Speaking of fonts...
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Mon Jul 10 21:30:51 UTC 2006
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 09:59 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>> You might try setting DPI correctly, choosing a font size about
>> double
>> your current choice (or a point less) and letting the font engine do
>> the
>> scaling. I'd be interested in how you find the results compared to
>> your
>> current settings. They will (in theory) at least better approximate
>> what
>> the font designer had in mind.
>
> It might be a good theory, but far too many apps just have built in
> fonts you can't really affect by specifying a font size anywhere.
> Some things can be fixed, but mostly I can't see anything if I tell
> it the truth.
Like what? I'm curious to experiment for myself.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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