Re: [Devel] TrueType font-scaling

[Owen Taylor]

Owen Taylor <address@hidden> writes:

> > It turns out that some Linux distro configure X with a 100dpi
> > resolution. This makes font slightly larger than the Windows ones for
> > the same point size. You can check your X resolution with 'xdpyinfo|grep
> > resolution'.
> 
> The resolution there is not the same one used to convert points
> to pixels. Limbo uses 96 dpi by default for that. Under GNOME,
> you can change the resolution for font points=>pixels with:
> 
>  Preferences/Fonts,  Details button.
> 
> I'm not sure why the fonts for the original poster weren't the same
> size for Windows and Limbo (was it with Limbo?). It sounds like some
> app was selecting font sizes in pixels, not points.

OK, I think I need to alias address@hidden to 
foot-in-mouth-list ;-), seem to always make mistakes when posting
here... I (for some reason) thought I was replying to a post
about the current Red Hat beta, which does behave as above.

Most Linux setups will either use the physical screen resolution
(for Xft) or a fixed value of 75 or 100dpi (for rendering via the 
core  X protocol)

Regards,
                                        Owen