Re: Font size problem #2
Michael Mather wrote: I am running FDOM and I think that font sizes are being handled wrongly. ... So the default font size has been set (somewhere, I wish I knew where) to 5. I have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find where the basic font sizes are set. I have found many such places, but when I change them it seems to make no difference. Please can someone tell me the real place. Michael --- -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Font-size-problem--2-tp1501613p1519670.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Font size problem #2
I am running FDOM and I think that font sizes are being handled wrongly. Here is what I think is happening. Could someone who knows more about this correct any details that are wrong. It seems that the standard font size in desktop computers is 12 points, which means that the characters are 1/6 inch high. This is too big for the FR, which has only a small screen (in inches). So the default font size has been set (somewhere, I wish I knew where) to 5. This has the right effect on the character size, but I claim it is the wrong way to solve the problem. This becomes apparent when you ssh -Y into the FR from a desktop computer. The default font then appears unreadably small. The correct solution is to decide that dpi means pixels per apparent inch. Because we look at the FR from much closer than we do a desktop screen, the dpi that we set in /etc/X11/xorg.conf should be somewhat less than the physical pixels per inch. I estimate that I see a desktop screen from about 25 inches, and the FR from about 10 inches. So the FR should be set to about 110 dpi. This would have about the same effect as using a font size of 5 points. Michael --- ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Font size problem
I have been running software on the FR from my host computer over ssh using the -Y option, so that windows appear on my host computer. But the font size is so small it is unreadable. For specific example, see Games Net on the FR or run /usr/games/net via ssh. The text appears to be about 10 pixels high on the FR, but only 3 high on the host. Whose problem is that? Also, while I am here, how can I run the desktop over ssh? Michael --- ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
