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# ~/Library/Application Support/org.gnome.Meld/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
* { letter-spacing: 0.4px; }

ENTRY N° 152 · 14 OCT 2026 · TECHNOLOGY

Meld on macOS: interface text has no word spacing

Meld on macOS rendered its interface text with no spaces between words. This post walks through the two stacked causes, why the usual ~/.config/gtk-3.0 advice does not work for the Meld app...

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