Ubuntu – Change default system font using terminal only in 14.04

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The following question answers how to Adjust fonts using tweak tool but the luddite in me would like to know how to do this without installing unity-tweak-tool.

How can I adjust the default system font from a terminal.

Best Answer

gsettings offers a simple commandline interface to GSettings. It lets you get, set or monitor an individual key for changes.

  • You can set fonts by following commands in terminal :

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name 'Sans 10'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Ubuntu 10'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name 'Ubuntu Mono 11'
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font 'Ubuntu 10'

  • To Know current settings type following commands in terminal :

    gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name
gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font

Additional:

  • To find all similar keys on schema type following command:

    gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.interface

  • To reset all valuses of keys run following command in terminal:

    gsettings reset-recursively org.gnome.desktop.interface
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