Tiny default fonts in gitk

Tiny default fonts in gitk

[Peter Eriksen]

Hi list,

I find the default font for gitk too small to be readable on my 1280x800
pixels resolution.  This is an extract from the file, .gitk, that gitk
initially creates:

set mainfont {Helvetica 9}
set textfont {Courier 9}
set uifont {Helvetica 9 bold}

Is it just some X/Tk setting causing this, or is point 9 just very
small?  This is under Fedora Core 5.  Changing these sizes to 12 gives
the text the same size as in the rest of the desktop.  It would be nice,
if that was the default.

Regards,

Peter

Re: Tiny default fonts in gitk

[Paul Mackerras]

Peter Eriksen writes:

> Is it just some X/Tk setting causing this, or is point 9 just very
> small?  This is under Fedora Core 5.  Changing these sizes to 12 gives
> the text the same size as in the rest of the desktop.  It would be nice,
> if that was the default.

First, check what X thinks your display resolution (dots per inch)
is.  If it thinks the resolution is 75dpi but your monitor is doing
more like 100dpi that will make the fonts small.

Secondly, you can use control -KP+ and control-KP- to change the font
size.

Paul.