Bad fonts in GTK applications in Kubuntu 6.10

[David]

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On 02/08/07, Basil Fowler <b.j.fowler at chanzy.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have an annoying, but not serious, problem with certain applications
> running
> in Kubuntu 6.10.
>
> The applications concerned are Electric Eyes, Alsaplayer, and Audacity. As
> I
> understand the matter, these applications use the GTK widget set.
>
> When I open any menu, the items are displayed in a large bitmapped
> Hevetica-type font (about 18 point), that is rather ugly. Previously, I
> have
> installed Electric Eyes in various versions of other distros (SuSE,
> Mandriva,
> Vector) and the appearance has always been clean and tidy, with the font
> being approximately 12 point with nicely rounded corners.
>
> I am sure that the cure is a matter of a simple adjustment somewhere, but
> what?
>
> TIA
>
> Basil Fowler
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