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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Font size setting inconsistency in kcontrol with DPI > 75 (more info)
From:       rik () kde ! org
Date:       2001-01-29 10:48:42
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#if Guillaume Laurent
> - in kcontrol, look'n feel->fonts, click on "use defaults". For "File
> Manager" fonts I get helvetica 7, which looks fine.
> 
> - go to "File Browsing", "Appearance" tab, select "small" font, apply.
> 
> - go back to look'n feel->fonts : "File Manager" font is now helvetica 10,
>  way too big.
> 
> I found the reason for this : kcontrol/fonts/fonts.cpp, in the KFont ctor, 
> the font sizes are set with setPixelSize(), while every other kcontrol module 
> use setPointSize().

Yes, same here.

> But more generally, the problem is that the current hardcoded *point* sizes 
> don't look very good for DPIs higher than 75 : fonts are just too big. Even 
> the "small" setting for konqueror font in filebrowsing mode is quite large on 
> my screen.
> 
> Dirk mentionned a patch regarding DPI settings, but I can't find anything 
> about it in kcontrol, and that's definitely where the problem is.

Well, I switched kcmfonts to use pixel sizes for _defaults_, so when
you first run KDE, you get fonts that are sized according to display
resolution.

This can be changed back to point sizes... if that works now.

Rik

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