This patch make Xfce use "gnome" as the default icon theme and enable font antialias. Taken from ArchLinux. diff -upr xfce4-settings-4.12.0.orig/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml xfce4-settings-4.12.0/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml --- xfce4-settings-4.12.0.orig/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml 2015-02-24 03:33:11.000000000 +0200 +++ xfce4-settings-4.12.0/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml 2015-03-01 09:52:24.376869688 +0200 @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <channel name="xsettings" version="1.0"> <property name="Net" type="empty"> <property name="ThemeName" type="empty"/> - <property name="IconThemeName" type="empty"/> + <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="gnome"/> <property name="DoubleClickTime" type="int" value="400"/> <property name="DoubleClickDistance" type="int" value="5"/> <property name="DndDragThreshold" type="int" value="8"/> @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ </property> <property name="Xft" type="empty"> <property name="DPI" type="empty"/> - <property name="Antialias" type="int" value="-1"/> + <property name="Antialias" type="int" value="1"/> <property name="Hinting" type="int" value="-1"/> - <property name="HintStyle" type="string" value="hintnone"/> + <property name="HintStyle" type="string" value="hintfull"/> <property name="RGBA" type="string" value="none"/> <!-- <property name="Lcdfilter" type="string" value="none"/> --> </property>