<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <date >2003-09-22</date> <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >KControl</keyword> <keyword >fonts</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="fonts"> <title >Fonts</title> <para >This module is designed to allow you to easily select different fonts for different parts of the &kde; Desktop.</para> <para >The panel consists of different font groups to give you a lot of flexibility in configuring your fonts: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >General:</guilabel > Used everywhere the other font groups do not apply</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Fixed width:</guilabel > Anywhere a non-proportional font is specified</para ></listitem> <!-- <listitem ><para ><guilabel >File Manager</guilabel > (Font to use in the &kde; file manager)</para ></listitem > --> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Toolbar:</guilabel > Font used in &kde; application toolbars</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Menu:</guilabel > Font used in &kde; application menus</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Window title:</guilabel > Font used in the window title</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Taskbar:</guilabel > Font used in the taskbar panel applet</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Desktop:</guilabel > Font used on the desktop to label icons</para ></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para >Each font has a corresponding <guibutton >Choose...</guibutton > button. By clicking on this button, a dialogue box appears. You can use this dialogue box to choose a new font, font style, size and character set. Then press <guibutton >OK</guibutton >.</para> <para >An example of the font you have chosen will be displayed in the space between the font group name and the choose button.</para> <para >When you are done, simply click <guibutton >OK</guibutton >, and all necessary components of &kde; will be restarted so your changes can take affect immediately.</para> <para >The <guibutton >Adjust All Fonts...</guibutton > button allows you to quickly set properties for all the fonts selected above. A font selection dialogue similar to the standard one will appear, but you will notice checkboxes that allow you to change the <guilabel >Font</guilabel >, <guilabel >Font style</guilabel > or <guilabel >Size</guilabel > independently of each other. You can choose any one, two, or three of these options, and they will be applied to all the font groups.</para> <para >For example, if you have selected several different font faces above, and realise they are all a size too big (this often happens when you change screen resolution, for instance), you can apply a new font size to all the fonts, without affecting your customised font faces and styles.</para> <sect2 id="fonts-aa"> <title >Anti-alias text</title> <para >To use anti-aliasing, simply place a mark in the checkbox labelled <guilabel >Use anti-aliasing for fonts</guilabel >. This enables two more options.</para> <para >Placing a mark in the checkbox will allow you to specify which range of fonts will <emphasis >not</emphasis > be anti-aliased. This range is specified with the two combo boxes on the same line.</para> <para >You can also choose the method that &kde; uses to create an anti-alias look to your fonts. If you are not familiar with the individual methods, you should leave this option alone.</para> <note ><para >The ability to use anti-aliased fonts and icons requires that you have support in both X and the &Qt; toolkit, that you have suitable fonts installed, and that you are using the built-in font serving capabilities of the X server. If you still are having problems, please contact the appropriate &kde; mailing list, or check the <acronym >FAQ</acronym >.</para ></note> </sect2> </sect1> </article>