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Re: How to change size of system font(s)?

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Richard Owlett composed on 2016-09-12 07:52 (UTC-0500):

> The default font in Squeeze(Gnome2) and Jessie(Mate) is too small!
> Gedit and Pluma allow changing from default size of "10"[units
> not specified]. I find setting to 14 or larger much more legible
> on my laptop.

Note that DEs, document creation and editing apps (e.g. LibreOffice), and 
sizes for printing are almost without exception sized in units called points, 
appreviated as pt. In printing, pt units are an unambiguous physical size. On 
computer screens in most contexts they are a logical size. The primary 
context where the size of a pt is most ambiguous is WRT text within a modern 
web browser viewport, where a pt equates to a px unit, a size measured in 
degrees rather than height and width.

When Xorg is configured so that its logical pixel density matches the 
screen's physical pixel density, then the pt unit becomes a physical size 
that matches the size printed.

Configuring Xorg to a particular density involves use of xrandr in a startup 
script, or DisplaySize within /etc/X11/xorg.con*. For Gnome/GTK apps to obey 
a particular DPI may require employing the Xft.dpi ENVAR.
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How to change size of system font(s)? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-12 15:00 +0200
  Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-12 15:10 +0200
    Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-09-12 16:00 +0200
  Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-12 15:50 +0200
  Re: How to change size of system font(s)? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-09-13 12:20 +0200

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