Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:26:49 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Andreas Hauser <andy@splashground.de>, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>, "Devon H.O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi Message-ID: <20050823212649.GD67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <009e01c5a825$47e84d70$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20050823124028.GA67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <009e01c5a825$47e84d70$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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--HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [redirecting to -chat because this topic isn't -current by a longshot] On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 04:57:26PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote: > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Stijn Hoop" <stijn@win.tue.nl> > To: "Andreas Hauser" <andy@splashground.de> > Cc: <freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org>; "Eric Anderson" > <anderson@centtech.com>; "Devon H.O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com>; "Andr= ew > Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:40 AM > Subject: fontsize and dpi (was Re: Beta2: Nice job!) >=20 > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 06:57:48PM -0000, Andreas Hauser wrote: > > > dodell wrote @ Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:01:50 -0700: > > > > They all use Bitstream Vera at a > ridiculously small font size > > > > > > startx -- -dpi 100 > > > better ? > > > > Why this isn't already the default is beyond me... Or am I miscalculati= ng > > dpi with the standard 1280x1024 17" flatpanel? > > > > --Stijn >=20 > Your calculations appear to be fine. > Your assumptions that everyone has a display that is equivalent or better > than a 1280x1024 17" flatpanel, thus making change in the defaults > reasonable, are very false. OK, I freely admit that I haven't any clue as to the general population's resolution. I know that I don't see anything lower than 1280x1024 17" around me, and I'm used to student budgets... But I know that those sometimes aren't as tight as they appear to be, and there are of course lots of older CRTs still working perfectly fine. --Stijn --=20 The problem is that there are several people in design positions now who couldn't design the Next Big Thing(TM) unless it involved them taking a photocopier and someone else's design of The Next Big Thing(TM). -- 'Alkaiser' in a post on Slashdot on game originality --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDC5SZY3r/tLQmfWcRAibsAJ9ulOVxbQEJIJw7DioePzPifae0AQCfd/Qe 9zcEiQCYNZ7Wpu8gdCQ92sM= =HZJH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk--
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