Re: Why do people use 1280x1024? (was Re: custom gdm screen resolution? [SOLVED - work around])
On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 03:57:33PM +0100, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote:
> Ron Johnson:
>
> > There will *only* be issues is a 4:3 image is stretched
> > to 5:4. Then, the image will look long/thin.
>
> No, if you set a 5:4 LCD (a popular setup) to a full-screen 1024x960
> or any other 4:3 resolution, you'll have the image stretched as well
> (albeit in the other dimension).
Yup - and the effect is so subtle I only noticed it with font hinting
turned on (and I blamed the various font programs for a while, too)
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