tony mollica composed on 2018-01-08 09:29 (UTC-0800): > I'd like to find out how users are managing the font size issues between > applications. > What prompts me to ask is applying system or application updates > sometimes changes the display of fonts, some larger, some smaller, both > between applications and also within the applications, Thunderbird being > one of the worst. > > Am I missing some configuration utility or is this still a widespread > problem?
Focusing on TB, because it's a Mozilla.org application, yes, it is a common problem. Factors affecting fonts include, but are not limited to: 1-which DE or WM you are using 2-which themes you have installed 3-source of the package that provided the application 4-physical display density 5-logical display density 6-toolkit used to build application I don't use TB, but I do use other mozilla.org apps, some provided by the distribution, some provided directly from mozilla.org. Subject to correction by those using TB or otherwise having better knowledge: 1-TB 45 upstream was still using the mature GTK2 tookit, which had ample, mature theme support. TB 52 upstream has been switched to GTK3, with more limited theme support. 2-Individual Linux distros still have the option with 52 to build using GTK2, as do those self-compiling TB. One method of managing fonts in TB is described here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserChrome.css&printable=yes http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pane_and_menu_fonts -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
