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This theme works withGTK 2.24(with murrine) &GTK 3.24 &GTK 4.12..4.19, with or without compositor, with or without CSD windows, and with or without gtk3/4-classic.

It is mainly intended forMATE desktop environment, it's not too bad withXfce, it's experimental withCinnamon.

GTK 2.24 (Pango 1.56)

GTK 2.24 RTL (Pango 1.56)

GTK 3.24-classic (Pango 1.56)

GTK 3.24-classic RTL (Pango 1.56)

GTK 4.12..4.18-classic (Pango 1.56)

GTK 4.12..4.18-classic RTL (Pango 1.56)

GTK 5.0 (Pango 1.56)
GtkWindow will likely be deprecated... lol

Program used for the screenshots is availablehere.

For MATE, the following packages no longer install themetacity/marco theme (ClearlooksRe), because it is provided bymarco package.

To meet the truth (not required, if you can't/won't, no worries, but the truth will be far):

• removegtk3-nocsd
• install gtk3-classic & gtk4-classic
• use Pango 1.42- or 1.51+

ForDebian Testing, I provide a repository forgtk3-classic and forgtk4-classic, it also includesmate-settings-daemon 1.26 with a patch to customize notifications from theme.

ForUbuntu, I also provide a repository forgtk3-classic & gtk4-classic.

• Run:sudo apt install human-theme-gtk
• Restart your session

• Run:sudo dnf install human-theme-gtk
• Restart your session

• Run:sudo zypper install human-theme-gtk
• Restart your session

• Run:sudo urpmi human-theme-gtk
• Restart your session

• Run:

# PPA: https://launchpad.net/~luigifab/+archive/ubuntu/packages# with Debian 12+/Bookworm+ you can use mantic+ instead of focal (https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/669008/364800)# for Debian you can use focal for buster, jammy for bullseye, oracular or noble for bookworm, questing or plucky for trixie# for Devuan you can use focal for beowulf, jammy for chimaera, oracular or noble for daedalus, questing or plucky for excalibur and ceres# for Trisquel you can use focal for nabia, jammy for aramo# for Linux Mint you can use focal for 20.x and 4/debbie, jammy for 21.x and 5/elsie, noble for 22.x and 6/faye, questing or plucky for 7/gigi# for MX Linux you can use focal for 19.x, jammy for 21.x, oracular or noble for 23.x# for Kali Linux you can use questing or pluckysudo add-apt-repository ppa:luigifab/packagessudo apt updatesudo apt install human-theme-gtk# orsudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys FFE5BD439356DF7Decho"deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luigifab/packages/ubuntu focal main"| sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.listsudo apt updatesudo apt install human-theme-gtk# orsudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/luigifab.gpg https://www.luigifab.fr/apt.gpgecho"deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luigifab/packages/ubuntu focal main"| sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.listsudo apt updatesudo apt install human-theme-gtk# orwget -qO - https://www.luigifab.fr/apt.gpg| sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/luigifab.gpgecho"deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luigifab/packages/ubuntu focal main"| sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.listsudo apt updatesudo apt install human-theme-gtk# sha256sum /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/luigifab.gpg578c89a677048e38007462d543686b53587efba9f93814601169253c45ff9213# apt-key list/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/luigifab.gpgpub   rsa4096 2020-10-31 [SC]      458B 0C46 D024 FD8C B8BC  99CD FFE5 BD43 9356 DF7D

• Restart your session

• Download the archive and extract its subdirectories into~/.themes/
• Configure font rendering, GTK and Qt settings, by adding the following to/etc/environment (details):

FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35"QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0GTK_BACKDROP=1GTKM_INSERT_EMOJI=1GTK_USE_IEC_UNITS=1GTK_FOCUS_VISIBLE=1GTK_PROGRESS_TEXT_INSIDE=1GTK_TREEVIEW_LINES=0GTK_ENLARGE_SCROLLBAR=1

• Install the icons and cursors themes:gnome-icon-theme ormate-icon-theme +dmz-cursor-theme
• Install package for GTK 2 apps:gtk2-engines-murrine orgtk2-engine-murrine orgtk2-murrine-engine orgtk-engine-murrine orgtk-murrine-engine ormurrine or similar
• Install package for Qt 5 apps:qt5-gtk2-platformtheme +qt5-gtk-platformtheme or similar
• Install package for Qt 6 apps:qt6-gtk-platformtheme or similar
• Restart your session

ForMATE desktop:

• Go to:System / Preferences / Appearance, or run:mate-appearance-properties
  Then select theHuman theme and update fonts.
• Go to:System / Preferences / Windows, or run:mate-window-properties
  Then disable software compositing from last tab (or enable it, as you want).
• Go to:System / Preferences / Notifications, or run:mate-notification-properties
  Then select theCoco orDefault theme.
• Go to:panel preferences
  Then set panel height to 23px.

ForXfce desktop:

• Go to:Applications / Settings / Appearance, or run:xfce4-appearance-settings
  Then select theHuman theme and update fonts.
• Go to:Applications / Settings / Window Manager, or run:xfwm4-settings
  Then select theHuman theme and update fonts.
• Go to:Applications / Settings / Window Manager Tweaks, or run:xfwm4-tweaks-settings
  Then disable software compositing from last tab (or enable it, as you want).
• Go to:Applications / Settings / Mouse and Touchpad, or run:xfce4-mouse-settings
  Then select theDMZ White theme from last tab.
• Go to:panel preferences
  Then set panel height to 22px, panel icons sizes to 16px or automatic.

ForCinnamon desktop:

• Go to:Menu / Preferences / Themes, or run:cinnamon-settings themes
  Click onAdvanced settings
  Then select theHuman theme for applications and desktop.
  And select theDMZ White theme for mouse.
• Go to:Menu / Preferences / Fonts, or run:cinnamon-settings fonts
  Then update fonts.
• Go to:main menu preferences andpanel preferences
  Then set panel height to 25px/23px, panel icons sizes to 16px, menu icons sizes to 22px 22px 32px.

Fonts:

• DejaVu Sans Book, 10
• DejaVu Sans Bold, 10
• DejaVu Sans Mono Book, 10
• Best shapes orMedium hinting for fonts rendering (anti-aliasing)

Icons:

• gnome ormate

Cursors:

• DMZ white, 24

Desktop panels:

• 23px for panel height, 16px or automatic for icons size

Extra configuration for cursors:

• Runsudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme and select againDMZ white

If font rendering is bad, try this:

cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/sudo rm 10-hinting-slight.conf# /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.confsudo ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-full.conf

For classic menu bar and menu items onFirefox 46+ andThunderbird 46+, seebug 1622545.

If font rendering is bad, try to add in~/.config/gtk-4.0/settings.ini:

[Settings]gtk-font-rendering=manualgtk-hint-font-metrics=1gtk-xft-hintstyle=hintfullgtk-xft-antialias=0gtk-xft-hinting=1

Unfortunately, the border cannot be removed, seeforum.

When a window is maximized, window bottom border color is wrong and there is an offset of 1px.

With window compositor, the window/dialog/menu shadow can't be removed or configured.

Use~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and~/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css files.

To restore notifications fromnm-applet, run:

gsettings reset org.gnome.nm-applet disable-connected-notificationsgsettings reset org.gnome.nm-applet disable-disconnected-notificationsgsettings reset org.gnome.nm-applet disable-vpn-notificationsgsettings reset org.gnome.nm-applet disable-wifi-creategsettings reset org.gnome.nm-applet suppress-wireless-networks-availablegsettings reset org.gnome.nm-applet show-applet

To enableGtkInspector viaCtrl+Shift+I /Ctrl+Shift+D, run:

gsettingsset org.gtk.Settings.Debug enable-inspector-keybindingtruegsettingsset org.gtk.gtk4.Settings.Debug enable-inspector-keybindingtrue

RunAWF with screenshot on theme reload:

awf-gtk2 -s~/2.pngawf-gtk3 -s~/3.pngawf-gtk4 -s~/4.png

RunEntr to sendSIGHUP signal when files change to reload theme:

ls~/.themes/human-theme*/gtk-2*/gtkrc| entr killall -s SIGHUP awf-gtk2ls~/.themes/human-theme*/gtk-3*/*.css| entr killall -s SIGHUP awf-gtk3ls~/.themes/human-theme*/gtk-4*/*.css| entr killall -s SIGHUP awf-gtk4

RunImageTragick to create the diff image:

killall -q eomrm -f dif.pngcompare -fuzz 1% -compose src -highlight-color blue -lowlight-color none 2.png 3.png dif.pngcomposite dif.png 2.png dif.pngeom dif.png&

Runsvg.sh andcinnamon.sh to update colors. See alsotechnical informations. For any issue and pull request, please add before/after screenshots.

• Current version: 2.5.0 (06/06/2025)
• Compatibility: GTK 2.24 / 3.24 / 4.12..4.19
• Links:luigifab.fr -github.com -mate-look.org -xfce-look.org -ppa/dpa

This theme is provided under the terms of theGNU GPLv3+ license.
If you like, take some of your time to improve some translations, go tohttps://bit.ly/2HyCCEc.

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• Created by Kenneth Wimer and Conn O'Griofa (seehuman-theme Ubuntu package)

GTK 3 theme(GNU GPLv3+)

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• Forked fromClearlooks-Phénix by Jean-Philippe Fleury (jpfleury) and Andrew Shadura

Metacity theme(Clearlooks, GNU LGPLv2.1+)

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