Hi It turned out that the "ugly fonts" are the default fonts installed with X. I have to install a ttf font (like DejaVu) and gtk will use it automatically. I have a working application https://github.com/anatol/showcase It works great both with and without window manager. For a kiosk setup the latter case is more interesting. I also added a systemd service file that allows to start the Showcase application automatically thus avoiding any manual interaction during system startup. _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list