diff --git a/piker/ui/_style.py b/piker/ui/_style.py
index 21fb3e74..e411b875 100644
--- a/piker/ui/_style.py
+++ b/piker/ui/_style.py
@@ -184,22 +184,25 @@ class DpiAwareFont:
         self._font_inches = inches
         font_size = math.floor(inches * pdpi)
 
-        log.debug(
-            f"screen:{screen.name()}\n"
-            f"pDPI: {pdpi}, lDPI: {ldpi}, scale: {scale}\n"
-            f"\nOur best guess font size is {font_size}\n"
+        ftype: str = f'{type(self)!r}'
+        log.info(
+            f'screen: {screen.name()}\n'
+            f'pDPI: {pdpi!r}\n'
+            f'lDPI: {ldpi!r}\n'
+            f'scale: {scale!r}\n'
+            f'{ftype}._font_inches={self._font_inches!r}\n'
+            f'\n'
+            f"Our best guess for an auto-font-size is,\n"
+            f'font_size: {font_size!r}\n'
         )
         # apply the size
         self._set_qfont_px_size(font_size)
 
     def boundingRect(self, value: str) -> QtCore.QRectF:
-
-        screen = self.screen
-        if screen is None:
+        if (screen := self.screen) is None:
             raise RuntimeError("You must call .configure_to_dpi() first!")
 
-        unscaled_br = self._qfm.boundingRect(value)
-
+        unscaled_br: QtCore.QRectF = self._qfm.boundingRect(value)
         return QtCore.QRectF(
             0,
             0,