Fonts Too Small

Darc-Vader · 04-27-2007, 11:55 AM

I just installed MEPIS 6.5.00_32 and all my fonts are so small that I need to use a magnifying glass with my reading glasses to read everything.

I went to the Xwindow assistant and switched to 120 -dbi (the largest setting) and rebooted.

That had zero effect on the font sizes even though it was set to Medium.

Any ideas???

Thank you for your support!
Darc-Vader

vtel57 · 04-27-2007, 01:38 PM

What is your screen resolution? The higher the res, the smaller everything will be on the screen.

Darc-Vader · 04-27-2007, 03:03 PM

The original resolution was 1600x1200, but I changed it to 1020x768.

In any other distro, that would have fixed the problem. However in this edition of MEPIS, the fonts remain small. I even checked the box to use this setting when KDE starts up.

I even opened the new MEPIS Xsettings assistant and tried to repair that, but it failed as well.

Am I missing something here???

vtel57 · 04-27-2007, 03:18 PM

Have you tried KDE --> Settings --> Appearance --> Fonts?

Darc-Vader · 04-27-2007, 03:47 PM

Yes, I have tried that earlier, but I tried it again just now. I adjusted all fonts from 12 to 14. The desktop fonts and kicker fonts responded, but the application fonts did not.

How bizarre is that?
Thanks for the suggestion.

vtel57 · 04-27-2007, 05:43 PM

It's possible that the theme you're using is over-riding font options. Revert to the default KDE theme and see what happens.