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 -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...