| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
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We have a VAXstation 3100 model 48 with SPX option and a 19" monitor. Should it use the 100 dpi fonts or the 75 dpi fonts? Ours is defaulting to 75 dpi. This results in quite small fonts. How can we force it to use 100 dpi? Olav
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2368.1 | STAR::MCLEMAN | Jeff McLeman, VMS Development | Tue Feb 27 1990 16:15 | 1 | |
Look in DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE | |||||
| 2368.2 | 23466::SWEENEY | Patrick Sweeney in Hong Kong | Wed Feb 28 1990 07:46 | 7 | |
This is confusing...
75 DPI already is "the big fonts" and the default for 19" monitors.
100 DPI fonts would only be smaller.
Dots per inch is an inverse measurment: for a fixed number of dots, the
larger the DPI (ie resolution), the smaller the resulting image.
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| 2368.3 | .2 Facts are right but doesn't answer the question | CLTVAX::dick | Dick Schoeller - Failed Xperiment | Wed Feb 28 1990 09:46 | 12 |
Pat, With an SPX, the 19" monitor is (or can be) 100dpi. What that means is that if you specify fonts by point size (rather than pixel size), the 75dpi fonts will be physically much smaller. This is because their pixel/point ratio is wrong. Therefore, you should use 100dpi fonts to get a larger display as described in .1. If you are specifying font choices by pixel size, then it doesn't matter which font set you choose (except that certain sizes may not be available). Dick | |||||