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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Default Fonts in KDE
From:       Alan Ezust <alan.ezust () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-07-10 1:46:51
Message-ID: f377591c0507091846f37f2b9 () mail ! gmail ! com
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I tried installing xfce. How can I tell what the screen DPI is set to BEFORE 
gnome-settings changes it? Then I could simply change it back from 
gnome-control-center.


On 7/9/05, jes.hall@kdemail.net <jes.hall@kdemail.net> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:07, Alan Ezust wrote:
> > The default fonts look fine until I run gnome-settings-daemon and then
> > suddenly kde fonts get WAAAY too big. But the gnome fonts (which 
> previously
> > were too small) become the correct size.
> >
> > I've been unable to get the gnome and kde fonts sizes matching up.
> 
> That's because gnome-settings-daemon actually changes the screen DPI 
> setting
> when you run it, which is rather badly behaved of it. If you have xfce
> installed, perhaps you might find xfce-setting-show a little better to set
> gtk styles/fonts in that regard ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jes Hall
> 
> ---
> KDE Frequently Asked Questions:
> http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdebase/faq/index.html
> 
> panic("esp_handle: current_SC == penguin within interrupt!");
> 



-- 
University of Victoria
Department of Computer Science
Victoria, BC, Canada

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I tried installing xfce. How can I tell what the screen DPI is set to
BEFORE gnome-settings changes it? Then I could simply change it back
from gnome-control-center.<br>
<br>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/9/05, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a \
href="mailto:jes.hall@kdemail.net">jes.hall@kdemail.net</a></b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:jes.hall@kdemail.net">jes.hall@kdemail.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span> \
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); \
margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:07, Alan Ezust \
wrote:<br>&gt; The default fonts look fine until I run gnome-settings-daemon and then \
<br>&gt; suddenly kde fonts get WAAAY too big. But the gnome fonts (which \
previously<br>&gt; were too small) become the correct size.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I've been \
unable to get the gnome and kde fonts sizes matching up.<br><br> That's because \
gnome-settings-daemon actually changes the screen DPI setting<br>when you run it, \
which is rather badly behaved of it. If you have xfce<br>installed, perhaps you might \
find xfce-setting-show a little better to set <br>gtk styles/fonts in that regard \
?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Jes Hall<br><br>---<br>KDE Frequently Asked Questions:<br><a \
href="http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdebase/faq/index.html">http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdebase/faq/index.html
 </a><br><br>panic(&quot;esp_handle: current_SC == penguin within \
interrupt!&quot;);<br></blockquote></div><br><br><br>-- <br>University of \
Victoria<br>Department of Computer Science<br>Victoria, BC, Canada<br>



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