On Fri, 1 May 2020 19:39:53 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said:
> Ok, I have a pretty confusing situation. I've spent hours on it and > gotten nowhere. > > After playing with dpi settings and font sizes on a 4K laptop, I'm > trying to get the perfect font that isn't too small and not too big, but > that's actually an issue in both height and width. > Obviously you'd think they're linked, if you change one, the other one > changes too. > > Except, in gnome-terminal, if I choose "dejavu sans mono" size 8 with a > dpi of 130, it's a bit too big. > Size 7 is the right height, but exactly as wide as 8. > and size 6 is more narrow but also too small (height) > > In other words, 8 to 7 only changes height when I'd like height and > width, and going from 7 to 6 changes both but now they're too small. > > Ok, life is tough, move on. > Except, one day, I took my font 8, typed Ctrl - , and OMG, it does the > right thing, the height is as high as font 7, but the width also becomes > more narrow (narrower than font 7) and is perfect, just what I want. > > Now, I have no idea how to get that font on purpose with gnome-terminal > by saving it as a default size, and same thing with terminology, I can > only get the equivalent of font 8 or 7 (although it's 12/13 in > terminology) > 12 is the correct height, but too wide. > 11 is the correct width, but not high enough > > I guess gnome-terminal has some random magic that made the font narrower > just like I needed it, but only with CTRL - and I can't replicate it > with anything else. > > Here is a picture: > http://marc.merlins.org/tmp/3terms.jpg > top is gnome-terminal in size 7 > middle is ghome-terminal in size 8 but with CTRL - aka goldylocks > bottom is terminology size 11, correct width but not high enough > > Any idea what I can do to get terminology (or gnome-terminal) to shrink > a font in width only if the height/width combined changes don't work > like I need to? > > On the plus side, terminology gets a point for packing the fonts closer > in height, so I get more lines compared to gnome-terminal for the exact > same font size. terminology will only offer 12 or 13. evas only offers integer font size. if its a fractional size that by luck happens to have something round up/down to just the size you want - it's by luck, but that's just not supported. the entire evas font engine plumbing takes integer font sizes only and that's not going to change. You can try other mono fonts. I spent white a while looking for mono fonts that behave well and hint well and size just how I like. i eventually found the best font is my original bitmap font i drew like 25+ years ago, but if i want scaling, i have to compromise so: nexus (bitmap 6x10 thus no scaling) <- clearest Hack (Bold) @ 8 Source Code Pro (Bold) @ 10 The last 2 are scalable thus will scale up based on scaling factor in elm/e. But really you probably have to go on a journey of downloading a lot of fonts and trying them out until one fits just right. :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
