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. This default can be modified by editing the following conffiles: xdm /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers (see xdm(1)) xfs /etc/X11/fs/config (see xfs(1)) xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc (see xinit(1)) The /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 files (see the XF86Config(7) manual page for the distinction) are not conffiles, but may also be edited to change this default. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]