On Sunday 15 May 2016 15:32:08 E. Liddell wrote:
> On Sun, 15 May 2016 04:26:54 -0400
>
> Felix Miata <mrmazda@...> wrote:
> > Felix Miata composed on 2016-05-14 04:46 (UTC-0400):
> > > Does anyone know if VLC's UI can be made to obey Trinity's font size
> > > settings? I have font size set to 14 in qtconfig
> > > (~/.config/Trolltech.conf), and QT's own settings window has fonts same
> > > size as Trinity's size 14 fonts. VLC's fonts are only about half as big
> > > as Trinity's:
> > >
> > > http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/KDE/vlc-tiny-fonts144.jpg
> >
> > I finally got fonts right in VLC in Jessie's 14.0.3 via IRC help
> > suggesting to install and run qtconfig-qt4. NAICT, all running
> > qtconfig-qt4 did was put a font setting line into
> > ~/.config/Trolltech.conf. That's already been done in openSUSE 42.1 via
> > /usr/bin/qtconfig, which comes from the libqt4-x11 rpm, yet VLC fonts
> > remain tiny in openSUSE. :-(
> >
> > The subject machine/installation is not my own, as I'm doing a nearly
> > blind friend a favor. I checked on one of my own openSUSE 42.1/TDE 14.0.3
> > installations, and can't get fonts in VLC to obey any font settings there
> > either.
>
> Random question, possibly not helpful--is it possible that VLC is using
> the qt5 GUI that's available in recent versions?

Unless recent means for some years, then no. Or anyhow, that cannot be the 
complete explanation.  As I said, I have never used vlc because of this 
problem.  I don't remember how long I have been avoiding it for, but I would 
say at least since KDE 3.5.10

Lisi