[gentoo-dev] Re: packages.gentoo.org lives!

[Duncan]

"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> posted
20071115233150.GL18361@××××××××××××××××××××××××.net, excerpted below, on 
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:31:50 -0800:

> My usability design range in testing this spans: 1024x768 to 1680x1050,
> at both 72dpi and 100dpi. However it seems that I didn't take into
> account fonts that render extremely small :-(.

Even 100 DPI is a bit coarse.  Modern CRTs seem to standardize at 120 DPI 
or so, or at least that's what I've seen (21-22", 1600x1200 recommended 
resolution, matching shadow-mask), tho I guess LCDs are only 100 DPI or 
so high end (I just looked up the 30" 2560x1600 Apple Cinemas I've been 
wanting, but that are still out of my price range, 3-4 grand US for a 
pair).

@ that 120 DPI, minimum operational font-point is 8-9 pt or so, here.  I 
have elements of my GUI set to 8 pt, tho I prefer 11 pt for comfortable 
web viewing.  I'd certainly not call 10 pt extremely small -- that's 6-7 
pt! =8^)

And yes, as I said, I have the issue with the logo overrunning the text 
here too. =8^(

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