A while back I did implement relative sizing for all fonts. Including menu fonts.
1. Goto Look->Fonts 2. Make sure you are in 'basic' mode (Bottom Right) 3. Click and enable "Enable Custom Font Classes" 4. Select a font you like (I uses Sans) 5. Select a relative size (Normal, Big, Really Big, etc) 6. Apply On my system all font sizes are applied right away, no restart required. -Stafford On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:44 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:16:18 -0500 "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <[email protected]> > said: > >> >> It would appear that on Feb 19, Carsten Haitzler did say: >> >> > tried the scaling config? :) (for people with bad eyesight... or when dpi >> > is stupidly high...) :) it's under look... check out the advanced one... >> > and a custom scaling setting might be the go. a full restart of e will be >> > needed for it to totally work right... >> > >> > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:08:57 -0500 "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" >> > <[email protected]> said: >> >> > > Then I tried: >> > > >> > > settings panel=>Look=>scaling >> > > >> > > And while I eventually got it to distort the icon/labels >> > > such as "Look", "Apps", "Screen", "Input", etc... in the >> > > settings panel, neither menu font size nor button label >> > > font size were even affected... >> > > >> > > My sore eyes are tired of squinting. (glad I still got e16!) > > are you using the default theme? the theme defines what will scale and what > wont when scaling.? > >> Well thanks for the quick response Carston. But as I said I "_TRIED_" to >> use the scaling option. But I'm not sure I understand the effect that any >> particular setting in the gui tool is supposed to have... And when I >> blindly tried one change after another I eventually got "_SOME_" results. >> The only thing that I saw get bigger was the text labeled icons that >> scroll sideways across the top of the settings panel. It appeared to >> have NO effect on any other font in or out of the settings panel... > > 1. go to advanced. > 2. enable "custom scaling factor" > 3. change "personal scaling factor". > > the minumum and maximum sliders will limit the actual effect of the personal > scaling factor to within these values. > >> (Yes I used restart to punctuate each change I attempted to >> make... Unnh! By "FULL restart" do you mean completely >> shutting down the server as in practically rebooting? Or >> should E's marvelous restart function do it?) > > no - just restart e (ctrl+alt+end will do the trick - or the menu option). > >> Actually I doubt I'd be happy with dpi based scaling solutions anyway. >> IF they worked wouldn't they also make all my already large print >> application settings (like Konsole font sizes) become even BIGGER??? > > no. e's scaling is its own. it has nothing to do with gtk or qt - it does > affect elementary though - but elementary will then match e's scaling and look > like it fits :) e can caluclate the scaling factor it from dpi, leave it alone > (leave at 1.0) or take a personal scaling factor you choose (and it will limit > auto and manual scaling values between min and max scale values). > >> I hate to change all those fonts back to fine print as then every time >> I wind up booting kde I'd have to change them back again... >> >> Incidentally I don't really think my font size needs are overly large. >> I mean If I use the kernel option vga=normal the default font size on >> the virtual consoles (such as you likely get with <ctrl>+<alt>+<Fkey>) >> are always just about right. I note: that before gui designers decided >> that everyone should have the vision of a hawk this was a "NORMAL" text >> size...) > > that depends on the size of your monitor. 80x25 chars on a 10" netbook is > vastly different to my 27" desktop. > > nb - a font that size would just offend me so badly i'd instantly use some > other software :) just out of the principle of wasting my screen space so > badly! :) > > remember - the point here is that 1 size does NOT fit all. where u think a > totally outrageously massive font is good - i think it wastes my screen and > time as i now have to scroll all day. the scale settings are there to scale > not > just to a dpi - but to adjust for a users sight and sizing preferences. really > dpi is a misnoma. it's wrong to scale to dpi. you need to scale to VISUAL > size. dpi is simply the physical size. a 50" screen is the same visual size as > a 25" screen - if its 2x as far away, but its dpi is half of the 25" screen. > you'd want the same scaling factor on both. it depends on dpi AND how far it > is > from you AND on your visual acuity. the machine can only perhaps figure out > DPI > based on monitor ddc info and resolution. the rest is unknown, thus a scaling > factor for users to set. :) > >> I was really hoping that somewhere there was a configuration option to >> select such things as what fonts are used in the menus, and pop-up gui >> tools... > > there is - scale settings. everything scales that is set to. of course if you > sue some other theme or a distribution and packages that use an altered theme > - > your mileage will vary. the default tags elements properly. > >> -- >> | ^^^ ^^^ >> | <o> <o> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook >> | ^ J(tWdy)P >> | ___ <<[email protected]>> >> | >> | <sigh> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> enlightenment-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >> > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
