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References: <20050824083802.GG67999@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> (Stijn Hoop's message
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Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi
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des wrote @ Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:45:09 +0200:
> 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 webpages
> > in *nix vs Windows, differing fontsizes, is caused by exactly this.
> 
> 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.

That works far from always, -dpi 100 is the only way, i know, that works no
matter what.


Andy