Bruce Tulloch wrote:
However to avoid polluting the code too much I make almost universal use
of the ParentFont property (ie, assigned True) and assign the font at
the root of the visual hierarchy (usually the form) at runtime based on
the platform DPI.
But currently my Windows and Linux use the same 96 dpi setting, yet the
8 pt font under Windows is the same size as a 10 pt font under Linux. So
the dpi value doesn't seem to be the only culprit. I'm using Arial on
both platforms as my default font in my applications.
Also, I follow a mixed bag of UI Guidelines - font sizes similar to Mac
OS X. I use different size fonts in one form.
For example (under Linux):
- Normal Font is 10pt and used in Labels, Button Captions etc..
- Small Font is 8pt and used for extra descriptions below components
or for tick captions in a Slider component etc.. The content of
Grids also use Small Font.
Regards,
- Graeme -
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