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Subject: Re: Sane default font
From: Esben Mose Hansen <kde () mosehansen ! dk>
Date: 2005-02-21 10:35:15
Message-ID: 200502211129.42701.kde () mosehansen ! dk
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On Monday 2005-02-21 10:05, Martin Koller wrote:
> On Monday 21 February 2005 10:27, Esben Mose Hansen wrote:
> > determine it interactively and/or
> > dynamically when KDE is first run.
>
> But for 3.4 this is too late.
Then leave it alone.
>
> I suggest to decrease to 10pt for 3.4 and introduce a default-font selector
> in kpersonalizer for 3.5/4
You don't like old people, do you? :)
>
> > E.g, using the xrandr program I can get
> >
> > *0 1600 x 1200 ( 363mm x 272mm ) *85 75 70 65 60
> > 1 1024 x 768 ( 363mm x 272mm ) 85 75 70 60 87
> > 2 800 x 600 ( 363mm x 272mm ) 85 75 72 70 65 60 56
>
> Don't understand what you like to show with that output.
> The idea behind the font size in POINTS (not PIXEL) is to make it
> independent of the actual resolution or screen size, because 1 point ==
> 1/72 inch.
That, unfortunately, is only true in print. The DPI-setting of monitors have,
at least historically, been far from the truth. However, with modern
monitors, the correct DPI could be extracted, contrasted with the current
dpi-setting and corrected.
It was just a suggestion. Personally, I just correct (enlarge) all the fonts
manually when I first start KDE.
--
regards. Esben
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