On quarta-feira, 27 de julho de 2016 05:56:52 PDT Nikita Krupenko wrote: > 2016-07-27 4:02 GMT+03:00 Thiago Macieira <[email protected]>: > > Em quarta-feira, 27 de julho de 2016, às 02:49:31 PDT, Nikita Krupenko > > > > escreveu: > >> In Material Design guidelines [1] all font sizes are in scaleable > >> pixels (sp). So this size could be multiplied by some factor and all > >> fonts should scale equally. > > > > Maybe we should instead use a size calculated in physical units, like > > 1/72th of an inch. Oh, we have such a unit: points. > > The idea of scaleable pixels is somewhat different: user can select > big/small fonts in the OS/application settings and font sizes would be > multiplied by some factor, for example 1.5. > > BTW, why use font size in points? As other elements, like widgets, > images, etc has size in pixels, it's better to use pixels for fonts > too. Auto HiDPI scaling in Qt works for font sizes in pixels.
My point is that we already have such a unit. Instead of inventing a new one that didn't exist before, then use it in a context where a unit was already proper, why not use the proper unit for everything? Measure images in points too. -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
