Re: Font size problem #2

2008-11-19 Thread Michael Mather
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

Re: Font size problem #2

2008-11-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
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

Font size problem #2

2008-11-14 Thread Michael Mather
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

Re: Font size problem #2

2008-11-14 Thread The Rasterman
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:52:08 -0500 Michael Mather [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: i absolutely agree. scaling with dpi is short-sightned and too simplisitc as you are right - it is not just scaling to dpi BUT scaling to the visual field that the display would consume - ie how many % of your field of