Re: bug in gdm with font size in themes?

[Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 cam ac uk>]

On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 13:17, Søren Hansen wrote:
> ons, 2004-07-14 kl. 14:13 skrev Søren Hansen:
> > This happens because the 24 refers to number of points, not pixels. The
> > definition of a point is 1/72 inch. The actual number of pixels to use
> > it determined by the number of dots per inch (dpi) your display has.
> 
> I forgot to mention that if your display is running 100 dpi, but you
> pass your X server "-dpi 75" on the commandline, it'll make the X server
> treat your display as being at 75 dpi, thus using smaller fonts. Try
> that.

Thanks but I don't want to do that.  I want to use the real dpi as
specified by the screen size in the XF86Config file otherwise
applications like the gimp would be displaying everything wrong...

Best regards,

	Anton
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