From: Benny M. <ben...@gm...> - 2014-02-17 23:53:25
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I would nevertheless suggest you ask the german translator to choose a shorter phrase than Gramplet Werkzeugbank. That long word destroys scaling. Probably the translator works with only icons and did not see the consequence of the long word. Benny. 2014-02-12 22:09 GMT+01:00 Matthias Basler <mat...@ea...>: > Hi all, > > concerning the Gramps windows font size discussion: > I believe the font size in Josip's last version is correct, at least under > Win7. (I actually tried 8pt and found it to be too small.) > > Why? Please have a look at the attached screenshot showing Firefox under > Win7, Gramps 4.0.3-4 and Gramps 3.4.7 > If you magnify the screenshot and move equal texts next to each other > using an image editing software you will notice that > (a) the font hight is exactly the same for all three applications, > although the ratio between CAPITAL letters and non-capitalized is > different, making it appear larger in Gramps 4. > (b) Windows 7 (Firefox) and Gramps 4.0.3-4 use the new Windows Font > "Segoe", which is also marginally wider (but not higher), in contrast to > Gramps 3.4.7 which still uses the former (WinXP) system font (MS Sans > Serif, I believe). > > So if Gramps 4.0.3-4 uses more screen real estate for the same content > this is imho not because it uses a larger (or wrong) font size, but because > it uses a wider font and more white spaces due to the Win7 layout generally > being less compact. > (P.S. I found the info on the internet that Windows uses font size 9 for > its UI, but this was no "official" statement.) > > Matthias Basler > mat...@ea... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 > Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. > Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. > Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-devel mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-devel > > |