X Window System 100dpi fonts

[k6h]

100dpi fonts requirements ?

[k6h]

Is it resolution (e.g. 1280 1024) or monitor display size in mm ?

[adamw]

Well, the correct DPI setting is a factor of the two; divide your horizontal resolution by your screen's width in inches. You can set the value you derive in KDE or GNOME font preferences.

[coverup]

Is it resolution (e.g. 1280 1024) or monitor display size in mm ?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

X always comes with two sets of basic fonts 75dpi and 100dpi, roughly corresponding to 75dpi and 96dpi screen resolution. These fonts are used by GNU apps, such as xedit, emacs, etc, and they cannot be controlled through Gnome or KDE control center. If you don't use those apps, you don't need to worry about that. If you do, you can switch from 75dpi to 100dpi fonts by editing /etc/X11/fs/config. First, swap over the lines,

        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,

they should appear in exactly this order. Also, change

# 100 x 100 and 75 x 75
default-resolutions = 75,75,100,100

to

# 100 x 100 and 75 x 75
default-resolutions = 100,100,75,75

Restart X font server

# xset fp rehash
# service xfs restart

[k6h]

If the screen resolution is higher than 1024x768 it is recommended to install 100dpi fonts ?