Fonts here do not look really well

[Felix Miata]

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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