On 9/16/07, Michael Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > as a user, i expect the font to always be the same, regardless of the > > > number of dots per inch computed. > > > > well, a 8 points font won't look the same if you change the number of > > points displayed per inches. > > i'd expect the font to be the same size regardless of dpi, but it > would look really bad at the low dpi setting, rather than being > shrunk. >
I'm sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. Font sizes are specified in points. Note that points are not the same as pixels. Then to figure out how big the font should be in pixels, the X server's dpi setting is used. This is so a font of a given point size will be the same size on all monitors, as long as you have specified the right dpi for it. If you specify a too big dpi setting, your fonts will be too big and if it is too small, the fonts will be too small. I think I understand what you're thinking, though. You're thinking dpi in terms of printers, where the dpi you print with specifies the quality of the print. However, your monitor does at a given resolution only have one dpi, which can be calculated from the size of the monitor and the resolution. If the 'real' dpi of your monitor is 100 dpi, and you set it to 200 dpi, this would result in kinda the same result as you would get if you send picture data at 200 dpi to your printer _when it expects 100 dpi data_. That is, stuff will be printed as twice as big as was intended. Regards, Alexander Toresson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
