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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G1I5o-0004YU-9j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:28:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6E7Qs0I001958; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:26:54 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6E7LT7r021865 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:21:29 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j40so644195ugd for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:21:29 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=jw2L3WBjbVOzXwmaXwx57oP6SY7/Un1rRB+St2ExRIoyHA2gh7hhx+cEOb4ZTnVeaWVpRrR2MWRpx4yYXWfGxUIwlbDE1YPvLr2w8AyKK/n10bYbd4qspGaqWcsEFAMiBcUIOhqicOiLPduuxgP3lqZzqfHgUggXD2AxcUBmbDk= Received: by 10.78.167.12 with SMTP id p12mr1510201hue; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:21:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.16.7 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:21:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7573e9640607140021i26de1e99k5041d501a083797b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:21:29 -0700 From: "Richard Fish" Sender: richard.j.fish@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: OT: Re: [gentoo-user] Update xorg-x11 In-Reply-To: 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=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <03a901c6a6b2$7eeb57e0$60000e0a@t201> <7573e9640607131407w17e7f1d0r46a1c99870955de5@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 09e621f8fcf99a54 X-Archives-Salt: cc7b94b1-da26-465b-9e43-1310241c2f7e X-Archives-Hash: fb2079a0bb8d7c0e67643c722f52ae91 On 7/13/06, Fredrik Tolf 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list