Fonts here do not look really well

Joe Abi Raad joe.abiraad at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 13:23:17 UTC 2007


Hi
take a look at this tutorial

http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,1817928316.aspx

// Jo
http://joeabiraad.com

On Dec 7, 2007 5:43 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda at ij.net> wrote:

> On 2007/12/03 09:41 (GMT-0800) jerry apparently typed:
>
> >>>>>> The fonts here do not look really well. (I am using Liberation
> Fonts.)
> >>>>>> What can I do to improve this situation?
>
> >>>>> http://book.opensourceproject.org.cn/distrib/ubuntu/hacks/
>
> >>>>> On the left column double click on Chap 5 X11 and select Hack 53
> "Make
> >>>>> your fonts pretty"
>
> >>>> Thanks, Jerry. My flat screen is a 17 inches one, and I have added
> the
> >>>> following line to  ~/.config/xfce4/Xft.xrdb:
>
> >>>> Xft.dpi: 96
>
> >>>> However,
>
> >>>> # xdpyinfo | grep resolution
> >>>>   resolution:    90x96 dots per inch
>
> >>>> Apparently, Xubuntu is not considering the line added to Xft.xrdb.
> Any ideas?
>
> >>> Sorry have never used xfce nor edited Xft.xrdb.
> >>> Have you read the mannpage for xrdb?
>
> >> Yes, Jerry, but no progress.
>
> > My CRT measures 16in on the diagonal. When I run;
>
> > xdpyinfo | grep resolution
>
> > resolution:    102x108 dots per inch
>
> > I setup my monitor during install with the xorg X11 configuration. To
> > reconfigure I use "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86"
>
> > I have no idea how dpi fits in to the configuration of a monitor.
>
> > Hopefully some on the list can give some help.
>
> DPI is a result of the combination of your display size, and the
> resolution
> it uses. A 17" flat panel is usually 1280x1024 native resolution, which is
> about 96.4 DPI both vertical and horizontal if the screen actually has the
> 5/4 aspect ratio that matches the 1280/1024 ratio. DPI resulting from
> other
> common combinations of resolution and screen size can be seen on
> http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/dpi for comparison to your own. FWIW, 96 is
> the
> default in windoz, and is a standard around which an incredible number of
> naively designed desktops and apps are designed, so it's very nice to have
> a
> matching real DPI for your own system.
>
> DPI impacts the size of things sized in such absolute units as points,
> inches, & centimeters on a display screen. When X uses a DPI that differs
> significantly from your displays actual DPI, screen objects and fonts
> often
> don't seem as if they were intelligently designed. With fonts sized in pt,
> a
> real DPI smaller than the one X uses makes fonts bigger than they were
> intended to be, and vice versa. Fudging the DPI is one way you can adjust
> font and object sizes larger or smaller.
>
> Visit
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2007-October/126426.html
> for more info on the subject generally. It may help you improve your
> fonts.
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