This may be related to
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2008-October/032415.html
This is a recurrent issue between various Linuces and
versions of Java. Any attempt to predict compensation is
simply not reliable.
Try to run Font Chooser
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/beta/2006-September/002100.html
This may be happening:
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/beta/2006-September/002086.html
--- Eric Iverson <eiverson at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Rather than build a complete new linux wbeta I have just built a new
> j.jar that adjusts linux dpi to 96 if the getScreenResolution is between
> 72 and 96.
See also
[Jbeta] linux font size
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/beta/2006-September/002085.html
[Jbeta] font sizes
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/beta/2006-September/002069.html
(Any time The Three Blind Men and the Elephant is mentioned, it always
sounds insulting...)
----- Original Message ----
> From: "Sherlock, Ric" <[email protected]>
>
> > From: bill lam
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Sherlock Ric wrote:
> > > .... The font
> > > size specified in Edit|Configure|Display doesn't change.
> >
> > That setting expects a mono font for display inside client area of ijx
> > and ijs windows. There is another font setting used by ide in
> > Edit|Configure|Form that can be proportional font for displaying all
> > others.
>
> Yes the font inside the client area is affected as well as the text used for
> form controls. Neither settings change. Only the text used for form menus is
> not
> affected.
>
> > > What information does J use to decide how big to display fonts in
> > > Jwdp? I quite like working in full screen on my 1680x1050 screen,
> > > but when I do that, whenever I want to start a new J session, I have
> > > to resize the window to be small, or else I get huge text.
> >
> > I don't know the detail but j should have to create an invisible form
> > to guess the screen dpi during booting.
>
> And would that be stored somewhere that I could update? Or can run something
> to
> make it reguess?
>
> FWIW Jwdw in a Windows XP VM doesn't have the same problem.
>
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