GTK1 - themes and fonts

- install GTK+ theme switcher

# sudo apt-get install gtk-theme-switch

- install themes (e.g. gtk-engines-industrial, gtk-engines-geramik, etc.)

# sudo apt-get install gtk-engines-theme

- run switcher

# switch

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- alternatively, edit ~/.gtkrc (or /etc/gtk/gtkrc for global settings)

style "user-font"
{
fontset="-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

- other good picks:

-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-clean-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

- to view fonts:

# xfontsel