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From: "Richard Fish" <bigfish@asmallpond.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: OT: Re: [gentoo-user] Update xorg-x11
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:21:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7573e9640607140021i26de1e99k5041d501a083797b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607140436180.30552@pc7.dolda2000.com>

On 7/13/06, Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Richard Fish wrote:
> > Your 11pt font looks
> > absolutely ridiculous on my 133dpi screen.
>
> I'm not a typography expert, so correct me if I'm wrong, but should 11pt
> (being 11/72" by the DTP system) not be the same on any display or other
> device, regardless of resolution?

Only if the dpi of that device is specified correctly.  The "normal"
windows configuration specifies that the screen is 96dpi, regardless
of the physical size of the monitor or resolution used.

So assuming a default configuration, his 11pt font is about 14 pixels
on his system.  On mine, it calculates out to about 20 pixels.

> Are you sure that it isn't your display settings that are wrong?

Pretty sure.  My system is a Dell e1705 laptop with a 17", 1920x1200
display.  The display area is 367mm x 229mm, or 14.45in x 9in, which
calculates out to 132.87x133dpi.

The real problem is that my "normal" font size is about 7pt, or about
13 pixels.  (Yes, most people reading my screen feel like they are
taking an eye exam!)  Now stick a 20 pixel high font next to that, and
YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE TYPING IN ALL CAPS!

-Richard
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-14  7:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-13 19:28 [gentoo-user] Update xorg-x11 Juliano Morais Barbosa
2006-07-13 21:07 ` Richard Fish
2006-07-13 21:47   ` Juliano Morais Barbosa
2006-07-13 22:39     ` Mick
2006-07-14  7:36     ` Richard Fish
     [not found]       ` <44B7542C.4010104@gentoo.org>
2006-07-14  8:33         ` Richard Fish
2006-07-14  8:34           ` Richard Fish
2006-07-14  2:41   ` OT: " Fredrik Tolf
2006-07-14  7:21     ` Richard Fish [this message]
2006-07-14  6:11   ` Brad Camroux
2006-07-14  7:01     ` Richard Fish
2006-07-13 21:59 ` Benno Schulenberg

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