des wrote @ Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:45:09 +0200: > Stijn Hoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't know when X gained the capability to decipher this on its own, but > > I know that lots of people were running with 75dpi on 100dpi monitors, > > resulting in horrible default fonts etc. One of the problems with webpages > > in *nix vs Windows, differing fontsizes, is caused by exactly this. > > X will correctly determine the physical resolution on DDC-capable > monitors (with a DDC-capable graphics adapter, of course). Otherwise, > it assumes 75dpi. You can of course specify the correct resolution on > the command line, or (better yet) specify the display dimensions in > the configuration file and let X figure out the resolution.
That works far from always, -dpi 100 is the only way, i know, that works no matter what. Andy _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
