Mac OS - Font Change Question/Help Requested

[David T.]

Just chiming in to say it works on my Mac as well (OSX 10.11.6, GnuCash 2.6.14). My ~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash reads:

style "font"
{
font_name = "Gill Sans MT 16"
}
widget_class "*" style "font"
gtk-font-name = "Gill Sans MT 16”

Mick, did you perhaps miss the “.” between “~/“ and “gtkrc” ? It’s easy to miss...

Cheers,
David

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 10:40 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Nov 22, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Mick Hartzell <mick.hartzell at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have followed the instructions in the FAQ for changing the UI font size(several times), however, I cannot seem to get it to apply.  Does anyone have suggestions on alternatives, error tracking, et cetera?
>> 
>>  Q: How get I rid of strange unreadable characters or adjust the font
>>  size
>>  A: You need a font in which the respective characters are defined.
>>  Your system tools usually offer some font viewer to test them. Then
>>  adjust the fonts for
>>  GnuCash reports: under Edit->Stylesheets adjust them for all your
>>  used stylesheets.
>>  GnuCash user interface: You need to adjust the GTK settings:
>>  Linux: The easiest way is to use the Gnome Control Center.
>>  MacOs: Create a plain text file in your home folder (~ is unix
>>  shorthand for your home folder):
>>  X Window version: ~/.gtkrc-2.0
>>  native version: ~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash
>>  with the following contents:
>> 
>>  style "font"
>>  {
>>     font_name = "Arial Narrow 12"
>>  }
>>  widget_class "*" style "font"
>>  gtk-font-name = "Arial Narrow 12”
>> 
>>  Substitute any font in FontBook for “Arial Narrow 12”.
>>  TextEdit will work for creating or changing this file. Be sure to
>>  use Format>Make Plain Text and uncheck Edit>Substitutions>Smart
>>  Quotes before you start typing.
>> 
> 
> Well, I just tested that on my late 2010 MBA running MacOS 10.12.1 and Gnucash 2.6.14, though in my file the style name is "AltFont" instead of "font".  Works fine.
> You might see an error message if you launch GnuCash from the command line with /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash (assuming that you put Gnucash.app in /Applications, of course).
> 
> What is the output of `cat ~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash`?
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
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