[Oneiric] Changing system/theme fonts and/or sizes doesn't change the desktop file/folder fonts and/or sizes

[David Raid]

To reproduce, install gnome-tweak-tool and change your system fonts and font sizes on each tab. Relog or restart to let the changes take complete effect (I've noticed the titlebars don't change immediately). You'll find every application uses the new font settings as you would expect, however for some strange reason files and folders on the desktop do not. The Examples Folder and Install Ubuntu 11.10 shortcut on my desktop both use the Ubuntu font and the original font size.

I've attached a screenshot to illustrate better. All fonts are set to Droid Sans (except for the monospace font which is set to Droid Mono)

[Mike M (hairy-palms-19)]

by the way, you can fix this in gsettings with the command
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font ""
or by using dconf-editor to do the same

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The desktop view is deprecated in newer versions, closing