[Qgis-user] QGIS 2.81 How to match font size in project & composer

[Tom Lennon]

Hi All:
I am having a similar problem on stand alone 2.8.2 on PC with HDMI screen.
I set the screen canvas to 8 inch by 10 inch and made a screen dump. The
result was an image that was 4 by 6 inch instead of 8 x 10. However the
text on this image was the same size as on the screen. The image declared
itself to be 96 dots per inch but my HDMI screen is only 70 DPI. If I
enlarge the image to 8 x 10, the text is 133% of screen size text, but the
map is at the correct scale. It seems like QGIS is scaling the text to 96
DPI and the graphics to Screen resolution (70 DPI in this case).
Thanks
Tom

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:34 AM, Martin Pescador <
martin.pescador at inventati.org> wrote:

> I am using QGIS 2.81 under Ubuntu to prepare some maps, and am
> experiencing difficulties with text font sizes between the project window
> and the print composer. I encounter two problems:
>
> 1) When I set the font size for a label in the project (e.g. 10 point) the
> text appears overly small. When I use this layer in the print composer the
> font appears oversized. To have the label appear at an appropriate size in
> the print composer I have to reduce the font size in the project window
> (e.g. to 7 point). It then appears to have a size of c. 10 point in the
> print composer window. This problem, combined with the fact that
> positioning a label in the project window so that it appears correct in the
> print composer requires much to and fro between the windows - and that is
> just for one label - makes use of labelling problematic. I have to tweak
> the position of each label individually in the project window, and it is
> largely guesswork.
>
> 2) If I add a text label (e.g. 10 point) directly in the print composer
> window the text is oversized and to obtain c. 10 point I have to set a font
> size of c. 7 point. This is less of a problem than problem (1) but
> nevertheless perplexing. For my maps I am tending to add all labels using
> this method, rather than using labels from the layers, because of problem
> (1). For complex maps, however, this quickly becomes complicated for a
> variety for reasons.
>
> I am relatively new to QGIS so perhaps I am missing something / doing
> something wrong. Could anybody with more experience kindly advise how these
> matters can be resolved?
>
> With grateful thanks, Martino
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