[Lazarus] Font sizes on various platforms

[Marc Weustink]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Bruce Tulloch wrote:
> 
>> However to avoid polluting the code too much I make almost universal use
>> of the ParentFont property (ie, assigned True) and assign the font at
>> the root of the visual hierarchy (usually the form) at runtime based on
>> the platform DPI.
> 
> But currently my Windows and Linux use the same 96 dpi setting, yet the 
> 8 pt font under Windows is the same size as a 10 pt font under Linux. So 
> the dpi value doesn't seem to be the only culprit. I'm using Arial on 
> both platforms as my default font in my applications.

I've the opposite experience with apps in general if I compare fonts 
between windows and linux. On my linux, using the same dpi, the same 
fonts look bigger and fatter than on my windows.
Event when I run a xserver on windows, with a smaller DPI than my 
windows, the fonts are bigger.

Anyway, back to lazarus, fonts defined in points should look to have the 
same size on different dpi.
Years ago I wrote that I woulf have a look to get it right for Lazarus, 
but that time didn't come :(

Marc