[Development] Revisiting high-DPI configuration options

[Thiago Macieira]

On quarta-feira, 27 de julho de 2016 05:56:52 PDT Nikita Krupenko wrote:
> 2016-07-27 4:02 GMT+03:00 Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>:
> > Em quarta-feira, 27 de julho de 2016, às 02:49:31 PDT, Nikita Krupenko
> > 
> > escreveu:
> >> In Material Design guidelines [1] all font sizes are in scaleable
> >> pixels (sp). So this size could be multiplied by some factor and all
> >> fonts should scale equally.
> > 
> > Maybe we should instead use a size calculated in physical units, like
> > 1/72th of an inch. Oh, we have such a unit: points.
> 
> The idea of scaleable pixels is somewhat different: user can select
> big/small fonts in the OS/application settings and font sizes would be
> multiplied by some factor, for example 1.5.
> 
> BTW, why use font size in points? As other elements, like widgets,
> images, etc has size in pixels, it's better to use pixels for fonts
> too. Auto HiDPI scaling in Qt works for font sizes in pixels.

My point is that we already have such a unit. Instead of inventing a new one 
that didn't exist before, then use it in a context where a unit was already 
proper, why not use the proper unit for everything? Measure images in points 
too.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center