Add omarchy display text size to scale text everywhere

One knob for apparent text size, anchored to the 12px shell default: it sets
the shell font base-size (~/.config/omarchy/shell.toml), GNOME/GTK's
text-scaling-factor (12px -> 1.0), and the terminal font point size
(12px -> 9pt) in lockstep. Accepts 9-20px; reset returns all three to
default. Terminals live-reload where they can (alacritty/kitty/ghostty);
foot gets a single restart nudge that replaces itself instead of stacking.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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David Heinemeier Hansson
2026-07-20 18:08:17 -07:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
parent c681396a47
commit 84ad03b8d2
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@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[debug]="Diagnostics and support logs"
GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[finalize]="Finalize user setup"
GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[default]="Default application selection"
GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[dev]="Omarchy development tools"
GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[display]="Display and text scaling"
GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[dns]="DNS resolver configuration"
GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[drive]="Drive selection and encryption"
GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[font]="Font management"
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#!/bin/bash
# omarchy:summary=Scale text everywhere — omarchy shell, GTK apps, and terminals
# omarchy:args=[size|reset]
# omarchy:examples=omarchy display text size | omarchy display text size 16 | omarchy display text size reset
# One knob for apparent text size across the desktop. It drives three settings
# in lockstep, all anchored to the shell default of 12px:
# • the omarchy shell's font base-size (~/.config/omarchy/shell.toml [font])
# • GNOME/GTK's text-scaling-factor (12px -> 1.0, so 16 -> 1.333)
# • the terminal font point size (12px -> 9pt, so terminal_pt = px * 9/12)
# The shell override layers on top of the active theme (so the size survives
# theme switches) and the shell watches the file, so shell text re-flows live.
# Accepts an integer from 9 to 20 (px).
MIN=9
MAX=20
GKEY_SCHEMA="org.gnome.desktop.interface"
GKEY_NAME="text-scaling-factor"
# Anchors: 12px shell base == factor 1.0 == 9pt terminal font.
TERM_DEFAULT_PT=9
SHELL_DEFAULT_PX=12
shell_config="$HOME/.config/omarchy/shell.toml"
usage() {
echo "Usage: omarchy-display-text-size [size|reset]"
echo " (no args) print the current text size, GTK factor, and terminal size"
echo " <size> set text size in px ($MIN$MAX); shell + GTK + terminals together"
echo " reset return all three to their defaults (12px / 1.0 / 9pt)"
}
# ---- shell base-size: the rem root every shell type size derives from ----
# Print the base-size currently set under [font], or nothing if unset.
current_base_size() {
[[ -f $shell_config ]] || return 0
awk '
/^[[:space:]]*\[/ { in_font = ($0 ~ /^[[:space:]]*\[font\]([[:space:]]|$)/); next }
in_font && /^[[:space:]]*base-size[[:space:]]*=/ {
v = $0
sub(/^[^=]*=[[:space:]]*/, "", v)
sub(/[[:space:]]*(#.*)?$/, "", v)
print v
exit
}
' "$shell_config"
}
# Upsert base-size under [font]: replace it in place if present, insert it into
# an existing [font] section, or append a fresh [font] section otherwise. Other
# sections and keys in the user override are left untouched.
set_base_size() {
local size="$1"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$shell_config")"
if [[ ! -f $shell_config ]]; then
printf '[font]\nbase-size = %s\n' "$size" >"$shell_config"
return
fi
local tmp
tmp="$(mktemp)"
awk -v val="$size" '
function emit_base() { print "base-size = " val; done = 1 }
/^[[:space:]]*\[/ {
if (in_font && !done) emit_base()
in_font = ($0 ~ /^[[:space:]]*\[font\]([[:space:]]|$)/)
print
next
}
in_font && /^[[:space:]]*base-size[[:space:]]*=/ {
if (!done) emit_base()
next
}
{ print }
END {
if (in_font && !done) emit_base()
if (!done) {
if (NR > 0) print ""
print "[font]"
emit_base()
}
}
' "$shell_config" >"$tmp"
mv "$tmp" "$shell_config"
}
# Drop the base-size line, returning the shell to the theme/default size.
reset_base_size() {
[[ -f $shell_config ]] || return 0
local tmp
tmp="$(mktemp)"
awk '
/^[[:space:]]*\[/ { in_font = ($0 ~ /^[[:space:]]*\[font\]([[:space:]]|$)/) }
in_font && /^[[:space:]]*base-size[[:space:]]*=/ { next }
{ print }
' "$shell_config" >"$tmp"
mv "$tmp" "$shell_config"
}
# ---- GTK text-scaling-factor ----
set_factor() {
command -v gsettings >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
gsettings set "$GKEY_SCHEMA" "$GKEY_NAME" "$1" 2>/dev/null || true
}
# ---- terminal font point size ----
# px base-size -> terminal point size, rounded to the nearest integer.
term_pt_for() {
awk -v s="$1" -v p="$TERM_DEFAULT_PT" -v b="$SHELL_DEFAULT_PX" \
'BEGIN { printf "%d", int(s * p / b + 0.5) }'
}
# Set the font point size in every terminal config that exists. Family is left
# untouched — that is omarchy-font-set's job. Live-reload signals mirror
# omarchy-font-set; foot has no reload signal, so running instances are nudged.
set_terminal_size() {
local pt="$1"
if [[ -f ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml ]]; then
sed -i -E "s/^size[[:space:]]*=.*/size = $pt/" ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
fi
if [[ -f ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf ]]; then
sed -i -E "s/^font_size[[:space:]]+.*/font_size $pt.0/" ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
pkill -USR1 kitty 2>/dev/null || true
fi
if [[ -f ~/.config/ghostty/config ]]; then
sed -i -E "s/^font-size = .*/font-size = $pt/" ~/.config/ghostty/config
pkill -SIGUSR2 ghostty 2>/dev/null || true
fi
if [[ -f ~/.config/foot/foot.ini ]]; then
sed -i -E "s/(:size=)[0-9.]+/\1$pt/" ~/.config/foot/foot.ini
# Foot has no config-reload signal, so a running instance keeps its startup
# size until relaunched (new windows pick up the change). Nudge the user —
# but reuse the same notification id (freedesktop replaces_id) so dragging
# through several sizes refreshes one toast instead of stacking a pile.
if command -v omarchy-notification-send >/dev/null 2>&1 && pgrep -x foot >/dev/null 2>&1; then
local id_file="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/omarchy-display-text-size.foot-notif-id"
local prev_id=""
[[ -f $id_file ]] && read -r prev_id <"$id_file" 2>/dev/null
local replace=()
[[ $prev_id =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && replace=(-r "$prev_id")
local new_id
new_id="$(omarchy-notification-send \
"Restart Foot to apply the new terminal font size" \
"${replace[@]}" -p 2>/dev/null)" || true
[[ $new_id =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && printf '%s\n' "$new_id" >"$id_file"
fi
fi
}
# Report the current terminal point size from whichever config we find first.
term_current_pt() {
if [[ -f ~/.config/ghostty/config ]]; then
grep -oP '^font-size = \K[0-9.]+' ~/.config/ghostty/config | head -1
elif [[ -f ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml ]]; then
grep -oP '^size[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\K[0-9.]+' ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml | head -1
elif [[ -f ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf ]]; then
grep -oP '^font_size[[:space:]]+\K[0-9.]+' ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf | head -1
elif [[ -f ~/.config/foot/foot.ini ]]; then
grep -oP ':size=\K[0-9.]+' ~/.config/foot/foot.ini | head -1
fi
}
case "${1:-}" in
-h | --help)
usage
exit 0
;;
"")
cur="$(current_base_size)"
size="${cur:-12 (default)}"
if command -v gsettings >/dev/null 2>&1; then
factor="$(gsettings get "$GKEY_SCHEMA" "$GKEY_NAME" 2>/dev/null)"
else
factor="n/a (gsettings not installed)"
fi
term="$(term_current_pt)"
printf 'text size: %s px\ngtk text-scaling-factor: %s\nterminal font: %s pt\n' \
"$size" "$factor" "${term:-n/a}"
exit 0
;;
reset | default)
reset_base_size
if command -v gsettings >/dev/null 2>&1; then
gsettings reset "$GKEY_SCHEMA" "$GKEY_NAME" 2>/dev/null || true
fi
set_terminal_size "$TERM_DEFAULT_PT"
exit 0
;;
esac
size="$1"
if [[ ! $size =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || ((size < MIN || size > MAX)); then
echo "Size must be an integer between $MIN and $MAX (px)." >&2
usage >&2
exit 1
fi
# Shell side: base-size in px (the omarchy shell's rem root).
set_base_size "$size"
# GTK side: multiplier anchored so 12px == 1.0.
factor="$(awk -v s="$size" -v b="$SHELL_DEFAULT_PX" 'BEGIN { printf "%.4f", s / b }')"
set_factor "$factor"
# Terminal side: point size anchored so 12px == 9pt.
set_terminal_size "$(term_pt_for "$size")"