Anno domini 2019 Sun, 10 Feb 09:22:37 -0500 Felix Miata scripsit:
[...] The purging of pt as a physical unit doesn't just show up in unexpected page text sizing. It also has affected optional themes, and some internal theming. Mix in a GTK3 problem[1][2] and HiDPI mutations, and you get a good definition of unpredictable.
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757142 Recent change breaks HiDPI setup based on calculated or forced DPI https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269274 UI text sizes no longer inherited from Linux system [2] https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022830 GTK3 apps not honoring system-wide DPI settings nor KDE mouse cursor This bug's fix counters the GTK problem upstream created. I've not seen evidence any other distro has offered this solution.
Hi Felix!
Sounds like Windows font desaster arrived on linux, at last :-(
In the meantime I found a workaround for GTK2 applications (some use way too big fonts): cp ~/.gtkrc-2.0 ~/.unison-gtkrc-2.0 chande the font size there - looks like it overrides dpi settings, then use that config for the applation: GTK2_RC_FILES=~/.unison-gtkrc-2.0 unison-gtk
I think that's what you get when marketing takes over development.
Nik