Sane default font

[Martin Koller]

On Sunday 20 February 2005 14:18, Richard Smith wrote:
> Screenshots are useless for showing how big things appear on your screen...

At least it shows how much information is NOT displayed at least partially due 
to the large default font.

> 12 points is, by definition, a sixth of an inch, or about 0.42 cm. Does the
> font appear taller than that on your screen?

I know, and that is what I see. I was giving my xdpyinfo output to make clear 
that I do not have a configuration problem (which you also correctly mention 
at the bottom of your mail).

> I do agree that
> 10pt (about 0.35 cm) looks nicer, though, and a lot of official letters are
> printed in 8pt, but I'm not in a position to say what's best for new KDE
> users.

"Looks nicer" That's the whole point.
I think it is important for KDE to present itself as a nice desktop.

12 points is simply too large to look nice.

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