I am using Kubuntu, and trying to configure the fonts for gtk apps from systemsettings > Common Appearance and Behavior > Application Appearance > GTK
Changing the themes and font family works fine. But the font size is not working. It sticks to 10pt, no matter what font size is selected.

Here is a screenshot
http://i58.tinypic.com/9ury9v.png

My KDE font is Droid Sans 9pt, and I have set the same for GTK apps. But gedit is using Droid Sans 10pt, and so are all gtk apps like pidgin. If I change the font, it will use it but at the fixed 10pt size, irrespective of whatever size is specified.

So how do I fix this issue ? I verified that the issue is present on a fresh install of Kubuntu.

Here is some more information

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$ env | grep gtk
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/enlightened/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/enlightened/.gtkrc:/home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc
GTK_MODULES=overlay-scrollbar:unity-gtk-module
Contents of ~/.gtkrc-2.0


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$ cat .gtkrc-2.0
# File created by KDE Gtk Config
# Configs for GTK2 programs


include "/usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
style "user-font"
{
        font_name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"
gtk-font-name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular 9"
gtk-theme-name="oxygen-gtk"
gtk-icon-theme-name="oxygen"
gtk-fallback-icon-theme="oxygen"
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
gtk-menu-images=0                                                                                                                                     
gtk-button-images=0


Contents of ~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4

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$ cat .gtkrc-2.0-kde4                                                                                                       
# File created by KDE Gtk Config                                                                                                                     
# Configs for GTK2 programs                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                     
include "/usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"                                                                                                 
style "user-font"                                                                                                                                     
{
        font_name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"
gtk-font-name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular 9"
gtk-theme-name="oxygen-gtk"
gtk-icon-theme-name="oxygen"
gtk-fallback-icon-theme="oxygen"
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
gtk-menu-images=0
gtk-button-images=0


Can you try changing the following statement to include the font size? It seems like a bug in the Gtk configuration file generator which KDE includes.

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font_name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular"

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font_name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular 9"

bcooksley wrote:Can you try changing the following statement to include the font size? It seems like a bug in the Gtk configuration file generator which KDE includes.

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font_name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular"

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font_name="Droid Sans [unknown] Regular 9"

Hi

yes I tried that, did not work.

Can you check to verify that Gedit, Pidgin, etc. are all still using Gtk2 instead of Gtk3?

bcooksley wrote:Can you check to verify that Gedit, Pidgin, etc. are all still using Gtk2 instead of Gtk3?

I am not sure. But in GTK appearance settings,
the GTK3 theme applies to gedit , gnome-system-monitor etc
the GTK2 theme applies to leafpad, thunar etc.

So gedit is based on gtk3 if i am not wrong.
But the good thing is, that all gtk (gtk2 + gtk3) apps are disobeying the font size specified.

What is the content of /home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0 and /home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc?

bcooksley wrote:What is the content of /home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0 and /home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc?

/home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0

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$ cat /home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0
# created by KDE, Sat May 3 09:04:58 2014
#
# If you do not want KDE to override your GTK settings, select
# Appearance -> Colors in the System Settings and disable the checkbox
# "Apply colors to non-KDE4 applications"
#
#

gtk-alternative-button-order = 1

style "default"
{
  bg[NORMAL] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  bg[SELECTED] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
  bg[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  bg[ACTIVE] = { 0.718, 0.710, 0.702 }
  bg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }

  base[NORMAL] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  base[SELECTED] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
  base[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  base[ACTIVE] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
  base[PRELIGHT] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }

  text[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  text[SELECTED] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  text[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.718, 0.710, 0.702 }
  text[ACTIVE] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  text[PRELIGHT] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }

  fg[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  fg[SELECTED] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  fg[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.718, 0.710, 0.702 }
  fg[ACTIVE] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  fg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
}

class "*" style "default"

style "ToolTip"
{
  bg[NORMAL] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  base[NORMAL] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  text[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  fg[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
}

widget "gtk-tooltip" style "ToolTip"
widget "gtk-tooltips" style "ToolTip"

style "MenuItem"
{
  bg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
}

class "*MenuItem" style "MenuItem"



/home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc

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$ cat /home/enlightened/.kde/share/config/gtkrc
# created by KDE, Sat May 3 09:04:58 2014
#
# If you do not want KDE to override your GTK settings, select
# Appearance -> Colors in the System Settings and disable the checkbox
# "Apply colors to non-KDE4 applications"
#
#
style "default"
{
  bg[NORMAL] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  bg[SELECTED] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
  bg[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  bg[ACTIVE] = { 0.718, 0.710, 0.702 }
  bg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }

  base[NORMAL] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  base[SELECTED] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
  base[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  base[ACTIVE] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
  base[PRELIGHT] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }

  text[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  text[SELECTED] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  text[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.718, 0.710, 0.702 }
  text[ACTIVE] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  text[PRELIGHT] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }

  fg[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  fg[SELECTED] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  fg[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.718, 0.710, 0.702 }
  fg[ACTIVE] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  fg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
}

class "*" style "default"

style "ToolTip"
{
  bg[NORMAL] = { 0.878, 0.875, 0.871 }
  base[NORMAL] = { 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 }
  text[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
  fg[NORMAL] = { 0.078, 0.075, 0.071 }
}

widget "gtk-tooltip" style "ToolTip"
widget "gtk-tooltips" style "ToolTip"

style "MenuItem"
{
  bg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.255, 0.545, 0.831 }
}

class "*MenuItem" style "MenuItem"




Hi bcooksley

I have solved this for now. It was being caused by the strange font name "Droid Sans [unknown]".

1. Removed all droid sans fonts from the system (/usr/share/fonts)
2. Installed the fonts-droid package (kubuntu).
3. selected "Droid Sans" size 9 for all font settings (KDE and GTK).

Now all apps using the same font and size.

Thanks for your time.

regards
Silver

Not a problem. In case you're wondering - the contents of those files certainly didn't have any effect on your problem, they only impact the colours used by Gtk applications.