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Linux desktop fonts configuration in 2025

Modern font configuration for Linux:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name "Adwaita Sans 11"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name "Adwaita Sans 11"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name "Noto Sans Mono 11"

Adwaita Sans is the new default font for GNOME desktop environment. It looks great and modern. Noto Sans Mono is a great monospaced font for programming.

To install Noto fonts on Fedora, run:

sudo dnf install google-noto-sans-fonts

linux fedora font fresh system · 28 Oct 2025

Fedora 33: font rendering

Packages from this repository improve font rendering in fedora a lot:

sudo dnf copr enable dawid/better_fonts -y
sudo dnf install fontconfig-font-replacements fontconfig-enhanced-defaults levien-inconsolata-fonts -y
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name "Cantarell 11"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name "Cantarell 11"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name "Inconsolata 13"

linux fedora fedora33 font · 30 Dec 2020