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[Bug 168164] Re: font sizes specified in pixels instead of points

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From: Alex Valavanis <168164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:48:10 -0000
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** Changed in: inkscape
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  font sizes specified in pixels instead of points

Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:
  Fix Released
Status in inkscape package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I've been using Inkscape for work as my only vector editor for the past
  year or so, and while it's extremely capable, there is one coding choice
  which I find completely bewildering: Why is font size specified in pixels
  instead of points? This seems to be used in both listboxes and the actual
  raw SVG. For the longest time I could not figure out why my text always
  looked so small. I don't think pixels are a useful measurement for text, as
  points are the de facto standard.

  Using inkscape 0.44.1 autopackage.org build on Ubuntu Linux 6.06.

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