D14869: [RFC] Increase default font sizes by 1 pt

[Filip Fila]

filipf added a comment.


  In D14869#311891 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D14869#311891>, @davidedmundson wrote:
  
  > > what do you mean by facts though, isn't telemetry just a bunch of personal preferences heaped up?
  >
  > Yes.
  >  That is /considerably/ better than having just a  few people's personal preferences heaped up, which is the  current state of this thread.
  
  
  Everyone unfortunately thinks numbers = hard facts and this can be pretty erroneous and lead to manipulation. If you are going to resort to telemetry for making decision such as this one (which you shouldn't, but potentially only to support claims):
  
  1. please make sure to know what kind of sample you are operating with ie. who has turned ON telemetry (since I see it's going to be opt-in) -> the expectation here is that you'll have developers overrepresentened because regular users tend to dislike even the mention of telemetry
  2. make sure to record the screen resolution used AND the screen size -> of course people with small high-res screens are going to be more likely to increase font sizes
  3. make sure to take into account that not all fonts have the same metrics-> I don't believe you are going to build a database that would somehow categorize fonts in relation to how big they are on their own. Ever turned on one of those niche fonts out of fun, only to have to increase them to 14pt because they're just so small? Cantarell is smaller than Noto Sans e.g. You must take these things into account.
  4. above all, please take into account that you will have zero data on what someone's eyesight is like, which is a major variable here
  
  You are never going to get a full picture with numbers, not even if you solve the first 3 points suitably. Qualitative insights are much needed here, so it's good to have look if someone's been saying anything about fontsizes and also to ask e.g on Reddit to see what the users' input is.
  
  Let's not forgot the method of experiment either, if still feeling about this strongly, as a more sensible change to test this I'd suggest increasing the font DPI to 102 and then try it out in KDE Neon for a little while. There are too many steps and arguments being skipped here.

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