Re: [E-devel] Enlightenment 0.25.1 small font issues

Agree with Carsten...

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On 1/5/22 14:51, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 06:13:21 -0800 Jose R R <[email protected]> said:
>
>> Niltze [Hello]-
>>
>> Just built EFL 1.26.1 / E 0.25.1 and (ugh!) at least two(2)
>> applications do not render correctly: textadept 10.3 and Yandex
>> Browser beta 21.11.3.954 beta (64-bit) for Linux. As a matter of fact,
>> YB cannot even be resized with the mouse pointer placed at the edge or
>> corners and dragged outwards.
> Try disabling the CSD decorations and use system ones (ie e's titlebar etc.). I
> might imagine it is suffering from the same bug chromium had with new CSD code
> that does really weird things with CSD GTK hints on start then removes them
> etc. leaving the window is a weird state.
>
>> < http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-61d59ec2585370.20480341.jpg >
>>
>> Most of the applications display small letters for peripheral labels,
>> such as menu, tab names, etc.
>>
>> Chromium browser opens at the same size as YB and although I can
>> resize the window by dragging the edges and or corners, still the
>> small letters are bothersome.
>> < http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-61d5a3b1886327.98812052.jpg >
> Your fonts are huge. They actually seem wrong - they don't match in size to e's
> fonts. They are larger and should be smaller to match E's. At least for me they
> do match pixel-for-pixel - perhaps set your font settings in to to use Sans
> explicitly and apply to all apps:
>
> http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-61d5f44e8e4861.91846538.png
>
> Then you will get the same size and same pixels for your fonts...
>
> If this is too small - then it's too small in e AND too small in your apps and
> that is why scale settings exist - "make it bigger" options are right there.
> Advanced lets you set any scale you like. Basic mode has a few canned options
> for you. Any reason you didn't try the scale settings in E?
>
>> I had not experienced these GUI issues in prior E versions. Another
> Because now E sets the xft.dpi and xsettings dpi values by default to make apps
> scale in-line with e's own scale settings. They match. That is the idea/point -
> for them to match. So fonts end up looking similar/the same with similar sizes.
>
>> thing I noticed is in a double-decked multiple desktops is that
>> pressing the pointer to the side, and/or up and down, does not take me
>> to the next virtual desktop -- as in prior E versions those events
>> succeed -- now I have to select the window with the pointer from the
>> task bar by clicking.
> Everyone kept complaining to me they hate edge bindings that do this so I
> removed them by default. You can add your own edge bindings back to switch
> desktops when you go to the edge of a screen in the edge bindings config dialog.
>
>> My eyes already hurt with such small letters by now. I will try to
>> provide information on how I hacked the Debian packages as well as
>> upload the packages themselves later -- if I do not go back to the
>> previous E version to get some stuff done.
>>
>> Sorry to rain on your 'flat' parade, Raster. I tried, I really tried
>> to like it, to get used to it, but....
>>
>> Best Professional Regards.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jose R R
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