Re: Setting system font defaults

On Wednesday 12 November 2008 18:03:28 Rex Dieter wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 12 November 2008 17:19:23 Rex Dieter wrote:
> >> Anne Wilson wrote:
> >>> Is there somewhere that I can set system font defaults?  On small
> >>> screens it would help if the fonts could be a bit smaller.
> >>
> >> If your X setup is correct (screen dimentions, resolution, and in effect
> >> dpi), then font size should "just work".
> >>
> >> What does xdpyinfo report wrt to "dots per inch"?
> >
> > Hi, Rex.  This is an Acer Aspire One (9" screen) running Fedora 9.98.
> >
> > xdpyinfo says
> > resolution: 133x135 dots per inch
>
> OK, now measure the physical size of the screen, and report the
> resolution, and we can calculate if that dpi is correct.
>
7 5/8" x 4 3/8"
1024 x 600

By my reckoning that comes out at 1014 x 590, so allowing for my inaccurate 
measuring, that should be right.

I've set kmail/kontact to use 8 point, and that looks fine.  Konsole looks a 
bit big type, but not really a problem.  It's things like the menu toolbars, 
tab labels and so on that seem uncomfortably big.

Anne

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