George Garvey wrote:
On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote:
Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical
resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes. There is
an X -dpi command line setting documented in the Xserver manpage and a
DisplaySize directive that can go in your xorg.conf file. The xdpyinfo
But his stated aim is to increase font sizes, and use gimp at a
higher resolution. Changing the DPI would mess up his expectations
about gimp, as I understood them. He might as well stick to the lower
resolution he prefers.
Yeah, I agree, changing the dpi is an ugly hack. ;-) It should match the
physical resolution.
I have a similar problem, due to a large monitor size coupled with
2304x1440 resolution. Font sizes for most X programs can be changed,
including widow managers. Most of the web sites out there refuse to
respect settings about font sizes put in browsers, though. It is
annoying. Only thing I know to do is change zoom factors (and Firefox
doesn't make that easy as far as I know: Opera did), squint and hope
you don't ruin your eyes, or change X resolutions on the fly
(Ctl-Alt-+, etc.).
I know of a couple text size related extensions for firefox.
http://www.splintered.co.uk/extensions/
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Miscellaneous&numpg=10&id=55
Web sites have really lowered my respect for graphic artists, which
used to be quite high when I worked in the print medium. They don't
seem to get how to design with relationships instead of exact numbers.
Wierd to me that an "artist" doesn't understand using relationships.
Overuse of pixel measurements is a sign of someone without a clue. ;-)
Zac
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