Sane default font

Mirko Boehm mirko at kde.org
Sun Feb 20 22:05:49 GMT 2005


Am Sunday 20 February 2005 10:09 schrieb Stephan Kulow:
> Am Sonntag 20 Februar 2005 14:06 schrieb Torsten Rahn:
> > > My X Server is correctly set up with
> > >   dimensions:    1400x1050 pixels (307x232 millimeters)
> > >   resolution:    116x115 dots per inch
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > This should usually be set to approx. 75x75 dpi and explains the problem
> > you're having.
>
> 75dpi? Where? Haven't seen a monitor with such a resolution for ages.
> BTW: SUSE changed the default font to 10pt for exactly this reason. 12pt is
> just _HUGE_
I have to agree on this: Just because "monitors should be 75dpi" does not mean 
they are. After installing KDE on a new system, the first thing I usually is 
to adjust the font size to something smaller. 

I suggest to change the default to 10px.

Best regards,
--Mirko.
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