gtk3 themes

przemo · 05-21-2020, 01:26 PM

I have problem with setting Bold font in
.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

i am a big fan of Terminus font but cannot get bold to work
i use dwm so settings from xfce4 do not work

Code:

cat /home/przemo/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini 
[Settings]
gtk-theme-name= Xface-flat
gtk-icon-theme-name= Adwaita
gtk-font-name= Terminus Bold 10
gtk-cursor-theme-name= Adwaita
gtk-cursor-theme-size= 0
gtk-toolbar-style= GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH
gtk-toolbar-icon-size= GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images= 1
gtk-menu-images= 1
gtk-enable-event-sounds= 1
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds= 1
gtk-xft-antialias= 1
gtk-xft-hinting= 1
gtk-xft-hintstyle= hintfull
gtk-xft-rgba= rgb

EdGr · 05-21-2020, 05:49 PM

You cannot specify bold, italics, etc. in the font settings because the text that GTK draws is markup. Markup has its own use of bold and italics.
Ed

przemo · 05-21-2020, 11:51 PM

how xfce4-apperance-settings handle it so it is possible ???

EdGr · 05-22-2020, 03:54 AM

That is different code.

I can set the default font to bold in vte-2.91 (for example), but then normal and boldface text appear identical. You probably don't want that.

The Terminus font is too light to be readable on my 4K monitor unless I go to larger-than-usual sizes. I suggest using a better font.
Ed

przemo · 05-22-2020, 05:14 AM

true, Monospace looks good too.

Regnad Kcin · 06-01-2020, 07:58 AM

The IBM Plex series of fonts is pretty snazzy IMHO and it is FOSS.
I first saw IBM Plex Mono Italic and I said "Wow. What font is that?"
I have since that time been using the IBM Plex fonts in my presentations
and I think they have a nice look.

Quote:

Version 1.0 of the font family had four typefaces, each with 8 weights (Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Text, Medium, Semi-bold, Bold) and true italics to complement them.[2]

IBM Plex Sans – A grotesque sans-serif typeface with a design that was inspired by Franklin Gothic. Other sans-serif classifications were rejected on the basis of being too soft (humanist), inefficient (geometric) and overly perfected (neo-grotesque). Some of Franklin Gothic's features such as the angled terminals, a double-storey g and a horizontal line at the baseline of the 1 are used in IBM Plex Sans. On 7 April 2019, IBM Plex Sans Variable, a variable counterpart to IBM Plex Sans was released.
IBM Plex Sans Condensed – A condensed variant of IBM Plex Sans.
IBM Plex Mono – A monospaced typeface based on IBM Plex Sans. The italic design was inspired by the Italic 12 typeface used on the IBM Selectric typewriter; this is particularly evident with the italicised i, j, t and x letters.
IBM Plex Serif – A transitional serif typeface with a design that was inspired by Bodoni and Janson. Other serif classifications were rejected for being too humanist and outdated (old-style) and too clunky and unrefined for long text (slab-serif). Some of Bodoni's features such as ball terminals and rectangular serifs are used in IBM Plex Serif.

Downloads: https://github.com/IBM/plex/
website: https://www.ibm.com/plex/

elcore · 06-02-2020, 10:18 PM

@Regnad Kcin

This is a nice mono font, just went to check it out, I use a very similar droid sans mono and wanted to compare the two.
The image probably shows more than I could describe. It's barely visible, but the IBM has vertical lines too thin (for a regular variant).
What appears is that either droid regular is variant thick, or the IBM regular is variant thin. It's no real problem, just affects readability a bit.
Also, the height differs, even though they are both size 12.

Screenshot: droid top & IBM bottom compared 3 times, first low contrast, then regular (with AA), and last high contrast where the thin verticals really show.

Bindestreck · 06-03-2020, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by przemo

I have problem with setting Bold font in
.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

i am a big fan of Terminus font but cannot get bold to work
i use dwm so settings from xfce4 do not work

Code:

cat /home/przemo/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini 
[Settings]
gtk-theme-name= Xface-flat
gtk-icon-theme-name= Adwaita
gtk-font-name= Terminus Bold 10
gtk-cursor-theme-name= Adwaita
gtk-cursor-theme-size= 0
gtk-toolbar-style= GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH
gtk-toolbar-icon-size= GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images= 1
gtk-menu-images= 1
gtk-enable-event-sounds= 1
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds= 1
gtk-xft-antialias= 1
gtk-xft-hinting= 1
gtk-xft-hintstyle= hintfull
gtk-xft-rgba= rgb

I think it is possible to do what you want if you change it inside the GTK3 theme code (CSS). Here is a template on what to change;

Code:

p.normal {
  font-weight: normal;
}

p.thick {
  font-weight: bold;
}

p.thicker {
  font-weight: 900;
}