[GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)

[Glenn Fowler]

Happy to help, I'm glad you got it working!

On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 3:16 PM TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE <tlbranscombe at shaw.ca>
wrote:

> Hi, Glenn.
>
> Progress!
>
> Thanks for your question regarding the contents of my gtk-3.0.css file.
> As it happens, I was using a sample file I pulled from (the Wiki?) that
> contained several lines like this:
>
> .gnc-class-user-xxxxx { property: value }
> .gnc-class-user-yyyyy { property: value }
> ...
>
> From what I could tell, none of the property: value pairs worked on my
> system.
>
> However, once I removed them, leaving the file with just the one setting,
> gnucash reflected the new font setting!  Here's what worked (for me):
>
> * {
> font: 18pt "Microsoft Consolas";
> }
>
> Thank you for the tip!
>
> Terry
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Glenn Fowler" <gfowler1 at outlook.com>
> *To: *"TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE" <tlbranscombe at shaw.ca>
> *Cc: *"GnuCash users group" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 21, 2022 6:27:09 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)
>
> Is there anything else in your gtk-3.0.css file? Also, mouse over it and
> make sure it says "Type: CSS file"
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:15 AM TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE <tlbranscombe at shaw.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, had precisely what you had in your screenshot.
>>
>> Here is what is now in my gtk-3.0.css file:
>>
>> /* Application wide font setting */
>> * {
>>   font: 18px Microsoft Consolas;
>> }
>>
>> No visible result, I'm afraid.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Terry
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Glenn Fowler" <gfowler1 at outlook.com>
>> *To: *"TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE" <tlbranscombe at shaw.ca>
>> *Cc: *"GnuCash users group" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, December 20, 2022 6:18:54 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: [GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)
>>
>> It would be the "Roaming" folder. There is probably a syntax error. Just
>> copy/paste the whole thing, save, and restart GnuCash.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 2:34 PM TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE <tlbranscombe at shaw.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the suggestion, Glenn.
>>>
>>> I tried this in both the "Roaming" and the "Local" versions of the
>>> gtk-3.0.css file; but, neither had any effect on the typeface I see.
>>>
>>> Also, I did see you used "24px" whereas I had "24pt" originally, so I
>>> went with your suggestion.
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From: *"Glenn Fowler" <gfowler1 at outlook.com>
>>> *To: *"TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE" <tlbranscombe at shaw.ca>
>>> *Cc: *"gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> *Sent: *Monday, December 19, 2022 3:43:07 PM
>>> *Subject: *Re: [GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)
>>>
>>> This should work:
>>>
>>> /* Application wide font setting */
>>>
>>> * {
>>>   font: 24px Microsoft Calibri;
>>> }
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 6:33 PM TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE <
>>> tlbranscombe at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I've been a user for all of 2 weeks, so I apologize to everyone if this
>>>> question/subject has been beaten to death in the past. My research online
>>>> has not resulted in a fix, though, so I'd like to ask: has anyone running
>>>> gnucash 4.12 or 4.13 on Windows 10 managed to change font families using
>>>> CSS ? The documentation I've found on the subject suggests Windows users
>>>> can change typefaces using CSS by editing the file
>>>> GNC_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0.css by adding a section like this :
>>>>
>>>> /* Application wide font setting */
>>>> gnc-id-main-window {
>>>> font-family: Microsoft Calibri;
>>>> font-size: 24pt;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Following these directions I edited the file gtk-3.0.css in the folder
>>>> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash with the setting shown above;
>>>> but, upon restarting gnucash I see absolutely no font change whatsoever.
>>>> For grins, I copied this file to the AppData\Local\GnuCash directory as
>>>> well, and again restarted gnucash. Sadly, same non-result.
>>>>
>>>> Any hints greatly appreciated,
>>>>
>>>> Terry
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