Anno domini 2019 Sun, 10 Feb 09:22:37 -0500
 Felix Miata scripsit:
> [...]
> The purging of pt as a physical unit doesn't just show up in unexpected page text sizing. It also
> has affected optional themes, and some internal theming. Mix in a GTK3 problem[1][2] and HiDPI
> mutations, and you get a good definition of unpredictable.
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757142
> Recent change breaks HiDPI setup based on calculated or forced DPI
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269274
> UI text sizes no longer inherited from Linux system
> [2] https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022830
> GTK3 apps not honoring system-wide DPI settings nor KDE mouse cursor
> This bug's fix counters the GTK problem upstream created. I've not seen evidence any other distro
> has offered this solution.

Hi Felix!

Sounds like Windows font desaster arrived on linux, at last :-(

In the meantime I found a workaround for GTK2 applications (some use way too big fonts):
cp ~/.gtkrc-2.0 ~/.unison-gtkrc-2.0
chande the font size there - looks like it overrides dpi settings, then use that config for the applation:
GTK2_RC_FILES=~/.unison-gtkrc-2.0 unison-gtk

I think that's what you get when marketing takes over development.

Nik

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