Once upon a time, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Allegedly, on or about 27 March 2014, Suvayu Ali sent: > > I think you can fix this by configuring your fonts to be higher dpi > > (on XFCE I can do this in Settings >> Appearance >> Fonts). With the > > fonts bigger, I think your desktop environment will choose bigger > > icons automatically. > > Futzing the DPI is not really a good idea, and should only be done as a > last resort. Firstly, GUI designers ought to make it easy for user to > select the font AND icon sizes that they want, properly. If people > stopped futzing the DPI, there might be more pressure placed on them to > do that. Setting the DPI to the display's value is not the same as "futzing" it. IIRC the default is set to 96 dpi, and the actual hardware display size is ignored. If you have a display that is significantly different from 96 dpi, setting it can help. IIRC from previous discussions, there are a number of reasons the reported hardware display size is not used: - On some displays, the makers report wrong values (sometimes wildly inaccurate). - A single DPI setting is really not correct, as multi-display setups can be different size, resolution, etc. Also, notebooks switching from internal display to external (even if both aren't active at the same time) can cause changes. - Not everything applies DPI in the same way. Firefox for example IIRC uses it for fonts but not CSS layout. You can override that in about:config, but then it starts scaling images (often making them fuzzy) and makes things worse instead of better. -- Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
