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GTK font selection minimum size is too large for 150dpi screens

Bug #114498 reported by Martijn vdS
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GTK+
Fix Released
Medium
gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: libgtk2.0-0

I've recently upgraded to Gutsy, and the fonts in my programs became larger. This is actually good: GTK is now paying attention to the DPI of my screen.

However, my screen has an absurd DPI (147x145; 1920x1200 @ 15.4"), and I don't need large fonts, so I set my font size smaller.

I noticed that all GTK font selection dialogs have a minimum size of 8.0, which is actually still at bit large (compared to pixel density). It's possible to manually enter a lower value (and I did), but I think that a few values lower than 8 should be present, especially because more high-pixel-density panels are expected in the future.

Related branches

lp:debian/squeeze/gtk+2.0
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440450

Changed in gtk+2.0:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Changed in gtk:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The bug has been fixed upstream

Changed in gtk+2.0:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Changed in gtk:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

gtk+2.0 (2.11.4-0ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    * The multipress input method correctly handles control keys
    * The memory management of GtkRecentManager has been
      changed, deprecating the screen-related functions in favour
      of gtk_recent_manager_get_default().
    * Bugs fixed:
      - 448928 Some GtkBuildable methods named too generically
      - 448193 gtkbuilder.h causes compile error with C++
      - 354887 GtkFileChooserButton displays unnecessary authentication ...
      - 440450 GTK font selection minimum size is too large for 150dpi s...
        (LP: #114498)
      - 447214 gtk_tooltips_widget_remove() is slow
      - 448299 dgettext arguments interchanged
      - 448321 Drawing problems with block cursor
      - 448341 There is no GtkTooltip documentation in the gtk+ reference
      - 448484 GtkAccelGroup forgets to remove closure invalidate notifi...
      - 448544 Refcount issues in GtkCellRendererSpin
      - 412357 GtkMenuShell not defined as an abstract base type
      - 403717 print preview operation should pass settings to preview p...
  * debian/control.in:
    - updated glib requirement
  * debian/libgtk2.0-0.install.in:
    - updated
  * debian/patches/070_mandatory-relibtoolize.patch:
    - updated
  * debian/patches/090_from_svn_no_keyword_use.patch:
    - dropped, fixed with the new version
  * debian/rules:
    - updated shlibs version

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:23:23 +0200

Changed in gtk+2.0:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Alexander Sack (asac)
description: updated
description: updated
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Changed in gtk:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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