Re: Semi-OT: font advice

[jester@panix.com (Jesse Sheidlower)]

In article <n9m3c6uznc6.fsf@polimi.it>,
giacomo boffi  <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it> wrote:
>jester@panix.com (Jesse Sheidlower) writes:
>
>> I recently got a new computer, and the monitor's resolution at
>> 1400 x 1050 is such that the default font, which seems to be
>> "-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-m-70-iso8859-1",
>                                      ----**-**----
>> is too small to comfortably read.
>
>look above the *'s:
>that font is intended for use with a monitor that does ~75dpi
>
>your monitor is likely to work something in the 110-120dpi range,

Thanks. While this might be true for a normal monitor at 1400 x 1050,
I'm using a laptop with a 15" screen, so according to xdpyinfo, it
is displaying at 75dpi. So the 100dpi fonts aren't necessarily right
given this setup.

Best,

Jesse