Re: Default size for fonts in X?

[John Smith <netman1@home.nl>]

On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 18:29, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Is there anywhere to set default fonts in X? Currently I'm using
> 1600x1200 but many menus are so small that they can hardly be seen. I
> can of course use a lower resolution but is there anywhere where these
> things are set globally? I've often looked but never found anything.
> 
> 
> A.
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Hi Anthony,

	what I found out as the best way to influence the default
fontsize as used on your monitor, is /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, Section
"Monitor", option DisplaySize which defines the actual size of your
monitor in milimeters. Here is mine:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Compaq Armada E-500 LCD"
        HorizSync       28-50
        VertRefresh     43-75
        Option          "DPMS"
        DisplaySize     287 215
EndSection

(Sorry, small laptop screen ;-) )

Sincerely,

Jan.