[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roberto Suarez Soto) writes:
> So, am I the only one that even in 17" monitors uses 75dpi fonts?
Dunno, I'm using 75dpi fonts on 19 and 21". Fwiw, the change annoyed
me too. I'm not using a larger display because my eyes fail me, I'm
using it to get more text on it.
Gr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roberto Suarez Soto) writes:
> So, am I the only one that even in 17" monitors uses 75dpi fonts?
Are you using 75dpi fonts on a 75dpi monitor, or just using 75dpi
fonts because you like them?
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On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 07:37:59PM +0200, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote:
> On Sep/20/2001, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> > Because of the popularity of 17" and larger monitors, and the fact that
> > the dpi's actually in use are closer to 100dpi than 75dpi these days.
>
> So, am I the only one th
On Sep/20/2001, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Because of the popularity of 17" and larger monitors, and the fact that
> the dpi's actually in use are closer to 100dpi than 75dpi these days.
So, am I the only one that even in 17" monitors uses 75dpi fonts?
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On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 06:10:44PM +0200, Matthias Berse wrote:
> Anyway, could you, Branden point out, or give me a pointer to, why
> this change happened from using 75dpi to 100dpi? I just want a good
> reason to give to all those people, who tell me the fontsize sucks.
Because of the popularity
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 07:10:47AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 01:22:00PM +0200, Matthias Berse wrote:
> > meaning it should be changed back?! Anyway my main concern about the
> > font resolution is that many programs break, because they expect the
> > fonts being 75dpi
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 01:22:00PM +0200, Matthias Berse wrote:
> meaning it should be changed back?! Anyway my main concern about the
> font resolution is that many programs break, because they expect the
> fonts being 75dpi.
File bugs against those programs.
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On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 11:08:48AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Matthias Berse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So why has this change made? Sorry if that's an faq. Maybe the answer
> > should be included in the note.
>
> I just wanted to start arguing that 100dpi matched the real
> resolution us
Matthias Berse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You should be aware that, by default, xinit (and thus startx) starts the X
>> server using the "-dpi 100" argument, which forces the X server to treat
>> the display as having 100 dots per inch.
[...]
> So why has this change made? Sorry if that's an
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:17:01PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Matthias Berse wrote:
> > I'd like to know, how I could accomplish that X Screen font res. will
> > not default to 100dpi. I would like to see a debconf question wether I
> > want 75dpi or 1
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Matthias Berse wrote:
> I'd like to know, how I could accomplish that X Screen font res. will
> not default to 100dpi.
That is probably not going to happen.
> Don't get me wrong I don't claim that it should be 75dpi by default,
> BUT there are so many que
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Matthias Berse wrote:
> I'd like to know, how I could accomplish that X Screen font res. will
> not default to 100dpi. I would like to see a debconf question wether I
> want 75dpi or 100dpi since I see no point using 100dpi unless your
> resolution is at le
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