Font sizing and monitor configuration

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 at 08:34, The Wassermans <dwass at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> I have just installed Ubuntu 8.04 having been a longtime Windows addict.
> I like it!
>
> I have noticed in Firefox that the text is very small.  I know I can
> Cont+++ to increase the size but I want to globaly set the rendering.
>
> My monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 205BW.  The video is a standard G4/G8
> I think. I guess I am using the Ubuntu provided drivers which have auto
> selected a resolution of 1680 x1050 which I am happy with.
>
> How can I obtain optimise the my monitor's performance, particularly
> when browsing?

You don't want to be changing your resolution - LCD monitors have a 'native' 
resolution at which everything looks best.

To change your typeface size in Firefox, click the Edit menu, then 
Preferences. In the Content tab, you'll see 'Fonts & Colours'. If you click 
Advanced, you'll get even more control. Some Web pages hard-code their fonts 
(for shame!), overriding the settings you give to Firefox. To work around 
this, you can untick the 'Allow pages to choose their fonts' option.

GNOME and KDE have their own fonts settings, which you can find in their 
respective configuration menus.



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