Linux OS is said to be super customisable. But, how do I change the default font in Ubuntu? I could not find any easy method to do this. Some people suggested using dconf tool or Gnome tweak or Unity tweak tool.
Point is I want to do it manually so that I know how things work behind the screen.
OS: Ubuntu 13.04
Alternative to Unity Tweak Tool, you can use Dconf Editor which is pre-installed in 13.04.
After you open Dconf Editor, go to org > gnome > desktop > interface. Here you can see font-name, monospace-font-name, document-font-name, text-scaling-factor, etc.
To change titlebar font, you should go to org > gnome > desktop > wm > preferences where you can find titlebar-font.
You can also search for font and see all settings about fonts.
To change the fonts, you can use the Gnome tweak tool. To install it, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
Once installed, run it, and click on fonts to change the default font. See image below.
