Re: Default font sizes are very small

[Braden McDaniel <braden endoframe com>]

On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 00:52 +0200, Kristoffer Lund�wrote:
> Hello, sorry about the delay. Been busy. :)
> 
> On 3/27/06, Michael Wardle <michael endbracket net> wrote:
>         The Google search results page seems to use <font size=-1>
>         quite a lot.
>           I think this is what is causing the text to be so small.
> 
> I knew I shouldn't have made specific examples, as it always ends up
> with someone pointing to one specific little part. I see this on a
> *lot* of sites, and as far as I can tell, it's for any site that
> doesn't specify a default font-size that either can just be used as-is
> or provide the basis for say font-size: -1. 
> 
> Sites that do specify a default font size renders exactly the same as
> in Firefox, and very similar to other browsers. Problem here is that
> when this information is missing, all other browsers behave about the
> same, but not Epiphany, which defaults to a much smaller resolution as
> basis. This has absolutely nothing to do with what Google uses, as it
> is common all over the web, and is totally apt in all other browsers.

Have you checked to see what GNOME's font renderer thinks your
resolution is per my previous response to you?

Do you have Firefox configured to use the resolution reported by X?
(Preferences->Content->Fonts & Colors->Advanced...->Display Resolution)

>From what you've said so far, it sounds like the most likely cause is
that Epiphany and Firefox don't agree on what they think your resolution
is.

Also, Epiphany's font settings are expressed in points whereas Firefox's
are expressed in pixels.

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Braden McDaniel <braden endoframe com>