Fonts in menu are larger than they should be under Awesome WM

Solution 1:

I presume evince is looking like this:

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I would use XFCE packages to help you on this issue:

sudo apt-get install xfce4-settings

Then run the xfce daemon:

xfsettingsd 

This will change the fonts to use GTK settings.

Run xfce4-settings-manager to change your fonts and icons:

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Obviously you would want to run the daemon from login - see my linked answer on how to do this.


Linked Question:

  1. How can I define startup applications with the Awesome Window Manager?