On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:06:09 +0100 "Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I've asked this question before in an OO forum, but didn't get any > useful result. > > After a sarge->etch (and, consequently, oo-1.2 -> oo2.0) upgrade I > found that all fonts in menus and dialog boxes are huge (see > > http://www.nanoscience.de/group_r/members/dhaude/stuff/OO_hugefonts.png > > for a 1:1 screenshot. > > As you can see in the dialog box in that screenshot, there is a "Use > system font for user interface" checkbox. Unclicking it and > re-starting the app doesn't make any difference at all, neither does > changing default fonts in a KDE desktop environment (I normally don't > use it; I just installed it for the purpose of trying to figure out > what the heck OO thinks a "system font" is). > > BTW, the user interface scaling also scales document content and is > therefore not an option. > > Thanks > --Dan > > I think OOo gets its idea of screen resolution from the X resource database, whereas many other applications use the X server's resolution. What is the output of the following commands? xrdb -q | grep dpi xdpyinfo | grep resolution Do the two results differ? The "use system font" option works in a GNOME session, but I can't vouch for its effectiveness elsewhere. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]