Monday, 24 November 2014

Ubuntu - Fix large fonts for Google Chrome in Address Bar and Bookmarks bar

Since version 35, chrome switched to Aura framework and does not follow GTK theme anymore. This leads to large font size in address bar, and bookmarks bar.

However, it grabs font size settings from org.gnome.desktop.interface "font-name" property. To fix this, run the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Ubuntu 10'
# or
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Ubuntu 11'
# depending on your preferences

You must restart chrome for this to work.

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