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PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2002 2:27 pm    Post subject: Making stuff bigger? Reply with quote

How do I keep my res at 1024x768, but increase font size?
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PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2002 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're using KDE, click the "K" in the bottom left corner and choose Preferences -> Look & Feel -> Fonts from the menus.
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PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2002 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nope, no kde. Only icewm
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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2002 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

modify /usr/X11R6/bin/startx to add a server argument "-dpi 96"
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2002 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

just with nano?
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PostPosted: Mon May 13, 2002 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any editor should do. I had this line:
Code:
serverargs=""

I changed it to:
Code:
serverargs="-dpi 96"

Didn't notice any differences (Gnome panel icons may have gotten smaller).
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PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2002 5:41 pm    Post subject: Re: DPI Reply with quote

It should definitely make a difference. BTW, there are no fixed values for DPI, you can pick whatever you like ... try 120 for example. You can easily test it before changing config files:

Code:
startx -- -dpi 120


It's true that panel fonts might not change that much at first, but then you just configure your window manager accordingly. If you look at your fonts applet or open a doc/page you can see the difference immediately.
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