Re: Default size for fonts in X?

[John Smith <netman1@home.nl>]

On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 10:48, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 24 Dec 2003, John Smith wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Interesting suggestion; thanks, but it doesn't have any visible effect here.
> Perhaps laptops are different? I'm wondering if xfs might help.
> 
> A.
> 
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Anthony,

	you _did_ restart your xserver and related (xfs!) daemons
I hope? Just being sure.

Sincerely,

Jan.