<sect1 id="fonts"> <sect1info> <authorgroup> <author > <firstname >Mike</firstname > <surname >McBride</surname > </author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >KDE British Conversion</contrib ></othercredit> </authorgroup> <date >2002-02-12</date> <releaseinfo >3.00.00</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >KControl</keyword> <keyword >fonts</keyword> </keywordset> </sect1info> <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 don't 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 > </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 immediatly.</para> <para >Finally, there is a check box to enable Anti Aliasing for fonts. The ability to use Anti Aliased fonts and icons requires that you have support in both X and the &Qt; toolkit, and that you have suitable fonts installed, and 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> <para >The <guibutton >Adjust All Fonts...</guibutton > allows you to quickly set a property or set of properties of 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-author"> <title >Section Author</title> <para >This section written by Mike McBride <email >mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email > </para> <para >Slightly updated for &kde; 2.2 by Lauri Watts <email >lauri@kde.org</email ></para> <para >KDE British Conversion Malcolm Hunter <email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></para> </sect2> </sect1>
