On April 8, 2005 12:40, Bastian Venthur wrote: > Hendrik Sattler wrote: > >> Personaly I find "dpi" as it pretty useless for monitor-description, > >> since we have already all data needed: 1280x1024 (19'') for example. > >> But i admint, that i may have not fully understood this hole > >> "graphics-thingy". > > > > Right, you did not. But I'll explain: fonts have e.g. a selected size > > of 12pt. 1pt = 1/72 inch. So you must know, how many pixels an inch is. > > It's that easy. > > Ok I see my error: I allways thought an 8px font has to be 8pixles high. > I think if you calculate your monitor-dpi correctly it turns out, that an > 8px font *is* 8pixles high -- if this is true, I wonder why we need this > dpi-stuff anyway? No. If dpi is set correctly, an 8 point font will be 8/72 of an inch high, a point being 1/72 of an inch. > Ok but I remember me having calculated the dpi of my monitors "by hand" > many times, so I think It would be nice to have some config tool done > this for me. It can't be to hard: during installation of x or kde the > tool could check if my monitor gives the data it needs to calculate > automaticly, if not just ask how many inches this monitor has and > calculate the dpi by given resolution. Well, if you X is set up correctly (is using ddc) and your monitor isn't ancient, it should calculate the value. Why it doesn't work for you I can't say. In any case, a calculator (and maybe a ruler, if you don't know your monitor's viewable size) is all that's required. Or, better yet, set "Display Size" in your X config file, then X will calculate your dpi based on that information. Cheers, Christopher Martin
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