[Lazarus] Lazarus has unique font sizes

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> 
>> Am I missing something ?
>
> Yes, why is it an option in the first place? No other application asks the 
> user for the Font Size or Font Height. If the one can be calculated from the 
> other, then just give us the ONE normal option - Font Size. Anything else is 
> just confusing to the user.

User, yes. programmer: no.

As I understood it, the difference is as follows:
- Setting size selects the point size of the font, no matter what the DPI is.
- Setting height sets the pixel size of the font, and then the correct point size
   is calculated (using DPI) so the height is reached.

The second option had to be chosen if you wanted your font to be the same
pixel height no matter what the DPI.

Makes sense to me, we only use height at work, never ever size.

Michael.