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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: 100 dpi displays and AA
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2001-06-30 23:48:08
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akar wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org>

<SNIP>

> > What 100 DPI does is make your fonts larger on the screen for a given
> > point size.
> 
> Only if the system is not set up properly, James. A 14 pt Helvetica at
> 100dpi and at 75dpi both at 1024x768 should be EXACTLY the same size. 14pt
> equals 14/72" height. What should be different is the quality if the
> character. 100 dpi should be a lot finer and better formed. I was looking at
> screenshots of a computer using 150dpi and they are better than our 100dpi
> AA fonts.
> 
I think that you missed something here.

X doesn't do inches, it does pixels.

When you tell X what the DPI is, that is all it knows about the screen:
how many pixels make an inch.

Think about it a while.

JRT
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