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> From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 22:46:25 +0700
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, masm+emacs@masm11.me, 
> 	Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> > 1. Why do Xresources and GSettings sizes differ from what C-u C-x =
> >    reports?
> 
> Likely because the former are specified in points (1 pt = 1/72 in) and
> the latter in pixels (1 px = 1/96 in by default).

is this tru also for GSettings font sizes in the X+GTK build of Emacs?
Because then we'd need to document that in the "Fonts" section of the
Emacs manual, where all the different methods of specifying a font are
described.