[R-gui] Font size in gWidgetsRGtk2

[j verzani]

 <jhallman <at> frb.gov> writes:

> 
> I'm trying to construct a gui using gWidgets with the RGtk2 toolkit on a
> RHEL5 box. The font is too small for these presbyopic eyeballs.  How
> can I make it bigger?
> 
> Jeff
> 



Jeff you can see some details here:
http://elliotli.blogspot.com/2007/01/font-config-of-gtk2-and-gnome2.html

But basically you need to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file to include a font line like

gtk-font-name = "Arial 12"

--John