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Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi
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Andreas Hauser <andy@splashground.de> writes:
> des wrote @ Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:45:09 +0200:
> > X will correctly determine the physical resolution on DDC-capable
> > monitors (with a DDC-capable graphics adapter, of course).  [...]
> That works far from always, -dpi 100 is the only way, i know, that works =
no
> matter what.

Buy less crappy hardware.  If you bought a new graphics adapter or
monitor in the past five years that doesn't support DDC, you've been
had.

DES
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