[Lazarus] Fonts Advise between Windows & Linux

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Mon Apr 14 09:30:24 CEST 2008


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:38:47AM +0200, Ales Katona wrote:
> I believe the size difference stems from the different DPI in 
> font/widgetsets. The size parameter at least on gtk is calculated by 
> division and DPI is featured, so it's possible that the default DPI 
> differ on platforms?

The dpi varies even within platforms, e.g. X has one 75 and a 100 dpi font
set. The latter is recommended for higher resolutions.

And also Windows has a "large fonts" options (see display options). Elderly
people frequently have "large fonts" enabled.
 



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