I've tried to increase the font size for the clock and calendar applets in the Budgie panel settings, but the font for these don't appear to get any bigger. Is there a place I can edit a config file to increase the font size for these applets? Is there a setting in the GUI that I'm just not noticing?

Thanks for your help!

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  • Bhibb Go to Budgie-Desktop-Settings -> Panel -> Clock -> custom format -> copy one of the codes from above and paste it in. You will see the effect.
    <span font_desc="Droid Sans 12"> %a %d %b </span> <span font_desc="Droid Sans 13" weight="Bold" >%H:%M</span>
    If you prefer AM/PM
    <span font_desc="Droid Sans 12"> %a %b %d </span> <span font_desc="Droid Sans 13" weight="Bold" >%I:%M %p</span>

      Not all applets have scaling with panel size yet. It's on the todo list, but other items have priority right now; mainly Wayland. I think the best you can do right now is to make it bold by adding <b> at the front and /b> at the end of the format in the clock applet's settings in Budgie Desktop Settings.

        EbonJaeger Wayland makes sense to me as a priority! Thank you for the response.

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            Bhibb Go to Budgie-Desktop-Settings -> Panel -> Clock -> custom format -> copy one of the codes from above and paste it in. You will see the effect.
            <span font_desc="Droid Sans 12"> %a %d %b </span> <span font_desc="Droid Sans 13" weight="Bold" >%H:%M</span>
            If you prefer AM/PM
            <span font_desc="Droid Sans 12"> %a %b %d </span> <span font_desc="Droid Sans 13" weight="Bold" >%I:%M %p</span>

                Here's one way to customize the clock applet:

                1) $ gedit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
                2) Add line: .budgie-clock-applet { font-weight: bold; font-size: 2.05em; color: #FF5763; }
                3) Log Out and Log In

                PS: You can use GTK Inspector to explore the class names of user interface elements.

                  c2p Thank you for your answer here!

                  Jumpy This, too, is really great info!

                  Unfortunately, I had already been on the fence as to whether I wanted to go back to my beloved KDE Plasma, and though this (the size of the budgie clock applet) wasn't a contributing factor, I found myself really missing the workspaces concept of isolation in KDE Plasma and I took the plunge. I'm writing to you now from the KDE flavor of Solus, and so far, so good.

                  Still, thank you both for taking the time to reply here, and I wish I could select both your answers as the solution for future users.

                  I have not tested either method, but I'll select the first reply as the best answer in case someone else comes hunting for it.

                  Thanks again!

                        Bhibb I'm writing to you now from the KDE flavor of Solus, and so far, so good.

                        A very wise move, in my opinion. I can't think of any other distro or DE I'd rather be using full-time.