[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: font size changes when dpi changes



On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 18:57, Mpiktas wrote:

> > Do you mean size in pixels or in say millimetres? The idea is to
> > preserve the latter.
> 
> But neither is preserved. If either of them would be preserved fonts of 
> predefined size should look smaller after dpi is increased. Now it's the 
> opposite, they look bigger. Verdana 13 looks bold for example.

Not really. If you have more DPI your pixels will be smaller in the real
world. So, for the fonts to take the same real space you need to use
more pixels. Increasing the DPI of your display should make the fonts
bigger (in pixels). If you increase the DPI setting in X and don't
change the monitor, fonts should increase in (real) size since they take
more pixels of the same real size.

Pedro.

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part


Reply to: