Hi take a look at this tutorial <a href="http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,1817928316.aspx">http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,1817928316.aspx</a> // Jo <a href="http://joeabiraad.com">http://joeabiraad.com </a> <div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 7, 2007 5:43 AM, Felix Miata <<a href="mailto:mrmazda@ij.net">mrmazda@ij.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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? >>>>> <a href="http://book.opensourceproject.org.cn/distrib/ubuntu/hacks/" target="_blank">http://book.opensourceproject.org.cn/distrib/ubuntu/hacks/</a> >>>>> 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 <a href="http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/dpi" target="_blank">http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/dpi</a> 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 <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2007-October/126426.html" target="_blank"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2007-October/126426.html</a> for more info on the subject generally. It may help you improve your fonts. -- " Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** <a href="http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/" target="_blank">http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>