[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144784] UI draws with smaller font size than system default

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144784

--- Comment #5 from Charles C <charlesc-documentfoundation.org at pyropus.ca> ---
LibreOffice on my system appears to draw the menubar text in a smaller font
than any other application does, making it much harder to read.  The menubar
text ends up 5px high, while other applications are all 7px.

I used to work around this with the zoom-UI feature, but that's gone, and I
understand the reasoning behind that decision.

The 5:7 ratio is suspiciously close to the ratio of old traditional monitors'
pixel density vs. my somewhat-higher-density but not modern high-DPI 30"
2560x1600 monitors: 72dpi:100dpi.  I wonder if it's failing to scale the text
up because it's lumping them in with the ancient 72dpi standard.

System details and font settings:

Hardware:
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x86_64 / AMD64 system
Video card: AMD Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X]
Monitors: 30" 2560x1600, approx 100dpi

Software:
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Debian 11 / Bullseye
Desktop: cinnamon 4.8.6-2
LibreOffice 1.7.0.4-4

Settings:
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System/Cinnamon settings regarding this are all defaults (I think).

Font selection:
  Default font: Sans Regular 9pt
  Desktop font: Noto Sans Regular 10pt
  Document font: Cantarell Regular 11pt
  Monospace font: Monospace Regular 11pt
  Window title font: Sans Bold 10pt

  Text scaling factor: 1.0

Accessibility:
  Large text: off
  Desktop zoom: off


Those are all the settings I've found that seem related.


An additional complicating factor that contributes to making the menubar hard
to read is that it uses black text on a grey background and is low-contrast. 
All other applications are black-on-white with my settings.

I will attach an image comparing the menu bars of LibreOffice and various other
applications.

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