[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 521877]

2012-08-22 Thread Kiri
The correct DPI is needed for legibility when the same user uses the same font size settings on multiple monitors. When the user sets the base font size to be legible in on 1 monitor and then goes to another which has a higher (true) DPI he will get poorly legible fonts. The correct DPI is needed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 521877]

2012-08-22 Thread Kiri
Take it from a typographer http://www.alistapart.com/articles/realfontsontheweb "We have a world of display devices that have standardized to report their exact resolution, the space it occupies, and thus the pixels per inch, a key to moving text typography forward." Who wants to break the news t

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 201032] Re: xorg gets wrong screen dpi on LPL id 48128

2010-02-13 Thread Kiri
It appears this is the bug I am seeing in Lucid Lynx. I used Option "ModeDebug" "true" and see the correct size read for the monitor in Xorg.0.log . xdpyinfo reports resolution:96x96 dots per inch I am also using the "intel" driver. Setting DisplaySize in xorg.conf also has no effect. Setting D

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 201032] Re: DPI not set or incorrectly set to 96

2010-03-09 Thread Kiri
I have the same or related manufacturer (LG) of the LCD and graphics card. The DPI being set is different. I notice now, his is not 96x96. Are you saying GNOME desktop detects something and sets DPI to 96 and this may be why ogc has a different DPI and I have 96? Do you still think a separate bug