Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 03 September 2002 20:37, David Zelinsky wrote: >> I recently upgraded to woody (actually I ended up doing a clean >> install, for reasons I won't get into), and now most of the fonts in >> application windows are way too large. Examples include: menus, >> dialog boxes and input fields in netscape, mozilla, dillo and >> acroread, to name a few. (The font preference for netscape et al only >> affect the document fonts, not the menus and toolbars.) >> >> Can anyone tell me how to change this? I'm using xfs (tried changing >> the default-point-size in /etc/X11/fs/config but it had no effect). >> I've been using fvwm started by gdm, but it doesn't seem to matter >> which window manager or desktop I use. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> David Zelinsky > > from /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/README.Debian-upgrade.gz: > > FONT AND DPI (DOTS-PER-INCH) SETTINGS SET TO 100DPI BY DEFAULT: > > You should be aware that, by default, xdm and xinit (and thus startx) start > the X server using the "-dpi 100" argument, which forces the X server to > treat the display as having 100 dots per inch. Furthermore, xfs is > configured to serve fonts with a preference for 100dpi versions over 75dpi > version if a font request could be satisfied by either, and dexconf, the > Debian X Configurator, writes XFree86 server configuration files with a > preference for the 100dpi font directory over the 75dpi directory. > > This particularly affects the visible font size. Another common default is 75 > dpi; some font rasterizers do not deal well with dpi settings other than 75 or > 100.
But note that, as stated in xfonts-100dpi description field, "xfonts-100dpi may be more suitable for large monitors and/or large screen resolutions (over 1024x768)." In that case, you'd be better off just changing the font size manually (through Gnome/KDE's control center, or whatever). -- People said I was dumb, but I proved them! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
