From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dwg2G-0003Tw-B7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:56:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6OCtCP5031572; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:55:12 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6OCpdDb006895 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:51:39 GMT Received: from saltmine.radix.net ([207.192.128.40]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dwfxz-0000EC-Lh for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:52:27 +0000 Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j6OCqRI4012724 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:52:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id j6OCqRHY012723 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:52:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:52:27 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] switching to LCD monitor Message-ID: <20050724125227.GA11796@saltmine.radix.net> References: <20050721082452.GA7199@sympatico.ca> <20050724053644.GA7222@sympatico.ca> <20050724102132.GA10254@saltmine.radix.net> <200507240645.56499.gentoo.org@machturtle.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200507240645.56499.gentoo.org@machturtle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Archives-Salt: 0a67c74c-9b79-4832-8493-0494601fc98d X-Archives-Hash: c8c3ab1c900a4946c6fba79415dc7ad9 On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 06:45:56AM -0400, David Corbin wrote: > On Sunday 24 July 2005 06:21 am, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 01:36:44AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > > > 050723 michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote: > > > > LCD monitors are fixed-rate, > > > > so you have to buy one that has the resolution you like > > > > with CRT monitors where you buy the highest resolution > > > > and then display at a lower rate if you wish. > > > > > > Why would you want to display at lower resolution than the best available > > > ? > > > > to make the fonts look bigger. > > Why don't you change your default font to a larger font instead? bitmap fonts only go so big - and there's not a matching bold for many of the larger sizes. I'm certain that some people sending bug-reports are using lower screen resolutions because they're finding odd problems with the small font sizes. Some of those are because of hardware limitations, but it is also likely that some are using lower screen resolutions because the effective font sizes are larger (and more readable). Of course if one chooses only scalable fonts (with the corresponding performance degradation), this is irrelvant. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list