On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 8:43 PM, Barnet Wagman <bdw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Monitor resolution: 1920 x 1080 (not HiDPI)
>
> Here are links to screenshots (files on google drive)
>
> eg 0 zoom=150% (default)
>
> eg 1 zoom=125%
>
> eg 2 zoom=100%
>
> eg 3 zoom=75%
>
> The "zoom" refers to zoom specification in Tool -> Preferences -> Look &
> Feel -> Screen Fonts. 150% was the initial value.
>
> Note that e.g going from 150% to 125%, the darkness of letters becomes
> uneven.
>
Have you tried changing the display font? See Tools > Prefs > Screen fonts.
Liviu
>
>
>
> On 07/04/2016 05:15 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 8:20 AM, bdw <bdw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On a new, vanilla LyX installation (version 2.2.0-1), all the 'Help'
> documents (Introduction, Tutorial, etc.) are displayed with very large
> fonts. However, if I zoom to correct this ('alt -' on my system), the
> quality of the font degrades badly. Going in the other direction does NOT
> effect the quality.
>
> What resolution, and is it HiDPI? Please provide a screenhot (before
> and after the problem).
>
> Liviu
>
>
> I've tried changing various fonts (using Tools -> Preferences -> Look & Feel
> -> Screen Fonts) and get the same effect for all the fonts I've tried. I
> also note that in the preferences, the default zoom is 150%, which seems
> odd.
>
> I wonder if the problem has to do with the font's being used. I've looked
> through the LyX documentation, but it's not clear how to use non-bitmapped
> fonts in Tools->Preferences-> ... -> Screen Fonts. I haven't found any
> reference to this problem in the LyX documentation, LyX mailing lists, or
> anywhere else
>
> FYI I'm running on Arch Linux. I tried installing texlive. That had no
> apparent effect, although I it's not clear whether LyX detects it
> automatically, of if I have to do something.
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on how to fix this. I really can't proceed to
> learn and use LyX if I can't fix this.
>
> Thanks
>
>
