To Customize the Desktop Fonts

The Font preference tool allows you to specify the default fonts for the desktop.

To start the Font preference tool, choose Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Font. The Font Preferences dialog contains the following options:

Application font

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 applets.

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Note –

If you use the Theme preference tool to select a theme that modifies the application font, the theme setting overrides the font that you select using the Font preference tool.

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Desktop font

Click on this button to select a font to use for the text that is displayed on the desktop background only.

If you use large fonts, you may need to change the size of panes in applications that use panes such as, Nautilus file manager and Yelp.