From kde-core-devel Fri May 18 14:14:08 2001 From: Michael Goffioul Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 14:14:08 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Another Font inconsistency (should really be fixed) X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=99019549532489 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--------------CD62F1FE1F92971B37657E39" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CD62F1FE1F92971B37657E39 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > The core of the problem is that KDE deals with fonts *point* size (as opposed > to pixel size) just about everywhere except in the LookNFeel/Fonts module (if > I recall correctly), which uses pixel sizes. Point sizes are computed so that > fonts will have the same physical size on your screen regardless of the > resolution. > > If your X server DPI setting is 75, you won't see the problem because point > and pixel sizes are roughly the same. If you have anything higher (typically > 100 or 120), you'll see it. I'm using 100dpi, and the difference is significant. But I wouldn't care if changing my proxy settings would not also change the font because one module cannot recognize settings from another one. Michael. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Goffioul IMEC-DESICS-MIRA e-mail: goffioul@imec.be (Mixed-Signal and RF Applications) Tel: +32/16/28-8510 Kapeldreef, 75 Fax: +32/16/28-1515 3001 HEVERLEE, BELGIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------CD62F1FE1F92971B37657E39 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="goffioul.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Michael Goffioul Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="goffioul.vcf" begin:vcard n:Goffioul;Michael x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:IMEC;DESICS-MIRA adr:;;Kapeldreef, 75;Heverlee;;3001;Belgium version:2.1 email;internet:goffioul@imec.be title:Engineer fn:Michael Goffioul end:vcard --------------CD62F1FE1F92971B37657E39--