[redirecting to -chat because this topic isn't -current by a longshot] On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 04:57:26PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stijn Hoop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Andreas Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Eric Anderson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Devon H.O'Dell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Andrew > Gallatin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:40 AM > Subject: fontsize and dpi (was Re: Beta2: Nice job!) > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 06:57:48PM -0000, Andreas Hauser wrote: > > > dodell wrote @ Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:01:50 -0700: > > > > They all use Bitstream Vera at a > ridiculously small font size > > > > > > startx -- -dpi 100 > > > better ? > > > > Why this isn't already the default is beyond me... Or am I miscalculating > > dpi with the standard 1280x1024 17" flatpanel? > > > > --Stijn > > Your calculations appear to be fine. > Your assumptions that everyone has a display that is equivalent or better > than a 1280x1024 17" flatpanel, thus making change in the defaults > reasonable, are very false.
OK, I freely admit that I haven't any clue as to the general
population's resolution. I know that I don't see anything lower than
1280x1024 17" around me, and I'm used to student budgets... But I know
that those sometimes aren't as tight as they appear to be, and there are
of course lots of older CRTs still working perfectly fine.
--Stijn
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