Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:26:13 -0700 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> To: Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org, Andreas Hauser <andy@splashground.de>, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi (was Re: Beta2: Nice job!) Message-ID: <20050823212613.GB27233@raqdevil.offmyserver.com> 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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On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 04:57:26PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > 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>; "Andrew > Gallatin" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:40 AM > Subject: fontsize and dpi (was Re: Beta2: Nice job!) > > > > 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 miscalculating > > dpi with the standard 1280x1024 17" flatpanel? > > > > --Stijn > > 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. > > -- > Matt Emmerton On this 15 inch 1024x768 laptop LCD, I took Andreas' advice and I much prefer this DPI at this resolution as well. --Devon
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