Re: xterm font sizes choices?
On 08 Apr 2009, zhang zhengquan wrote:
> 2009/4/8 Rob Starling <debian-user@robstarling.org>:
> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:48:39PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> >> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:18:04AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:58:50 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> >> > > I think I have a pretty normal setting and I did touch anything,
> >> > > so how can I tell my dpi is low?
> >> >
> >> > Run
> >> > xdpyinfo | grep -E 'dim|resol'
> >> dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (376x301 millimeters)
> >> resolution: 86x86 dots per inch
> >>
> >> Thanks, Florian, so if the resolution is low, do you have any ideas to
> >> increase that?
> >
> > if the dimensions are right, then that is the correct resolution.
> >
> > 1280 / 14.8031496" = 86.4680851 dpi
> Thanks, then maybe 10x20 is just small for me...
> >
Install xtermset, if you don't have it already, and then try out
different fonts on the fly. See its man page; it can do all sorts of
other interesting things too.
Anthony
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