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Increase font size of dmenu / j4-dmenu

asked 2014-07-13 12:01:36 +0000

alex gravatar image

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, Alex

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answered 2014-07-13 14:40:12 +0000

ANOKNUSA gravatar image

updated 2014-07-13 14:42:48 +0000

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. 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 patch to use TTF fonts; otherwise you'd need to use xfont-style notation to declare the font.

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Thanks 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.

alex gravatar imagealex ( 2014-07-14 08:57:29 +0000 )edit

Thanks 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'

cee gravatar imagecee ( 2014-07-14 20:17:27 +0000 )edit

I 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 dmenu

Ruben G gravatar imageRuben G ( 2015-02-25 13:00:41 +0000 )edit
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answered 2014-07-13 14:32:42 +0000

tigrezno gravatar image

Use the "-fn" option for setting the font, for example:

dmenu_run -fn '--fixed-bold-r-normal--15-----*-iso10646-1'

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Thanks. 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.

alex gravatar imagealex ( 2014-07-14 08:59:34 +0000 )edit
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answered 2015-05-01 08:01:37 +0000

erikdubois gravatar image

great works with j4-dmenu

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