Re: Fonts

[Peter De Wachter <pdewacht@vub.ac.be>]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Bill Wohler wrote:

>   It's generally better to go with the higher resolution 100 dpi
>   fonts, right? With the latest upgrade, I swapped the order of the
>   fonts in /etc/X11/fs/config and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so that the
>   100 dpi fonts would take precedence.
> 
>   Unfortunately, this makes the fonts HUGE. Specifically, the fonts in
>   the gnome menus, the Eterm text, the Emacs and Netscape menus. Now,
>   I was able to decrease the size of the Eterm text (via their menu),
>   the Emacs text (via .Xresources), but I failed to hit the others.
> 
>   How much does my screen resolution (1280x1024 and 1280x768) and
>   monitor dot pitch come into play?
> 
>   Suggestions?

To find your dpi (dots per inch), just divide your horizontal resolution
by the physical width of your screen in inches (Simple huh?). Then pick
the closest match for your fonts. The monitor dot pitch and other stuff
has nothing to do with it. 

Peter De Wachter