Re: DPI, font size, and Debian

[Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 11:49:12PM +0900, Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> wrote:
> >   2. Font hints are designed for specific font sizes at certain common
> >      DPIs.  There is value in using a small set of "standard" DPI values
> >      for UI rendering.   (see http://scanline.ca/dpi/fonts.html)
> 
> Then fix font hinting. While differences of 2 dpi seem to make an ugly
> difference, i'm pretty sure a difference of 10 does not.

Missing some text here.
If hinting was based on nearest good looking dpi, it could consider it
instead of real value.

Mike