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

[Martin Pescador]

For those interested in this problem, there is a useful illustration at 
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/74281/why-are-font-and-line-sizes-different-in-qgiss-print-composer-and-how-do-i-norm

Thanks, Martino

On 27/04/15 12:32, Tom Lennon wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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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