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On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 11:28:44PM -0700, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> Although it seems like your X dpi setting should match the physical |
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> resolution of your monitor, it can be used to tweak font sizes. There is |
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> an X -dpi command line setting documented in the Xserver manpage and a |
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> DisplaySize directive that can go in your xorg.conf file. The xdpyinfo |
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But his stated aim is to increase font sizes, and use gimp at a |
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higher resolution. Changing the DPI would mess up his expectations |
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about gimp, as I understood them. He might as well stick to the lower |
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resolution he prefers. |
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I have a similar problem, due to a large monitor size coupled with |
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2304x1440 resolution. Font sizes for most X programs can be changed, |
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including widow managers. Most of the web sites out there refuse to |
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respect settings about font sizes put in browsers, though. It is |
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annoying. Only thing I know to do is change zoom factors (and Firefox |
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doesn't make that easy as far as I know: Opera did), squint and hope |
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you don't ruin your eyes, or change X resolutions on the fly |
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(Ctl-Alt-+, etc.). |
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Web sites have really lowered my respect for graphic artists, which |
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used to be quite high when I worked in the print medium. They don't |
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seem to get how to design with relationships instead of exact numbers. |
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Wierd to me that an "artist" doesn't understand using relationships. |
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