[Feature Request] Custom font with size

I have panel in Deskbar mode with 2 rows (about 48px).
In current font size it won't fit in. So I see only partial number most of the time.

Therefore, it would really help to have an option to set custom font size, to see correct numbers.
Also with an option to select custom font would make it best to choose good readable font in small sizes that match user preference.

Thank you in advance for considering this.

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Hi Tomas,

Would be helpful if you added screenshots to your bug/feature reports, so its easy to see what is being requested.

Hello Yousuf.

When my net is really slow (basically doing nothing) all of the digits are visible:

But when speed is a bit faster (most of the time), I can only guess or check tooltip, because I don't know how many digits I'm missing:

Upload can be 39,58, or 89,58, or even 539,58.

Also it would help a bit to consider even this: Allow user choice of value scales

And also these (a bit different approach for sure):
add graphing
Provide graph like CPUgraph

thanks for the pics. maybe the better option is to allow the user to set the number of decimal points, as presently its always showing 2. If set to 0, then 3 numbers easily fit in your setup.

Hiding decimal spaces can solve problem of specific speeds. But when units go to MiB, then decimals are also relevant.
But I get it, that it is kind of vertical bar specific problem, so maybe a bit of unusual for common users.

I guess it's all connected/related, so to solve it there can be an option to (or some combinations of them):

• change font face / size (this)
• fix unit, and if it's fixed, optional setting to hide unit (Allow user set reported value in KB or MB)
• align text
• choose number of decimal places (Option to set the number of decimal points)
• graph (add graphing)

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I've filed the decimal points idea in issue #21 (closed), so this issue can focus just on the font. You can file other feature requests for your other ideas, though I don't think text alignment would be a good idea.

Thank you!

I just thought about few related things to cover most needs.
I thought that it could be easier to read, when text is aligned right, to get result like this:

  1,12
999,34

instead of:

 1,12
999,34

But I understand, it's personal preference, and also a bit of a workaround.

Also as partial temporary workaround, I modified my ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css to force font size:
#netload-5 label{ font-size: 10px; }
Not ideal and long-term solution (number can vary, ...).

As I see it, also an option to hide unit (therefore it should be fixed) would be needed to see it all even with small text, or graph, ...