[SOLVED]Desktop font size

[Member bsd4me]

New testing install of antix-17. When first booting, normal size fonts appear, then screen blanks/refreshes and then fonts about 3 times normal size appear while system boots. After I login and get to desktop, fonts are large. However, I have a good resolution setting. Is there a way to reduce size of fonts on the desktop and applications? Here is info on my system, which is installed on a Lenovo ideapad 320-15ast

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Graphics: Device-1: AMD Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu
v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.0 chip ID: 1002:98e4
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1366×768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD STONEY (DRM 3.27.0 4.20.0-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 7.0.1)
v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8 compat-v: 4.4 direct render: Yes
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00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] [1002:98e4] (rev ea) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] [17aa:39f9]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
I/O ports at 2000
Memory at f0e00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
Kernel modules: amdgpu
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Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP connected primary 1366×768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1366×768 59.97*+
1280×720 59.97
1024×768 59.97
800×600 59.97
640×480 59.97
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I am trying to make this my day to day work system, but the font size is just too large for me

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New installation of antiX-17, and immediate upgrade to testing with 4.20 kernel on Lenovo ideapad 320-15ast.
When booting starts, fonts are small and clear, but shortly after starting to boot, screen refreshes and fonts are about 3 times larger. This size continues through booting process. When I login and get to desktop, the fonts are about 2 times larger than on other distro desktops, and I have a nice resolution.
Here is info from inxi:

Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgp
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           v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.0 chip ID: 1002:98e4 
           Display: server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,ve
sa 
           resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD STONEY (DRM 3.27.0 4.20.0-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 7.0.1) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8 compat-v: 4.4 direct render: Yes

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Stoney [R
adeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] [1002:98e4] (rev ea) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Lenovo Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] [17aa:39f9]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 
	Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) 
	I/O ports at 2000 
	Memory at f0e00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] 
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
	Kernel modules: amdgpu

00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:15b3]

I am wanting to make this my day to day system, but the larger fonts are just too large for me. Any help on reducing the size of the fonts? TIA

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Maybe worth a try to remove the vga=791 or whatever from the proc/cmdline , if it’s there.
sudo cat /proc/cmdline

You can do this only for a trial, by hitting the e key on the bootscreen,
then search for the line starting with linux, remove the vga=???, afterwards press F10( maybe F11, cant remember) and boot for trial.

Also there’s fontsize settings in control-centre.

[Anonymous]

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The lxappearance program enables you to change desktop fontface and font size.
gksu lxappearance ~~ launches the same program to select settings for sudo-permissioned application windows.

lxappearance only affects the fonts seen within GTK application windows. To change the font size of text seen in desktop menu and toolbar, visit antiX ControlCenter –} Desktop tab –} “Edit ___WM Settings and edit the configuration file for whichever window manager you’re using.

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To manage the fonts displayed within console (TTY), antiX provides 2 programs:
console-width-select
console-font-select

To adjust the “too-large font displayed during boot”, try adding conwidth=120 to your bootline.
(The value specifies “columns”. If @120 the text isn’t small enough to suit, try 140 as the value.)

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Thanks for the help!

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