[ltp] making non-antialiased fonts looks nice.

[noc ops]

Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:10, noc ops wrote:
> 
> 
>>>But a 1400x1050 display is really 125 dpi, yes?  (at least on my T41 it
>>>is) Are you manufacturing your DisplaySize to get 96dpi or are those the
>>>real measurements of your screen?
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>>Not according to this formula:
>>
>>X = screen-res-x * 25.4 / desired-dpi
>>Y = screen-res-y * 25.4 / desired-dpi
> 
> 
> 14.1" diagonal with 1400 x 1050:
> 14.1" = 358mm
> Y = 215mm ( 3 * diagonal / 5 ), X = 287mm ( 4 * diagonal / 5 )
> This display is slightly over 124 dpi
> 
> Why do you want to pretend you have 96dpi when you don't?  Using the correct 
> measurements in xorg.conf means an item that is supposed to be an inch will 
> actually be an inch on the display (or a cm or whatever).  Point sizes will 
> be correct, measurements will be correct.  Everything will be scaled 
> properly.
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So are you saying that I shouldn't mess with DPI settings and let the
system scale it?

My xdypinfo is reporting correct DPI of 96x96 when I set it for 370 277
according to the above formula.



regards,
/virendra

> 
> ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Bret