I used Netbeans IDE for Java development from college days.
I was working on Windows for long time. But my new company
uses Linux mint for development.
I installed Netbeans IDE on Linux Mint and the IDE font and
editor was looking very bad. It was not possible to work 8 hours a day
by looking at ugly font.
(Open Image in new Tab to see the actual image and zoom it to 100% : older look on Linux Mint 17).
(Disclaimer : Do this process at your own risk, you must be able to revert back these
changes if it fails for you.)
Note that GUI font and editor font are two different things.
GUI font= Overall IDE font
Editor font= Text editor where you type code.
I did some font tricks as follows ,
First I changed editor font to "Droid Sans Mono 15"
To change GUI font you have to change system wide font .
Following process will change font of whole desktop environment and not just
Netbeans IDE. Please note and remember your current font setting before applying
changes mentioned below. Also this will work only on "native" look and feel.
e.g. Nimbus laf was not looking good. I am using Oracle JDK 8.
To change GUI font , I have added the font "Open Sans" from "http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans" (Use OpenSans-Regular.ttf and
just double click and click install button.)
(See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14170113/download-googles-open-sans-font
for download instructions.) to my Linux installation and changed default system font to
"Open Sans 11"
You may prefer to choose different font size.
For Linux Mint : Go to System Settings => Fonts =>Default font to Open Sans 11
To change default font on Ubuntu
http://askubuntu.com/questions/351595/change-default-font-in-ubuntu-13-04
Remember above will change system wide font therefore do remember your current font
settings to revert back changes in case of failure, but this font was OK for me.
Log off and log in again.
Now IDE is looking as follows.
(Open Image in new Tab to see the actual image and zoom it to 100%
: new look in Linux Mint).
(Open Image in new Tab to see the actual image and zoom it to 100%: new look in Ubuntu).
Please feel free to ask any queries if above process is complicated for you.
Happy codding !
I was working on Windows for long time. But my new company
uses Linux mint for development.
I installed Netbeans IDE on Linux Mint and the IDE font and
editor was looking very bad. It was not possible to work 8 hours a day
by looking at ugly font.
(Open Image in new Tab to see the actual image and zoom it to 100% : older look on Linux Mint 17).
(Disclaimer : Do this process at your own risk, you must be able to revert back these
changes if it fails for you.)
Note that GUI font and editor font are two different things.
GUI font= Overall IDE font
Editor font= Text editor where you type code.
I did some font tricks as follows ,
First I changed editor font to "Droid Sans Mono 15"
To change GUI font you have to change system wide font .
Following process will change font of whole desktop environment and not just
Netbeans IDE. Please note and remember your current font setting before applying
changes mentioned below. Also this will work only on "native" look and feel.
e.g. Nimbus laf was not looking good. I am using Oracle JDK 8.
To change GUI font , I have added the font "Open Sans" from "http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans" (Use OpenSans-Regular.ttf and
just double click and click install button.)
(See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14170113/download-googles-open-sans-font
for download instructions.) to my Linux installation and changed default system font to
"Open Sans 11"
You may prefer to choose different font size.
For Linux Mint : Go to System Settings => Fonts =>Default font to Open Sans 11
To change default font on Ubuntu
http://askubuntu.com/questions/351595/change-default-font-in-ubuntu-13-04
Remember above will change system wide font therefore do remember your current font
settings to revert back changes in case of failure, but this font was OK for me.
Log off and log in again.
Now IDE is looking as follows.
(Open Image in new Tab to see the actual image and zoom it to 100%
: new look in Linux Mint).
(Open Image in new Tab to see the actual image and zoom it to 100%: new look in Ubuntu).
Please feel free to ask any queries if above process is complicated for you.
Happy codding !
