Re: Fonts got bigger

[Bradley Shuttleworth <brad@deimos.co.za>]

Hi,

Had the same problem - I think you need to go into
Applications/Desktop-Preferences/Font, then click on Details at
the bottom right.  Gnome doesn't seem to auto-detect DPI, so (for
example) mine was set at 96 dpi.  That made all my font hideous :)

Setting that to be the same as the rest of your desktop should work.

You'll need to logout and back in for this to work.

Ciao,
Brad.

On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 12:02, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le dim 26/01/2003 à 09:44, Michael Toomim a écrit :
> > Michael Toomim wrote:
> > > I just upgraded my sid box and all my gtk2 fonts got bigger by a few
> > > points.  Anyone know why and/or how to fix this?
> > 
> > BTW, the font-size increase isn't entirely consistent.  If I try to log 
> > out, for instance, the font-size in the logout dialog box is normal 
> > (like it used to be before the recent upgrade).
> 
> I think it's XFree86's fault: at first run it detects some DPI (dot per
> inch) using VBE (a protocol between your monitor and your graphics
> card), then it doesn't do it anymore for subsequent logins. So the
> monitor-supplied DPI is different than the default one.
> 
> You should put a DPI by hand in your XFree config file or in your gdm
> config file. For the latter, just add "-dpi 96" to the command line
> starting X; I don't remember how to change the former.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> 	Xav
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Bradley Shuttleworth
Deimos Information Engineering.

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