Re: DPI, font size, and Debian

[Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 07:26:24AM +0100, Jean-Christophe Dubacq <jean-christophe.dubacq@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> However, Keith's computation is a bit hard: I tested 120 dpi with my
> 1600x1200 and already find those fonts are gigantic. I would not like
> staying with 150.

Probably because you're using 12 or 13 points sized fonts while you
should be using 8 or 9 points.

> By the way, I cannot make sense of the font sizes in firefox. Looks like
> it uses 75 dpi or 72 dpi as a reference.

Yup, roughly. They decided to use a pixel value, and one that is quite
low for dense screens.

Mike