Achim Bohnet

Email: MailTo(ach AT SPAMFREE mpe DOT mpg DOT de)

IRC on Freenode: allee, you can find me in #kubuntu-devel

https://launchpad.net/people/allee

I'm a sysadmin running Kubuntu on Laptops and Desktops. With dapper, server and cluster will follow.

Hardcoding a fixed DPI

It's wrong! The right way was, is and will be (until all Xorg driver detect it automaticly)

• Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
• Take a ruler and add to ' Section "Monitor" '

  • DisplaySize x-in-mm y-in-mm

  And restart your Xserver
• Is the font size different than before?
  • Then file a bug for your X11 driver "Driver incapable to detect DDC screen size"
  • If you don't like the size of the font, open the control center and change the size of the font.

Now the size of the same fonts, take a ruler again, will be the same on all monitors, that have a correct DisplaySize setting.

Congratulaton! Now it's maybe the first time that you're able to talk about small/big fonts because you see them the first time displayed in the right size.

Of course some people prefer bigger and some smaller fonts. There will never be a perfect default font size. But if you prefer a different font size, change the font size, not the dpi.

<rant>

Monitors here range from 75 dpi to 144 dpi. That's ~ factor of two. With identical fonts size setting, the size of the same 'H' displayed on screen will be:

  |_|
  | |           <-- 144 dpi monitor


  |  |
  |__|
  |  |            <--  75 dpi monitor
  |  |

The same 'U' , displayed on 100 dpi monitor is U, but looks like u on 144 dpi monitor. Imagine how readable lowercase letters are.

</rant>

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