Customize Your Ubuntu Desktop Appearance

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Setting Font Type / Font Size

One of the first things you may want to do is set the font family and font size of icons on your desktop, or in applications.

To set the font family and size, you select SYSTEM -> PREFERENCES -> APPEARANCE . When you do this a "Appearances Preferences" dialog box will appear. Click on the "Fonts" tab. The section labelled "Application Font" will affect the type and size of the font for applications and application menus (including the top menu for "Applications", "Places", and "System". When you make a selection, the changes will quickly take effect.

You can play with these settings to customize the font appearance of your system. The rendering section allows the user to adjust or "tweak" the font display settings in case you have an older computer display. It is recommended to leave those default settings...

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