I understand that the match before was just luck. However, we know what size system fonts have on a Mac (you can't change it without using some third party tools). So why not make sure that the size in mm of the average text in DT matches that of the average text in menus/dialogs on OS X?
.mm On December 4, 2014 2:36:52 PM parafin <para...@paraf.in> wrote: > I assume by old version you mean rc1 (1.5.1). It didn't detect the > right DPI at all (since OS X always reports it as 72) which screwed up > other GUI things (like font size in bauhaus widgets). It was fixed > since then and the change is unrelated to Retina. The way it looks now > is the "correct" way, it matches how it's done on Linux. Changing the > resolution of display shouldn't change the physical size (in mm) of > fonts and widgets. > Native apps probably get font size from some system preferences, we > don't do that and I currently have no plans of adding such > functionality (font size is fixed in our darktable.gtkrc). > > On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:21:22 +0100 > Moritz Moeller <virtualr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 04/12/14 12:40, parafin wrote: > > > DT's GUI is scaled according to DPI so that physical size of fonts (and > > > other elements) remains the same. I get that with more pixels on > > > display users may want to make things smaller, there are 2 ways to do > > > that: > > > 1). screen_dpi_overwrite setting in ~/.config/darktable/darktablerc > > > 2). tuning font sizes in darktable.gtkrc > > > > I understand. But there should probably be some factor applied because > > in the old version of the DMG (non-retina), the fonts have the right > > size. And whatever scale factor I set on my retina screen, the DT UI > > fonts are always almost twice as big as the ones from native apps. > > > > .mm > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > darktable-devel mailing list > darktable-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list darktable-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
