Re: Java applications and font size

["Andreas Goesele" <Goesele@hfph.mwn.de>]

Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:

> Have you checked (inside the java app) for a setting to define the 
> interface layout to use in the program?
>
> I can select from various flavours, each of one using different fonts:
>
> [x] System native (which seems to use the same font type and size as the 
> other desktop applications)
> [ ] CDE/Motif
> [ ] GTK+
> [ ] Metal
> [ ] Nimbus

I don't see how I could dee this inside the java apps I use, but the
corresponding
-Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel indeed
did improve things for one of the applications I use. But still there
are some fonts which are too small. Other applications don't react to
that option.

> Also, you could check that your whole desktop DPI setting is not
> defined at a very low value.

As a matter of fact the automatic setting resultet in dpi=86, somewhat
too small. But even if I set a higher dpi, the java apps I use are not
affected. (Other applications - like kde apps - are changing font
sizes.)

Thanks for your suggestions!

Andreas Gösele

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