Font size by one step above 16

[Iztok]

For the font size, instead of the standard sizing format for size above

16 points, it would be nice to have the option to increase or decrease by one dot, as is the case with kerning or leading

Edited February 19, 2024 by Iztok
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[GarryP]

The Kerning drop-down gives a list of integer percentages in with a divisor of 5, and the Leading drop-down uses (pretty much) the same values as the font size drop-down, so I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “by one dot”.

If you can explain what you want a bit more fully then that might help to clear things up.

Having a drop-down list of every integer from 5 to 288 (existing min/max) would probably make for a cumbersome drop-down.

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel you can put the mouse pointer over the numeric field and change the number to the next integer (up or down) with the scroll wheel.

Alternatively, you can click in the numeric field and use the up/down arrow keys to change the number to the next integer.

[Pšenda]

6 hours ago, GarryP said:

so I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “by one dot”.

Apparently it's a inaccurate translation, and it should have been "by one point".

Otherwise, I completely agree - the 5-288 list would be very impractical and practically unusable. Especially for higher values, which would mean constantly scrolling through a huge list.

Edited February 19, 2024 by Pšenda

[GarryP]

25 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

Apparently it's a rough translation, and it should have been "by one point".

That’s what I thought it might be, until they mentioned Leading and Kerning where the drop-downs don’t have single-integer-difference lists (which I thought was what was being asked for), hence the confusion and request for clarification.

[Alfred]

5 hours ago, GarryP said:

The Kerning drop-down gives a list of integer percentages

They’re thousandths rather than hundredths, so ten times smaller, but I don’t know of a special word corresponding to ‘percentages’.

[Old Bruce]

2 hours ago, Alfred said:

They’re thousandths rather than hundredths, so ten times smaller, but I don’t know of a special word corresponding to ‘percentages’.

Per mille, per mil, or even per mill seem to be acceptable.

[Alfred]

13 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Per mille, per mil, or even per mill seem to be acceptable.

Duh, I did know that! Well, the first one, anyway. Put it down to brain fog, of which I have an overabundance these days.

Edit: But wait, the question was about a counterpart to ‘percentage’, not ‘percent’ or ‘per cent’. I’ve never come across ‘permillage’ or anything like that in my travels, but it’s interesting to note that my spill chucker didn’t object when I typed it here.

Edited February 19, 2024 by Alfred

[kanihoncho]

I would like to see the font menu in all the apps the behave like this. Have the drop down for preset font sizes and the up and down arrows next to it for one point increments . . . I just dummied this up . . .

 

[GarryP]

5 hours ago, kanihoncho said:

Have the drop down for preset font sizes and the up and down arrows next to it for one point increments

If you are using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can hover the mouse pointer over any numeric field and use the scroll wheel to increase or decrease the value by one.

Using Ctrl or Shift as a modifier while using the scroll wheel also lets you change the increment/decrement by different amounts.

[Pšenda]

2 hours ago, GarryP said:

If you are using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can hover the mouse pointer over any numeric field and use the scroll wheel to increase or decrease the value by one.

Yes, definitely more practical and useful than clicking on miniature arrows that are difficult to hit. If there is no mouse with a scroll wheel, it is possible to use the keyboard - up and down arrows after selecting the edit field.

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, GarryP said:

If you are using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can hover the mouse pointer over any numeric field and use the scroll wheel to increase or decrease the value by one.

I don’t use a mouse, so I don’t have a scroll wheel, but on a laptop with a touchpad I can increase/decrease the value in a numeric field by ‘scrubbing’ (i.e. click-dragging) right/left or up/down over the field’s label.