[Elecraft] k3utility on linux, font question

[David Fleming]

The fonts are not hardcoded. Nate is correct. It uses GTK+.

+1 on the Droid font. :)

David, W4SMT

--- On Sun, 2/27/11, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:

> > Hi David,
> > 
> > I'm using gentoo.  I've been a Unix user since
> 1981 and am comfortable
> > enough with X11 to change fonts, I'm just not sure for
> which font this
> > program is hardcoded.  I'll start experimenting
> but also hope a future
> > version of k3utility will handle any font.  But
> it's a minor thing.  I
> > can update my rig and that's what counts most.
> 
> The program is written uisng the GTK+ toolkit as reported
> by ldd.  As
> such, I doubt a font is hardcoded as it respects my desktop
> theme
> settings.  You should be able to change the font
> through the GNOME theme
> utility.
> 
> Are you using KDE by chance?  If so, do you have the
> gtk theme plugin
> for kcontrol?
> 
> On my Debian system where I run the XFCE4 desktop, which is
> primarily
> GTK+ based, the fonts in k3util look just as any other GTK+
> app.  Also,
> I have switched to using the Droid font as my
> default.  It is the best
> font I've seen.  MS and many other fonts pale by
> comparison.
> 
> 73, de Nate >>
> 
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