{"thread":{"id":"5206","subject":"Tiny default fonts in gitk","startedAt":"2006-08-11T10:07:06Z","lastAt":"2006-08-23T06:37:58Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Peter Eriksen","Paul Mackerras"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"25126","messageId":"20060811100706.GA22767@bohr.gbar.dtu.dk","threadId":"5206","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Tiny default fonts in gitk","fromName":"Peter Eriksen","fromEmail":"s022018@student.dtu.dk","sentAt":"2006-08-11T10:07:06Z","receivedAt":"2006-08-11T10:07:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"s022018@student.dtu.dk","avatar":null},"body":"Hi list,\n\nI find the default font for gitk too small to be readable on my 1280x800\npixels resolution.  This is an extract from the file, .gitk, that gitk\ninitially creates:\n\nset mainfont {Helvetica 9}\nset textfont {Courier 9}\nset uifont {Helvetica 9 bold}\n\nIs it just some X/Tk setting causing this, or is point 9 just very\nsmall?  This is under Fedora Core 5.  Changing these sizes to 12 gives\nthe text the same size as in the rest of the desktop.  It would be nice,\nif that was the default.\n\nRegards,\n\nPeter\n"},{"id":"25788","messageId":"17643.63430.187776.878100@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com","threadId":"5206","inReplyTo":"20060811100706.GA22767@bohr.gbar.dtu.dk","subject":"Re: Tiny default fonts in gitk","fromName":"Paul Mackerras","fromEmail":"paulus@samba.org","sentAt":"2006-08-23T06:37:58Z","receivedAt":"2006-08-23T06:37:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"paulus@samba.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1606439?v=4"},"body":"Peter Eriksen writes:\n\n> Is it just some X/Tk setting causing this, or is point 9 just very\n> small?  This is under Fedora Core 5.  Changing these sizes to 12 gives\n> the text the same size as in the rest of the desktop.  It would be nice,\n> if that was the default.\n\nFirst, check what X thinks your display resolution (dots per inch)\nis.  If it thinks the resolution is 75dpi but your monitor is doing\nmore like 100dpi that will make the fonts small.\n\nSecondly, you can use control -KP+ and control-KP- to change the font\nsize.\n\nPaul.\n"}]}