Consolas font size (system vs. xfce4-terminal)

Hi there,
I use infinality's patched fontconfig and the Consolas font for monospace. The problem I have is that 10pt Consolas is, imo, too small, whereas 11pt is too large.
The screenshot below shows how they look on my system (in Sublime Text, but its the same in e.g. Eclipse). The thing is that xfce4-terminal somehow displays
Consolas differently. I really like the style, but I dont know why this is the case and how to get the style in Sublime Text and Eclipse (or systemwide). Screenshots:
http://imgur.com/aHx5Mpm,nfzOhOL,4tbp1VG
As you can see, the terminal version is smaller than 11pt but larger than 10pt. It is indeed Consolas, I checked multiple times.

The first two images are using the Truetype hinter, whereas the third image is using autohinter.  Not sure how some of your programs could be using one, but others using the other one?  I would check your fontconfig settings.  Also, unless your DPI is set to 72, pt heights are different than px heights (points vs. pixels).  So, there may in fact be one size inbetween the two you mentioned if you're using 96 dpi.

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