Re: Font size in Dapper

On 5/4/06, Steven Kurylo <sk@infinitepigeons.org> wrote:
> > In your xorg.xonf you have the option to tell it what size your screen
> > is so it can calculate the dpi accordingly. In the Monitor Section, add
> > "DisplaySize width height" to tell xorg the size of your screen in
> > millimeters. I believe this only affects things if xorg cannot read your
> > monitor's EDID.
> >
> > If that does nothing to help things, try entering the dpi manually into
> > the ~/.Xresources file. If the file does not exist, create it and add
> > the following:
> >
> > Xft.dpi: 100
> >
> > Change 100 to the desired dpi.
>
> I thought about fiddling with DPI, but every program other than
> Thunderbird has been adjusted accordingly. Are just not able to
> adjust those parts of Thunderbird?
>
> I ran ddcprobe and it lists my EDID, so I assume thats working (though
> I'm not sure whats a normal value):
>
> edid:
> edid: 1 3
> screensize: 34 27
>
> Then I just notice my second monitor looks different and here is why:
>
> (==) RADEON(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
> (--) RADEON(1): DPI set to (95, 96)
>
> Nice, different DPI. Since the first monitor is already at 75 DPI, I
> don't think I'd want to go smaller. So I'm back to trying to make
> fonts larger :-)

D'oh, gaim doesn't seem to be able to increase its fonts either. I hate X.
Received on Thu May 4 10:42:26 2006