Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:57:26 -0400 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Stijn Hoop" <stijn@win.tue.nl>, "Andreas Hauser" <andy@splashground.de> Cc: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>, freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org, "Devon H.O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi (was Re: Beta2: Nice job!) Message-ID: <009e01c5a825$47e84d70$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> 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>
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----- 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
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