Fonts and DK 8.0

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

Check the options:

 "Use high DPI scaling from the screen factor":
https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/miscs_settings.html#system-settings
"Application font":
https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/miscs_settings.html#appearance-settings

Best

Girls Caulier

Le lun. 17 avr. 2023 à 23:07, <digikam at 911networks.com> a écrit :
>
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:30:52 +0100
> Dougie Nisbet <dougie at katsura.uk> wrote:
>
> > I've had similar issues after upgrading to dual BenQ 28" 3840x2160
> > monitors a couple of months ago. I don't believe it's specific to
> > digiKam and you may find this behaviour happens inconsistently
> > across apps.
>
> For me, I'm also on XFCE but it's specific to DK.
>
> All my other "stuff" is no problem like firefox, claws-mail, vim,
> emacs, darktable, ...
>
> > If you do a web search on small fonts on large
> > displays for linux you'll find a lot of mixed information. It
> > usually seems to involve adjusting the scaling and/or the DPI on
> > your particular setup, and there aren't any guarantees. You end up
> > getting one application looking lovely, and another ends up looking
> > bad.
> >
> > I'm using the xfce4 desktop on Debian, and what's worked for me is
> > using the Adwaita Style, changing the custom DPI setting to 140
> > (you need to experiment), and leaving the Window Scaling at 1x
> > (I've tried 2x but as mentioned, it fixes one thing, but breaks
> > another). For xfce4 this is under Settings/Appearance, or run
> > directly as xfce4-appearance-settings. I've also tried other
> > desktops, e.g. kde, and found that it basically involved trial and
> > error experimenting with scaling and dpi.
>
> I use arc-lighter but just tried adwaita and it looks good too.
> Switching to a custom dpi of 140 made everything else too big.
>
> >
> > Dougie
> >
> > On 17/04/2023 20:07, digikam at 911networks.com wrote:
> > > Linux 8.0 appimage: opensuse leap 15.4
> > >
> > > I just move and changed my monitor to a benq 27": 2560 x 1440.
> > >
> > > I adjusted the font sizes for the collections and views, but the
> > > "system stuff" like the menus, they are far too small for me to
> > > read.
> > >
> > > Here's a screenshot:
> > >
> > > https://imgur.com/QEXHryv.png
> > >
> > > Is there something I can do about the small fonts on the system
> > > menu file, albums, search, tags....?
> > >
>
>
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>
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