On Thursday 26 April 2001 04:21, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote:
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
I am not exactly in the flush of youth any more, and for me the pin-head size of the default font is difficult to read.
Bob Arning arning@charm.net replied: I'm curious, do you know about how many pixels per inch your monitor generates? Mine is in the low 80's and, although I have upgraded my reading glasses several times in the last 4 years, I find the Squeak font to be much more legible than, e.g. the TV listings in the newspaper.
For what it's worth, on the Solaris box where I usually use Squeak, xdpyinfo tells me dimensions: 1152x900 pixels (325x254 millimeters) resolution: 90x90 dots per inch
If "12 point" type should have a baseline-to-baseline distance of 12 points, that means 15 pixels (14.944, using "true" points).
One understands that StrikeFonts are bitmap fonts, so they're not going to scale easily, but surely 90 dots per inch has been common enough for several years to warrant a set of fonts that are the right size for it? Can any of the X fonts be adapted?
FWIW I find the default fonts uncomfortable to read on my 100dpi monitor and my vision is perfect.
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