Re: Libreoffice menu font sizes

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Siard wrote:
> songbird:
>> Siard wrote:
>> > Paul Sutton:
>> > > [Menu fonts in Libreoffice 6.x]
>> > > [....]  I can't find the scaling option.
>> >
>> > LibreOffice 6 is a gtk3 application. It appears to be following the
>> > gtk3 settings now.
>> > You can set the menu font and font size of all gtk3 applications,
>> > including LibreOffice, in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini.
>> > Create this file if it does not exist.
>> >
>> > Mine contains this:
>> >
>> > [Settings]
>> > gtk-font-name = Liberation Sans 11
>> >
>> > Note that the '[Settings]' line preceding gtk-font-name is
>> > mandatory.
>>
>>   thank you for this, but it doesn't seem to accomplish anything
>> in the MATE desktop (in debian testing).  not sure it can?
>
> I use Openbox, which does not affect these settings.
> MATE is a desktop that overrules them and uses its own.
>
> So in testing (called 'Bullseye' since a few days) I did manage to set
> the LibreOffice 6.x menu font and font size in MATE.
>
> System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Appearance > tab 'Fonts'.
> Set the 'Application font' to the desired font and size.
>
>> unfortunately this change to the office suite to remove the scaling
>> ability makes it pretty hard to use the menus of the applications.
>> luckily i don't need them that often, but it has been annoying me
>> since they changed it.
>
> Note that the settings mentioned here not only affect the menu font of
> LibreOffice, but all other gtk3 applications as well (Evince and
> Liferea, for example), who get exactly the same menu fonts. So in fact
> I do not see any need for that 'scaling' option.

  yes, i have that set and it does not change the office menu
font size.  thank you for the reply,


  songbird