Re: [gentoo-user] How do I get larger fonts in X ?

[Zac Medico]

George Garvey wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote:
>
>>Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical
>>resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes.  There is
>>an X -dpi command line setting documented in the Xserver manpage and a
>>DisplaySize directive that can go in your xorg.conf file.  The xdpyinfo
>
>
>    But his stated aim is to increase font sizes, and use gimp at a
> higher resolution. Changing the DPI would mess up his expectations
> about gimp, as I understood them. He might as well stick to the lower
> resolution he prefers.

Yeah, I agree, changing the dpi is an ugly hack.  ;-)  It should match the physical resolution.

>    I have a similar problem, due to a large monitor size coupled with
> 2304x1440 resolution. Font sizes for most X programs can be changed,
> including widow managers. Most of the web sites out there refuse to
> respect settings about font sizes put in browsers, though. It is
> annoying. Only thing I know to do is change zoom factors (and Firefox
> doesn't make that easy as far as I know: Opera did), squint and hope
> you don't ruin your eyes, or change X resolutions on the fly
> (Ctl-Alt-+, etc.).

I know of a couple text size related extensions for firefox.

http://www.splintered.co.uk/extensions/
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Miscellaneous&numpg=10&id=55

>    Web sites have really lowered my respect for graphic artists, which
> used to be quite high when I worked in the print medium. They don't
> seem to get how to design with relationships instead of exact numbers.
> Wierd to me that an "artist" doesn't understand using relationships.

Overuse of pixel measurements is a sign of someone without a clue.  ;-)

Zac
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