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I am using elementary OS which is based on Ubuntu Linux. I would like to change my fonts everywhere text is displayed on OS. Is there a way to do it, or am I too hopeful?

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  • It sure is possible but a bit too general to get a good answer. What problems have you faced so far or which section were you not able to find a solution to get a different font?
    – Julie Pelletier
    Commented Sep 9, 2016 at 23:03
  • I want to change the fonts that come pre-defined with the OS. How would I go about it?
    – brijs
    Commented Sep 9, 2016 at 23:19
  • Although this question is on-topic here, you're more likely to get help on elementary OS. If you choose to repost there, please delete your question here, or else don't repost but flag your question and ask a moderator to migrate.
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Sep 9, 2016 at 23:48
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    There's no way to change the font everywhere (e.g. it wouldn't make sense for a WYSIWYG word processor to use that font, web pages can specify a non-default font, some things call for a monospace font, …), but there's probably a way to change the font for normal text applications that use the elementary theme.
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Sep 9, 2016 at 23:50
  • You can change your system fonts. If your trying to systematically modify all your fonts, it would be difficult.
    – CJ Dana
    Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 5:02

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You can try elementary tweaks for do that, you can install it with this common :

sudo apt install software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

Elementary Tweaks will show on system settings

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You can install the application dconf-editor with your terminal and
there you can change these setting. Type in your terminal... 

sudo apt install dconf-editor

Then, after installation finished open dconf-editor and go to

org > gnome > desktop > interface

Now on the right side there is a point called 'font-name' and after that its defined with 'Open Sans 9' by default. This is your default system font.
Change the number to 10 for example and you see the affect immediately.
The font for terminal or scratch-text-editor are separately.

For terminal go to...

org > pantheon > terminal > settings

For scratch-text-editor got to...

org > pantheon > scratch > settings

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