Much of how we interact with computers is through text.
To display text on the screen, fonts are used which define the appearance of the characters.
Different fonts can be used for different purposes.
Linux Mint defines five standard uses for fonts that can be configured independently.
To configure the fonts that Linux Mint uses it’s crucial that you bring up the font selector tool.
To do so, press the Super key, then bang out Font Selection and hit enter.
The first of the five fonts Default font is used for most text across the operating system.
Desktop font is used exclusively for the labels of desktop icons.
The Monospace font changes the font used by terminal applications.
Window title font changes the font used for the window title at the top of each window.
Note: The font options only affect some applications.
Apps that set their own fonts such as Libre Office Writer or Google Chrome will be unaffected.
Additionally, the bottom text box is used to show how the resulting font and font size will look.
All fonts default to font size 10.
RGBA order is used to configure how the antialiasing effect is applied.
Alpha isnt technically a colour, instead, its the term used to refer to transparency.
