Comment 81 for bug 118745

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote : Re: [Bug 118745] Re: Font sizes in Gutsy are affected by bad X.org DPI detection

On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 23:21 +0000, John Vivirito wrote:
> The fix failed to fix it here i had to set fonts to 12 this is with libgnome2-common 2.20.0-1ubuntu2
> I use 1600X1200 and the fonts are way too small still if i run xdpyinfo i get:
>
> xdpyinfo | less shows dimensions: 1600x1200 pixels
> (323x252 millimeters) resolution: 126x121 dots per inch
>
> shouldnt that be more like 100X100 DPI?
> there is no way that i found to change that setting even with DPI set in apperance to 96

The DPI setting in "appearance" only affects font rendering, not your X
server.