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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Font size setting inconsistency in kcontrol with DPI > 75 (more info)
From:       Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-01-27 19:46:46
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On Sam, 27 Jan 2001, Lars Knoll wrote:

> > > Point sizes. Higher resolution displays will come up more often in the
> > > future, and we don't want to have huge fonts on these.
> > so you're referring to pixel sizes ?
> No, I was referring to point size. Point size is independent of display 
> resolution. a 72pt font should always be about 1 inch high, independent of 
> the display. a 72px font is 1inch high on a 72 dpi display, but only .6 inch 
> high on 120dpi.

I know. but thats exactly why the people complain that the fonts are huge. 
they expect that when they select 1600x1200 fonts are much smaller than when 
using 1024x768. 


Dirk

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