I did this (note: I'm only learning about themes myself
)
Go to /usr/share/themes
Copy Minty folder
Go to /home folder
Click View > Show hidden files
If .themes folder is not there, create it (note the . dot)
Paste the copy of Minty folder in .themes
Rename the copy of Minty to Minty-new (for example)
Open /home/username/.themes/Minty-new/cinnamon
Open cinnamon.css
change this top section:
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stage {
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
font-size: 9pt;
color: #fff;
}
to (just an example):
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stage {
font-family: "FreeSans";
font-size: 11pt;
color: #f51227;
}
Save the file, close
Go to Cinnamon Settings > Themes > choose Minty-new
Restart Cinnamon (Alt+F2, press r, enter)
Ended up with this:
change font and text colour in LM14 Cinnamon.png
Doing it this way - copying the original folder, renaming and working on it in /home/username/.themes makes it easy to go to Cinnamon Settings and change back to the original Minty if you don't like your changes in Minty-new.
Very basic, but hopefully some people more experienced with themes with chime in with some more tips ...