i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 01 May 2015 08:01:37 +0000Increase font size of dmenu / j4-dmenuhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/Hi, I can't find a way to increase the font size of the application launcher menu (dmenu / j4-dmenu). Is there way to do that? Cheers, AlexSun, 13 Jul 2014 12:01:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/Answer by erikdubois for <p>Hi, </p> <p>I can't find a way to increase the font size of the application launcher menu (dmenu / j4-dmenu).</p> <p>Is there way to do that?</p> <p>Cheers, Alex</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?answer=5921#post-id-5921great works with j4-dmenu Fri, 01 May 2015 08:01:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?answer=5921#post-id-5921Answer by tigrezno for <p>Hi, </p> <p>I can't find a way to increase the font size of the application launcher menu (dmenu / j4-dmenu).</p> <p>Is there way to do that?</p> <p>Cheers, Alex</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?answer=4220#post-id-4220Use the "-fn" option for setting the font, for example: <code>dmenu_run -fn '-*-fixed-bold-r-normal-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1'</code> Sun, 13 Jul 2014 14:32:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?answer=4220#post-id-4220Comment by alex for <p>Use the "-fn" option for setting the font, for example:</p> <p><code>dmenu_run -fn '-<em>-fixed-bold-r-normal-</em>-15-<em>-</em>-<em>-</em>-*-iso10646-1'</code></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=4231#comment-4231Thanks. As stated above I added this to the dmenu call in the Main.hh of j4-dmenu-desktop and it works fine after recompiling. Unfortunately I can only select one answer as the correct one.Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:59:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=4231#comment-4231Answer by ANOKNUSA for <p>Hi, </p> <p>I can't find a way to increase the font size of the application launcher menu (dmenu / j4-dmenu).</p> <p>Is there way to do that?</p> <p>Cheers, Alex</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?answer=4221#post-id-4221I'm not familiar with j4-dmenu, but the font size of dmenu itself is dictated by the '-fn' flag used when it's launched. **i3-dmenu-desktop** is a nice convenience, but that's really all it is---the only thing that makes it different from plain old dmenu is that it specifically searches for *.desktop files rather than all executable files in $PATH. You simply need to edit the part of **i3-dmenu-desktop/j4-dmenu** that calls dmenu and add the '-fn' flag to your taste. Personally, I've just tied **dmenu_run** to a keybinding in my config: bindsym $mod+space exec dmenu_run -i -b -p 'Arch Linux' -fn 'Ubuntu Mono:bold:pixelsize=15' -nb '#fdf6e3' -nf '#586c75' -sf '#fdf6e3' -sb '#b58900' The dmenu man page has all the information on what those flags do. I'd rather have complete control over how dmenu looks and behaves than a pre-made script that tells me what I want. I'll tell *you* what I want, dmenu, thank you very much. ;) Also, note that you'd need to build dmenu yourself with the [Xft](http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/xft) patch to use TTF fonts; otherwise you'd need to use xfont-style notation to declare the font.Sun, 13 Jul 2014 14:40:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?answer=4221#post-id-4221Comment by cee for <p>I'm not familiar with j4-dmenu, but the font size of dmenu itself is dictated by the '-fn' flag used when it's launched. <strong>i3-dmenu-desktop</strong> is a nice convenience, but that's really all it is---the only thing that makes it different from plain old dmenu is that it specifically searches for *.desktop files rather than all executable files in $PATH. You simply need to edit the part of <strong>i3-dmenu-desktop/j4-dmenu</strong> that calls dmenu and add the '-fn' flag to your taste. Personally, I've just tied <strong>dmenu_run</strong> to a keybinding in my config:</p> <pre><code>bindsym $mod+space exec dmenu_run -i -b -p 'Arch Linux' -fn 'Ubuntu Mono:bold:pixelsize=15' -nb '#fdf6e3' -nf '#586c75' -sf '#fdf6e3' -sb '#b58900' </code></pre> <p>The dmenu man page has all the information on what those flags do. I'd rather have complete control over how dmenu looks and behaves than a pre-made script that tells me what I want. I'll tell <em>you</em> what I want, dmenu, thank you very much. ;)</p> <p>Also, note that you'd need to build dmenu yourself with the <a href="http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/xft">Xft</a> patch to use TTF fonts; otherwise you'd need to use xfont-style notation to declare the font.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=4249#comment-4249Thanks for this. I was finally able to tune dmenu to my likings. I don't use dmenu very often, but when I do, I do it big :-) bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run -i -l 23 -p 'gogo Gadget' -fn 'Source Code Pro for Powerline:bold:pixelsize=32' -nb '#222222' -nf '#ceecee' -sb '#f8f893' -sf '#222222' Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:17:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=4249#comment-4249Comment by Ruben G for <p>I'm not familiar with j4-dmenu, but the font size of dmenu itself is dictated by the '-fn' flag used when it's launched. <strong>i3-dmenu-desktop</strong> is a nice convenience, but that's really all it is---the only thing that makes it different from plain old dmenu is that it specifically searches for *.desktop files rather than all executable files in $PATH. You simply need to edit the part of <strong>i3-dmenu-desktop/j4-dmenu</strong> that calls dmenu and add the '-fn' flag to your taste. Personally, I've just tied <strong>dmenu_run</strong> to a keybinding in my config:</p> <pre><code>bindsym $mod+space exec dmenu_run -i -b -p 'Arch Linux' -fn 'Ubuntu Mono:bold:pixelsize=15' -nb '#fdf6e3' -nf '#586c75' -sf '#fdf6e3' -sb '#b58900' </code></pre> <p>The dmenu man page has all the information on what those flags do. I'd rather have complete control over how dmenu looks and behaves than a pre-made script that tells me what I want. I'll tell <em>you</em> what I want, dmenu, thank you very much. ;)</p> <p>Also, note that you'd need to build dmenu yourself with the <a href="http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/xft">Xft</a> patch to use TTF fonts; otherwise you'd need to use xfont-style notation to declare the font.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=5535#comment-5535I already noticed that in Ubuntu 14.04 there's an alternative dmenu executable (dmenu.xft) with the patch already compiled. Can be selected via: sudo update-alternatives --config dmenuWed, 25 Feb 2015 13:00:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=5535#comment-5535Comment by alex for <p>I'm not familiar with j4-dmenu, but the font size of dmenu itself is dictated by the '-fn' flag used when it's launched. <strong>i3-dmenu-desktop</strong> is a nice convenience, but that's really all it is---the only thing that makes it different from plain old dmenu is that it specifically searches for *.desktop files rather than all executable files in $PATH. You simply need to edit the part of <strong>i3-dmenu-desktop/j4-dmenu</strong> that calls dmenu and add the '-fn' flag to your taste. Personally, I've just tied <strong>dmenu_run</strong> to a keybinding in my config:</p> <pre><code>bindsym $mod+space exec dmenu_run -i -b -p 'Arch Linux' -fn 'Ubuntu Mono:bold:pixelsize=15' -nb '#fdf6e3' -nf '#586c75' -sf '#fdf6e3' -sb '#b58900' </code></pre> <p>The dmenu man page has all the information on what those flags do. I'd rather have complete control over how dmenu looks and behaves than a pre-made script that tells me what I want. I'll tell <em>you</em> what I want, dmenu, thank you very much. ;)</p> <p>Also, note that you'd need to build dmenu yourself with the <a href="http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/xft">Xft</a> patch to use TTF fonts; otherwise you'd need to use xfont-style notation to declare the font.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=4230#comment-4230Thanks for your suggestion. Changing j4-dmenu-desktop's call to dmenu did the trick. I've edited the Main.hh to include the font specification when calling dmenu and it works flawlessly now. Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:57:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4219/increase-font-size-of-dmenu-j4-dmenu/?comment=4230#comment-4230