Re: [kbd] [PATCH] setfont: Add option -d to double size of font.

Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:41:52 -0000
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Thank you!

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 1:33 AM Alexey Gladkov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
>
> Applied. Thanks!
>
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> Rgrds, legion
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