[Bug 414427] fonts: firefox should respect gnome settings

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--- Comment #7 from Martin Sourada   2008-02-02 02:22:14 PST ---
I'd like to add, that while from the original bug report it might seem we aim
only at the font family setting, we'd like firefox to make use of font size
setting as well. The rationale behind is clear. Different users have different
HW/SW setup and will have fonts (family and size) to fit their needs (e.g. user
A with big monitor who sit far from it will have big fonts, say 16 pt, while
user B with small monitor who sit close to it will have small fonts, say 9 pt)
and together with correctly autodetected DPI the absolute font sizes will be
more or less same for whatever resolution user chooses (and regardless the
chosen screen resolution, user will see the same, only with less/more detail).

And now you have firefox with font sizes set relatively to HW (in pixels) and
not respective to system settings - this results in too small fonts for user A
and too big fonts for user B (in case usual DPI around 100 is set) and
differences between different screen resolutions on same monitor. At least in
linux environment this is not an expected behaviour from any app.