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From: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Very small fonts after re-emerging xorg-x11
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:23:18
Message-Id: loom.20060629T210743-136@post.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Very small fonts after re-emerging xorg-x11 by Richard Fish
1 Richard Fish <bigfish <at> asmallpond.org> writes:
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4 Sorry for the delayed resonse. Gmane:
5 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user
6 has been down quite a bit, of late......
7
8 > Why do you need a matrix? Just measure and enter the actual
9 > dimensions of your display.
10 > Or if you want a specific DPI, do the math. For example, for
11 > 1280x1024 at 100dpi:
12
13 > width = 1280pix / 100pix/in -> 12.8in * 25.4mm/in -> 325mm
14 > height = 1024pix / 100pix/in -> 10.24in * 25.4mm/in -> 260mm
15
16 > So the dimensions should be 325x260.
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19 DisplaySize 366 229 # display size in mm for DPI auto set
20
21 width = 1440pix / 100pix/in -> 14.4in * 25.4mm/in -> 366 mm
22 height = 900pix / 100pix/in -> 9.00in * 25.4mm/in -> 229 mm
23
24 Works like a champ on a 1440x900 portable screen.
25
26 thx,
27
28 James
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