Since this bug is labeled as gtk+2.0, I'd be interested to see also work continued on the gtk+2.0 toolkit.
By manually editing gtk+2.0 themes, one can at least double some elements' dimensions and it seems not to break the layout of applications (of course such a theme derivative is then specifically targeted for dpi). So there is definitely something that can be achieved by default, and at a lower level (in the theme engine or even toolkit). Gtk+2.0 is far from disappearing (with distributions pertinaciously sticking to it, as well as all non-native toolkits like java, qt, vcl, xul basing there themes on it) and users will have to deal with it for years. Because of that, better dpi support —be it only partial— is wishable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564072 Title: DPI is not recognized by UBUNTU, so fonts, icons and the whole system is too small Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I'm using a 147x145 DPI screen. The fonts, icons and all the whole system seem too tinny. If I change the System>Preferences>Appearance>Fonts>Details...>Resolution from 96 to 145, the fonts of the desktop get better, but the icons still too tinny, and the fonts in any other applications is still tinny. I know that i can change the resolution of the screen to a smaller one (actual is 1920x1200) but i don't want to do that because it downgrade the quality of the display. in Firefox, i can use Ctrl + to increase the fonts size, but this leads sometime to bigger fonts in small frames so sometimes i can't see all the fonts in a frame, or the frames can interfere with each others, and the enlarged photos are really bad quality. My question is : Is there a real way to make all the fonts, icons, photos and the whole system in all the applications to appear in a normal size instead of this tinny size that i get only because i have a 1920x1200 on a 15" screen ? in termianl : ~:/var/log$ grep DPI Xorg.0.log (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (147, 145); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config ~$ xdpyinfo | grep reso resolution: 147x145 dots per inch And this is the right DPI of my screen 1920x1200 pixels (332x210 millimeters), but i don't know why the operating system is not applying these DPI? My config : Clevo M860TU with Quadro FX 2700M UBUNTU 9.10 ( but this problem was also in earlier releases ) Driver : NVIDIA 185 ( but i tried also 173 ) Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/564072/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
