On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 22:01, Conn <subps...@eircom.net> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Ditto. If those are in fact 9pt and not 8pt something is unusual on your >> comparison XP. Windows UI fonts have usually been ridiculously small >> (8pt), >> but I have encountered the use of 9pt in W2K & WXP when "large" has not >> been >> selected in settings. The browser and office app document fonts have >> always >> been 12pt by default. The difference in size is a function of area, not >> nominal size, meaning that 12pt is 2.25 times the size of 8pt (12^2 / 8^2) >> and 1.78 times the size of 9pt (12^2 / 9^2). > > I dual-boot between XP and Ubuntu, and use a bookmark synchronization > extension for Firefox. Looking at my Firefox bookmarks toolbar (which is > identical in layout between operating systems), Windows XP can fit about 10 > bookmarks on-screen, whereas Ubuntu can fit only 7, or at most 8 with a > short title. The entire interface of Ubuntu looks unnecessarily bloated. > > As I posted in my previous comment, my screen should use 91dpi rendering. I > have manually set this value, and while fonts looks slightly more compact > compared to the default setting, /in my opinion/, 10pt is still too bloated.
In my opinion, even a 9pt application font is still too bloated. I have the following output from xdpyinfo: dimensions: 1920x1200 pixels (372x230 millimeters) resolution: 131x133 dots per inch On this setup, with the correct DPI set, 10pt looks *huge*. 9pt is still too much for my tastes. 8pt feels very natural. Screenshots: 10pt: http://www.few.vu.nl/~rkg230/files/Screenshot10pt.png 9pt: http://www.few.vu.nl/~rkg230/files/Screenshot9pt.png 8pt: http://www.few.vu.nl/~rkg230/files/Screenshot8pt.png Also, you can see in the 10pt and 9pt screenshots that the text of the CPU monitor on the top panel doesn't fit inside the applet anymore. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
