From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 23:07:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8307537B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:07:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (www.alpsgiken.gr.jp [210.166.150.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70F3F43F3F for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:07:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joel@alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp) Received: from zz_radiant2 (www1.alpsgiken.gr.jp [61.114.244.165]) by alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (8.9.1a/3.7W) with ESMTP id PAA14126; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:07:00 +0900 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:09:33 +0900 From: Joel Rees To: "Phil Gambrel" , In-Reply-To: <000f01c32fd5$0a0bf080$e6103e04@dslverizon.net> References: <000f01c32fd5$0a0bf080$e6103e04@dslverizon.net> Message-Id: <20030611142947.BEAC.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.00.11 Subject: Re: Changing font sizes in X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:07:08 -0000 > ... > My problem seemed to be from my desire to have an 800 X 600 display which I can read, even without my glasses, instead of the 1280 X 1024 my monitor is capable of displaying. With the higher resolution display, I was able to launch an X server, and loaded up Gnome with enlightenment. Now I have these itty-bitty little menus and icons which I can only read by tilting my head back and looking through the bottom of my bi-focals. I am an old man, and the neck doesn't flex like it did when I only had to read a 40 column monochrome screen. > > How can I enlarge my fonts/menus/icons without giving up the high resolution needed for all the pictures of the grand-kids? Maybe this will help: http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/thread.php3?subject=Changing+Font+size&list=263 http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=5046066&list=263 http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=5060230&list=263 Found it after searching for "gnome font size" on google. Also tried "XFree86 font size", but after reading several pages that turned up with that, I remembered that the settings you're most interested in would be for window/desktop managers. You may have to go hunting again in your apps documentation, too. If you'd be willing to change your hardware, Mac OS X is great for end-user, and no slouch for a lot of the tech stuff. But you do miss out a bit on the fun of digging through READMEs and configurations and make; make install, etc., with Apple's stuff. -- Joel Rees