From kde-devel Tue Jul 05 16:46:48 2005 From: Andreas Pakulat Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:46:48 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Default Fonts in KDE Message-Id: <20050705164648.GA14880 () morpheus ! apaku ! dnsalias ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=112058207731014 On 04.Jul 2005 - 18:24:09, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > Andreas Pakulat wrote: > >On 04.Jul 2005 - 13:13:01, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > >>>2.) The size of the fonts is to big. I propose to reduce it to > >>>10points. > >>I don't see the fonts as being too big. Do you have a 1024x768 > >>screen set to 100 DPI? > >Nobody should set dpi to anything, except when the XServer cannot compute the > >dpi correctly. > > If the Xserver doesn't know the size of the screen you have to set > something. But that isn't the point. Setting the Size is a matter of including a correct DisplaySize Option > >For example, I have a laptop display with Size of 332 by 205 > >centimeters using 1680x1050, which means 130 dpi. With this a 12pt > >Font is by far too large, I use 8pt for Fonts which is perfect. > > If you are using computed resolution, the DPI shouldn't make any difference. Hmm, what do you mean by computed resolution? I let the XServer determine the correct dpi-setting, based on the Resolution and the DisplaySize. That way I get 130dpi. > But, what we need to address is the size of your fonts. Is there some reason > that your fonts are larger for the same size setting, or do you just like > smaller fonts. The fonts here are about the same size as 12pt with 100dpi setting (some *dm's set the dpi when starting the XServer). I don't really get what you mean, 8pt should be the same size (in inches) on any display that is setup correctly, that's the purpose of the dpi-setting. > I attach a screenshot to which I have added a magenta line which should be 1 > inch. It's 2cm, not 1 inch here. Andreas -- Go to a movie tonight. Darkness becomes you. >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<