johann_p
October 23rd, 2009, 08:48 PM
I had to switch to KDE recently because GNOME frequently locks up when I start an application from the panel.
Now, with KDE this does not happen, but for some reason, the fonts in applications like Firefox, Netbeans, Eclipse etc are totally differently sized than in GNOME, and usually much worse.
For example, in Netbeans the fonts for the menu and other GUI elements are so tiny I barely can read them. The editor content can be adapted in the options (I had to set font size to 16 which is crazy).
On the other hand, Firefox has menu and GUI fonts that are too big, but the fonts from websites are way too small and I need to to use extreme zoom.
This all looks as if KDE would report totally wrong screen DPIs to the applications and/or the applcations do not correctly deal with the DPI settings (but the same applications work fine with GNOME).
Changing the settings in the system settings has an impact on some apps and not on others. In some cases an undesired impact, e.g. when I set the font size so large that I can read things in some apps, the calendar widget gets all messed up with the days breaking out of the widget frame.
This is rather unsatisfactory and since both GNOME and KDE are nearly unusable for mea (for different reasons) I wonder if there is any alternative you could recommend? I just want to use my applications without any screen lockups or unreadable fonts!
Now, with KDE this does not happen, but for some reason, the fonts in applications like Firefox, Netbeans, Eclipse etc are totally differently sized than in GNOME, and usually much worse.
For example, in Netbeans the fonts for the menu and other GUI elements are so tiny I barely can read them. The editor content can be adapted in the options (I had to set font size to 16 which is crazy).
On the other hand, Firefox has menu and GUI fonts that are too big, but the fonts from websites are way too small and I need to to use extreme zoom.
This all looks as if KDE would report totally wrong screen DPIs to the applications and/or the applcations do not correctly deal with the DPI settings (but the same applications work fine with GNOME).
Changing the settings in the system settings has an impact on some apps and not on others. In some cases an undesired impact, e.g. when I set the font size so large that I can read things in some apps, the calendar widget gets all messed up with the days breaking out of the widget frame.
This is rather unsatisfactory and since both GNOME and KDE are nearly unusable for mea (for different reasons) I wonder if there is any alternative you could recommend? I just want to use my applications without any screen lockups or unreadable fonts!