Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:15:01 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, Andreas Hauser <andy@splashground.de>, "Devon H.O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com>, Stefan Ehmann <shoesoft@gmx.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi Message-ID: <20050824101501.GH67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <86zmr78y8q.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <17161.55733.272571.61428@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20050822140150.GB27233@raqdevil.offmyserver.com> <20050822185748.22499.qmail@paladin.fortunaty.net> <20050823124028.GA67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <1124872145.1476.5.camel@taxman.pepperland> <20050824083802.GG67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <86zmr78y8q.fsf@xps.des.no>
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--VUDLurXRWRKrGuMn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:45:09AM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> writes: > > I don't know when X gained the capability to decipher this on its own, = but > > I know that lots of people were running with 75dpi on 100dpi monitors, > > resulting in horrible default fonts etc. One of the problems with webpa= ges > > in *nix vs Windows, differing fontsizes, is caused by exactly this. >=20 > X will correctly determine the physical resolution on DDC-capable > monitors (with a DDC-capable graphics adapter, of course). Otherwise, > it assumes 75dpi. You can of course specify the correct resolution on > the command line, or (better yet) specify the display dimensions in > the configuration file and let X figure out the resolution. Yeah, I discovered that earlier in this thread. A nifty feature. The thing I was arguing against is the default of 75dpi in the absence of DDC (I run into this because of a crappy KVM switch). However, having no substantial evidence as to the common monitorsize and screen resolution, I don't know anymore whether it should be changed. > BTW, back in the bad old days before Xft, X had 75dpi and 100dpi > renderings of most fonts and no good way to adapt those to > intermediate resolutions. This is still the case for the most > commonly used monospace fonts. And like I wrote earlier, IMHO the TTF fonts are so much nicer than the 75dpi and 100dpi ones, that I promptly deinstall those two everywhere I can. But this is clearly a matter of personal preference. --Stijn --=20 There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most popular are 'Why are people born?', 'Why do they die?', and `Why do they spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?' -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" --VUDLurXRWRKrGuMn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDDEilY3r/tLQmfWcRAlIAAJ9jD8e8QNEckbwgonKZOFDgm0ReYgCdHyNd M+5NZYryo1F0CzUkF5VeEBs= =Z60k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VUDLurXRWRKrGuMn--
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