskark]

Originally Posted by maqi Have a look in /usr/share/gdm/themes. Then go into the directory with the same name as your login theme and take a look at the <your-login-theme>.xml file in a text editor. You can change the font/font-size, etc in here. But make sure you keep a backup copy of the original .xml file - say <your-login-theme>-old.xml - just in case you make a serious error. HTH maqi

Yeah I tried that, but the changes didn't seem to take. I changed all fonts to "Trebuchet MS 8" but nada.

Yeah, I want them smaller in the login box, too!

[vaskark]

Ok, editing the theme file seems to be working now. I use 1280 resolution, and a font size = 7 is perfect. Now what about the Language, Session, etc. windows? Those fonts are still huge.

[Buffalo Soldier]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Soldier My problem is the opposite. It's too tiny. Seeing that I only boot once in a while, it's something that I ignore. But would be nice to know how to change the font size though.

Thanks Maqi,

The fix for my problem is to increase the font size from original of 9 to 14 (Bitsream Vera Sans). My screen resolution is 1600x1200.

Originally Posted by vaskark Ok, editing the theme file seems to be working now. I use 1280 resolution, and a font size = 7 is perfect. Now what about the Language, Session, etc. windows? Those fonts are still huge.

Vaskark, I think you have to change font size for all sections. Look under <!-- language --> and <!-- session -->.

[maqi]

Originally Posted by strawberry and what about the size of the letters in the login box? How can we modify it?

Originally Posted by vaskark Now what about the Language, Session, etc. windows? Those fonts are still huge.

It's a bit like RTFM: Just read the .xml file carefully - you will find which bit you need to edit. Otherwise - google for a tutorial in XML and/or gdm themes.

@Buffalo Soldier: Glad it worked for you

maqi

[nicholaspaul]

I looked at the human.xml file and all the fonts are 11poin t. On the login screen they are more like 300point.
ANyone have an idea?

[rorzik]

Originally Posted by nicholaspaul I looked at the human.xml file and all the fonts are 11poin t. On the login screen they are more like 300point. ANyone have an idea?

Yeah, I just had to solve a similar problem (which is why I found this thread). In your xorg.conf (usually /etc/X11/xorg.conf) under the Monitor section you can add a line like:

DisplaySize 339 212

This tells X the size of your display in millimeters, which is then used to calculate the sizes of the fonts that are displayed in gdm. You can either measure and put the correct value, assuming it has detected it incorrectly, or you can lie to it and give it a different value to scale those font sizes.