The Font
preference tool allows you to specify the default fonts for the desktop.
To start the Font
preference tool, click Launch, then choose Preferences -> Desktop Preferences -> Display -> Fonts. The Font Preferences dialog contains the following options:
Click on this button to select a default font to use for the text that is displayed on the desktop, including the text displayed on the windows and dialogs associated with GNOME-compliant applications and panel applications.
If you use the Theme
preference tool
to select a theme and you click on the Apply Font button,
the font that is associated with the theme overrides the font that you select
using the Font
preference tool.
Click on this button to select a font to use for the text that is displayed on the desktop background only.
Click on this button to select a font to use for the text that is displayed in titlebars of your windows.
Click on this button
to select a font to use in the Terminal
application.
To specify how to render fonts on the desktop, select one of the following options:
Monochrome
Best shapes
Best contrast
Subpixel smoothing
If you use large fonts, you may need to change the size of panes in applications that use panes such as, the file manager and the Help browser.
For more information about the Font
preference
tool, see the Java Desktop System Release 3 User
Guide.