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Subject:    [ltp] Re: T61p with nVIDIA Quadro FX 570M / WUXGA on 15.4' ?
From:       Frank Schmitt <ich () frank-schmitt ! net>
Date:       2007-09-12 7:07:32
Message-ID: m38x7c1hvv.fsf () mid ! gehheimdienst ! de
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Mario Theodoridis <mario@schmut.com> writes:

> On Tuesday 11 September 2007 17:56:47 Richard Neill wrote:
>> 
>> [snip]
>> Only in windows is the screen resolution hard-coded at 96dpi. Linux 
>> allows you to change it, such that eg an 8pt font is always the same 
>> number of mm high, whether it's displayed on a 133dpi screen, a 96 dpi 
>> screen, or a physical printout.
>> [/snip]
>
> Not that i care to associate with windows in anyway whatsoever, but they do 
> allow you to change the DPI to custom values. I think it was somewhere in the 
> display settings neck of the woods. It's been a while.

Yes, but *many* applications (e.g. virtual everything programmed in
Delphi) have hard coded sizes (in pixel, not millimeter) for buttons,
dialogs etc so when you choose a higher dpi your fonts become larger and
don't fit into the buttons anymore.

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