From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 23 21:26:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D56EB16A41F for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:26:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from pastinakel.tue.nl (pastinakel.tue.nl [131.155.2.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B9A43D46 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:26:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pastinakel.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D1014BBB3; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:26:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pastinakel.tue.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pastinakel.tue.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00840-05; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:26:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by pastinakel.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2248814BB74; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:26:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j7NLQnYx071129; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:26:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:26:49 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: Matt Emmerton Message-ID: <20050823212649.GD67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20050823124028.GA67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <009e01c5a825$47e84d70$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <009e01c5a825$47e84d70$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Bright-Idea: Let's abolish HTML mail! X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at tue.nl Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Andreas Hauser , Eric Anderson , "Devon H.O'Dell" , Andrew Gallatin Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:26:59 -0000 --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" > To: "Andreas Hauser" > Cc: ; "Eric Anderson" > ; "Devon H.O'Dell" ; "Andr= ew > Gallatin" > 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--