Re: Problem with Font height/Row Height

[Frédéric Parrenin <frederic parrenin univ-grenoble-alpes fr>]

I have a related question.
In gnumeric settings, you can set the default zoom level and the dpi.
What is the difference between those two settings?

All the best,

Frédéric

Le 13/03/2018 à 07:05, Jean Bréfort a écrit :
> You can also change the monitor resolution used by gnumeric using the
> Preferences dialog (Windows/Screen path). If this does not work, please
> file a bug report.
>
> Hope this helps
> Jean
>
> Le lundi 12 mars 2018 à 15:04 -0700, Dean McCarron a écrit :
> > I ran into an identical problem when I migrated to a system using a
> > high
> > DPI monitor. If I set the system DPI to the standard 96 everything
> > was
> > fine (though oversized on the high DPI screen.)
> >
> > If this is your issue, it's because gnumeric sets row heights in
> > pixels
> > that are not scaled with DPI, and the font engine is correctly
> > scaling
> > for high DPI, so you end up with more pixels than the row is high. I
> > couldn't find any settings to fix this (if there are, please,
> > someone
> > tell me.)
> >
> > It's an ugly workaround, but if you want to leave your DPI settings
> > alone, you can scale the GDK DPI down to compensate using this on
> > the
> > command line. You may need to adjust the scale factor (96/monitor's
> > DPI):
> >
> > GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.69 gnumeric [filename]
> >
> > This will result in everything being scaled down to match the
> > unadjusted
> > row pixel spacing. You can then zoom to bring everything back to
> > normal
> > size, but all the UI elements will remain scaled down.
> >
> >
> > On 03/12/2018 01:25 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> > > I am in the process of switching from LO to Gnumeric because of
> > > the
> > > very slow operation of LO. The problem I am finding is when I open
> > > an
> > > .ODS file created with LO, the row height is not automatically
> > > adjusted to match the font height.  There is an "autoformat"
> > > option,
> > > but it does not seem to reference row height.  The lower half of
> > > the
> > > text is cut off.
> > >
> > > Is there a SS wide option to make the row height work with the
> > > fond
> > > used?  I do not use the MS TT fonts, nor do I use MS Excell.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
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