Default font size in gnome

[Chris Cheney]

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 15:05 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2009/02/26 20:08 (GMT+0100) Nicolò Chieffo composed:
> 
> > Yes. Currently the most spread resolution is:
> 
> > 1280x800 (in 15") what is the DPI? (how can I evaluate the DPI of a monitor?)
> 
> 1-You can calculate it. Divide the inches your display measures (~12.7" wide)
> into the screen resolution (1280px aka dots wide) == ~107 DPI.

I got 100.6 DPI for the calculations I did for 15"

15 * (16/(sqrt(16^2+10^2))) = 12.72
15 * (10/(sqrt(16^2+10^2))) =  7.95

1280 / 12.72 = 100.63 dpi
 800 /  7.95 = 100.63 dpi

However most 15" laptops that I have seen are actually 15.4" so:

15.4 * (16/(sqrt(16^2+10^2))) = 13.06
15.4 * (10/(sqrt(16^2+10^2))) =  8.16

1280 / 13.06 = 98.01 dpi
 800 /  8.16 = 98.04 dpi

However, both are very close to 96 dpi so you should notice almost no
change in font size.

Chris