From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: giacomo boffi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Semi-OT: font advice Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:11:05 +0200 Organization: One Step Beyond Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082737371 24227 80.91.224.253 (23 Apr 2004 16:22:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:22:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 23 18:22:41 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BH3Ro-0003CE-01 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:22:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BH3RF-0006y9-FL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:22:05 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!newsserver.cilea.it!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: boffi95.stru.polimi.it Original-X-Trace: newsserver.cilea.it 1082736752 21967 131.175.189.141 (23 Apr 2004 16:12:32 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@cilea.it Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Apr 2004 16:12:32 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.5 (chayote, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NPd2sDBG/kfVGqT06EDWMnD3Nt0= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:122630 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17916 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17916 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, let's say that you have a font "-*-BIG-*-75-75-*", designed to be ~ 1" high on a 75dpi monitor, and that you use it on your, let's say again, 115dpi monitor on your monitor, the font is measured .652" high to help your system choosing the right fonts, try - fiddling with FontPath(?) ordering in (you're using a pc?) /etc/X11/XF86Config, placing the 100dpi path _before_ the 75dpi one - starting X with the option "-dpi 115", man X should tell the configuration file to edit - this is controversial: install some scalable fonts > I am trying to find a font that is better but am having trouble > working with the fonts, and would appreciate some advice. the other advice you got is very good, but i hope that my post could be useful also in a broader perspective, as other apps could benefit as well from larger fonts