Ok, setting "com.canonical.Unity.Interface text-scale-factor" to 2.0 sets "org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor", and that seems stable and good looking for me.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1282847 Title: desktop ui scale is huge even though the setting is set to a scale of 1 Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I just updated and restarted the laptop. When it started, the gtk widgets are all huge. The unity shell is not scaled. I opened up the Display settings to find a new scale widget, which is currently set to 1. Lowering it did not change anything. This is all experienced on a Macbook Pro Retina 11,1. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.321 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-11.31-generic 3.13.3 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Feb 20 20:56:18 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-14 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140211) SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1282847/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp