Re: [kbd] [PATCH] setfont: Add option -d to double size of font.
Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:31:48 +0200
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On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 07:22:35PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On high pixel density systems, such as 4k displays, typical font sizes like > 8x16 are illegible to most readers. One solution would be to install and > use fonts that are designed for these displays, but currently these are not > widely available and perhaps they will never be available in all the same > varieties as the low-density fonts that have been used for a long time. > > This patch introduces an alternative: it implements a -d option to setfont > that causes each pixel to be doubled along each axis (which actually > quadruples the size of the font). It makes all of the traditional fonts > usable on high-DPI display. Why you do not want to use/create bigger font ? -- Rgrds, legion