Hi Jeff, Jeff Jibson <j...@jibson.com> writes: > It seems to me that the xrandr --dpi method would be better, especially > with laptops where the monitor plugged in varies. I already use xrandr in > my xinit to determine the resolution of an external monitor. > I remember doing the dpi calculations years ago, but it made the fonts > huge. So, I ended up lying to X setting the dpi to 72x72. Note that you cannot set the DPI for different monitors independently, it is global for your X session. But sure, what you write makes some sense — xrandr is scriptable whereas Xft.dpi is static.
Any other opinions? -- Best regards, Michael
