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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Default Fonts in KDE
From:       Manuel Amador <rudd-o () amautacorp ! com>
Date:       2005-07-08 23:42:21
Message-ID: 1120866141.2305.12.camel () master ! amauta
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El mar, 05-07-2005 a las 13:01 +0200, Boudewijn Rempt escribió:

> 
> Er... No matter what the dpi, a ten point glyph is always the same size.

'should be' may be more accurate in the context of the X Window System.
Accordingly, the whole point of having the dpi value is to provide a
constant size for glyphs across all different resolution displays.

>  
> Unless you have given X the wrong dpi for the monitor on purpose. Ten points 
> is what I use on my 1600x1200 laptop screen; beautifully readable. Much 
> better than Windows, which assumes 96x96 or something like that no matter the 
> real dpi of the screen. 
> 
> 
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