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I like Ubuntu and hence gnome very much. When I use it in my laptop a lot of visible area is occupied by different interfaces (like the tool bar,menu bar etc). I thought reducing the font size can give enough work space. Here are two methods I could find out for doing that

• Using gconf editor

Open gconf-editor (type the command gconf-editor). Install the package gconf-editor if it is not already installed. Go to desktop>gnome>interface. Change value of font_name to the font and the size required. For example set it to "Sans 8". Size 8 is enough for me.


• Using gtkrc file

Create the file .gtkrc in your home folder and put the following in it.


style "user-font" {
    font_name = " Sans 8"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"
gtk-font-name="Sans 8"

Restart xserver (just logout and login again)