[GNC] Changing Global Font to Aptos Narrow

Brad Morrison bradmorrison at sonic.net
Sat Mar 1 11:26:30 EST 2025 

Hi Lance/GNUCash users, 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptos_(typeface) - it looks like the Aptos
fonts are "proprietary," according to that Wikipedia page. 

Are there open source font types that you like that might work better
with GNUCash? Some like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License &
https://openfontlicense.org/ ? 

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On 2025-02-28 12:12, John Ralls wrote:

> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. After all, I'm not the one who needs to know this, Gilberto is.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
>> On Feb 28, 2025, at 9:20 AM, Lance Kibblewhite <lance at kibblewhite.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On my Windows 11, I have installed the Aptos fonts.
>> 
>> Download from:  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=106087
>> File name: Microsoft Aptos Fonts.zip
>> 
>> Narrow shows as a variant of the Aptos font, but it is in its own file:
> 
> Aptos.ttf
> Aptos-Black.ttf
> Aptos-Black-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Bold.ttf
> Aptos-Bold-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Display.ttf
> Aptos-Display-Bold.ttf
> Aptos-Display-Bold-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Display-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-ExtraBold.ttf
> Aptos-ExtraBold-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Light.ttf
> Aptos-Light-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Mono.ttf
> Aptos-Mono-Bold.ttf
> Aptos-Mono-Bold-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Mono-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Narrow.ttf
> Aptos-Narrow-Bold.ttf
> Aptos-Narrow-Bold-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Narrow-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-SemiBold.ttf
> Aptos-SemiBold-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Serif.ttf
> Aptos-Serif-Bold.ttf
> Aptos-Serif-Bold-Italic.ttf
> Aptos-Serif-Italic.ttf
> 
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+lance=kibblewhite.net at gnucash.org> on behalf of John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2025 13:20
> To: Gilberto Reis Filho <gilberto.reis.filho at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Changing Global Font to Aptos Narrow
> Gilberto,
> 
> Nope, every variation is its own file, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/aptos. GnuCash can't use Aptos narrow because you don't have it.
> 
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/cloud-fonts-in-office-f7b009fe-037f-45ed-a556-b5fe6ede6adb may explain why you're able to use it in Microsoft applications without actually installing it on your computer, and of course Microsoft Office 365 is software-as-a-service that runs on Microsoft's servers.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> On Feb 28, 2025, at 04:31, Gilberto Reis Filho <gilberto.reis.filho at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi John, I just took a deeper dive on this.
> 
> This is what is within the fonts directory in Win11 (C:\Windows\Fonts):
> 
> https://1drv.ms/i/c/a80dbceece13ec4e/EbJ3eZx9BfZEnBGx1wr-zWQB5dvZ9DOgO5WDIWzMKTeBdw?e=baFPEM
> 
> Aptos Narrow seems to be within the Aptos ttf file (bear with me here
> because I am not savvy on how windows fonts work).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> Are you sure that Aptos-Narrow.ttf exists in a directory on the fontconfig
> path? That's a distinct file from Aptos.ttf.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> On Feb 27, 2025, at 14:53, Gilberto Reis Filho < gilberto.reis.filho at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Thanks. Does not work either. The CSS part I am interested in is this (just to change the global font):
> 
> * {
> font: 10pt calibri, sans-serif;
> }
> 
> It works for most of the installed fonts (lucida, courier new, times new
> roman etc. etc.) however, as you said, for some reason it does not work for all fonts installed.
> 
> Not a big deal though. Thanks.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM Fross, Michael <michael at fross.org> wrote: 
> Here is my gtk-3.0.css.  I'm on windows and I have it in my
> appdata\roaming\gnucash folder.  GNUCash Help|About will tell you the
> GNC_USERCONFIG_DIR you should put the file in.
> 
> I have found that not every font works.  Also, this changes some of the
> register colors (I don't care for the default ones.)  Simply delete
 those 

> bit if they are not to your liking.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael
> 
> /* Frosty's GTK file for GnuCash colors
> *
> * Reference:
> *   Color Picker: https://htmlcolorcodes.com/color-picker/
> *   Palettes: https://www.colorhunt.co/palettes/
> *   GnuCash Reference:
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/maint/doc/gtk-3.0.css
> *
> */
> 
> /*
> * Define colors here to be used below
> */
> @define-color header #656565;
> @define-color reg1 #E5D8C6;
> @define-color reg2 #C5BAAA;
> @define-color highlighted #FFC67A;
> @define-color split #FFC67A;
> 
> /* Overall Appearance */
> * {
> font: 20px "Segoe UI Light", sans-serif;
> }
> 
> /* Register Header :Color */
> .gnc-class-user-register-header {
> background-color: @header;
> color: white;
> }
> 
> /*
> * Register Primary
> */
> .gnc-class-user-register-primary {
> background-color: @reg1;
> color: black;
> }
> 
> .gnc-class-user-register-primary:disabled {
> background-color: @reg1;
> color: black;
> }
> 
> /*
> * Register secondary
> */
> .gnc-class-user-register-secondary {
> background-color: @reg2;
> color: black;
> }
> 
> .gnc-class-user-register-secondary:disabled {
> background-color: @reg2;
> color: black;
> }
> 
> /*
> * Highlighted Row
> */
> .gnc-class-user-register-cursor {
> background-color: @highlighted;
> color: black;
> border-radius: 2px;
> }
> 
> /*
> * Drop down split colors
> */
> .gnc-class-user-register-split {
> background-color: @split;
> color: black;
> }
> 
> .gnc-class-user-register-split:disabled {
> background-color: @spit;
> color: black;
> }
> 
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM Gilberto Reis Filho <
> gilberto.reis.filho at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello, I already tried this, however it does not work.
> 
> --------
> 
> Maybe you need to enclose the font name in quotes, since it contains a
> space? "aptos narrow" instead of just aptos narrow. That's what I had
 to 

> do to use "Lucida Grande"
> 
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM Gilberto Reis Filho <
> gilberto.reis.filho at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello. I cannot change the global font of Gnucash to Aptos Narrow. I
 use 

> the gtk-3.0.css method.
> 
> This is the current contents of the css text file:
> 
> *{
> font: 10pt calibri, sans-serif;
> }
> 
> If I change "calibri" above to "aptos" it works fine. If I change it
 to 

> "aptos narrow" ou "aptos-narrow" it does not work.
> 
> The Aptos Font Family is installed system wide.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Regards.
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