fontsize in X

Joolz joolz at xs4all.nl
Tue Dec 23 21:42:45 UTC 2003


> [James Drabb schreef op 19-12-2003 22:57 -0500]
>
> On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 14:33, Joolz wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just got a new monitor and now my fonts in X are way too big. I
> > tried adjusting default-point-size in /etc/X11/fs/config but it makes
> > no difference at all. Can anyone tell me where to set this? Thanks!
> 
> man XF86Config
> 
> DisplaySize  width height
>   This optional entry gives the width and height, in  millimetres,
>   of  the  picture  area  of the monitor. If given this is used to
>   calculate the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of the screen.
> 
> Under your "Monitor" section in /etc/X11/XF86Config
> 
> Add the entry:
> 
> DisplaySize XX XX
> 
> Replace XX and XX with the width and height in millimeters of the
> picture area of your monitor.  You can either measure it or look in the
> manual or docs for the monitor on the web.

(Sorry for the very late reaction)

That was the solution, thanks a lot!

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