On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 06:09:20PM EDT, Adam Hardy wrote:
Jochen Schulz on 05/06/06 13:49, wrote:
Adam Hardy:
Can I do anything to globally affect all font sizes in X, not just in the
bits that KDE controls?
[snip]
The easiest way to make sure X knows your real dpi:
- Run this:
xdpyinfo | grep dots
resolution: 92x92 dots per inch
If xdpyinfo shows 76 dpi, this is most probably false (unless you have
a very large monitor running at 1280x1024).
- Measure your display's visible dimensions. This is easy with TFT
displays and a little bit trickier for CRTs. But it doesn't have to be
100% accurate anyway.
- In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or XF86Config if you are running stable)
search for your "Monitor" section. Add a line like
DisplaySize 280 212
to this section with your display's dimensions in millimetres
- Restart X
- Run 'xdpyinfo | grep dots' again to see if it has changed.
At this point, your fonts might actually look screwed in some
applications. *But*: now all your applications (be it KDE, Gnome or
plain X) should display all fonts with the same point size at the same
real size.
I tried making the changes in the gnome dialog as well after installing
140MB of it - I'm afraid I didn't get anywhere, but wierdly there is a
dialog box there for fonts with an input box for dpi - and when I increased
the given dpi from 96 upwards, the text on the dialog box got bigger!
Strangely counter-intuitive. So I left it at 96 dpi and changed back into
Unless you have a very hi-res or very low-res display this is fine.
KDE.
Here's my .gtkrc-2.0:
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/usr/share/themes/Raleigh/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
style "user-font"
{
font_name="Sans 8"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"
include "/home/adam/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
I *assume* this gets written by the gnome desktop utility, hence the
"do not edit". I don't know anything about the innards of gnome or gtk
but I would suggest you do not edit this file while gnome is running.
For all we know there might be circumstances when gnome re-writes the
contents of this file.
What I know for a fact is that in my setup - debian sarge - I had to
make changes to both the .gtkrc *and* the .gtkrc-2.0 to get all the gtk
apps that I use (gimp, mozilla.. that's about it..). That was about a
year ago and I have no idea whether you still need a .gtkrc. I *guess*
it depends what gtk apps you are running and what versions.. What I
would imagine is that it would not hurt to add one to your setup..
Here's my .gtkrc:
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/home/gavron/.themes/GTK2-Step/gtk/gtkrc"
style "user-font"
{
font="-microsoft-verdana-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-p-*-microsoft-cp1251"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"
include "/home/gavron/.gtkrc.mine"
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
And here's my .gtkrc-2.0:
style "user-font"
{
font_name="Verdana 7"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"
gtk-font-name = "Verdana 8"
Note the differences between the font statements, the different point
sizes - I had to specify "Verdana 7" because the font was a tad larger
in some places.. and I also have a gtk-font-name statement that's
apparently missing from your .gtkrc-2.0..