System fonts are all messed up ????

[Steve]

On 11/13/2012 12:04 PM, lee wrote:
> Steve <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 11/10/2012 10:11 AM, Steve wrote:
>>> F16 install, KDE, fully up to date.
>>>
>>> Did an upgrade to F17 via the F17 DVD.
>>>
>>> Now all the system fonts are messed up, size wise.  All of them are
>>> way too large.
>>>
>>> On the session login screen, for example, the font size in the
>>> Username and Password fields are so big that the letters overflow
>>> the height of the box.
>>>
>>> This problem exists everywhere in the session where system fonts are
>>> used.
>>>
>>> Application fonts seem to be fine and are easily adjusted with
>>> KDE->System Settings-> Application Appearance -> Fonts.
>>>
>>> I cannot figure out where to adjust the size of the system fonts.
>>>
>>> I have half a dozen Linux systems running F17, all upgraded via the
>>> DVD and this is the only one with this problem.
>>>
>>> What do I do to fix this issue ?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>> Does anyone have ANY ideas on this issue ?
> Not really, only I've seen today that there is /etc/X11/Xresources which
> has some entries towards font sizes:
>
>
> ,----
> | ! This is the global resources file that is loaded when
> | ! all users log in, as well as for the login screen
> |
> | ! Fix the Xft dpi to 96; this prevents tiny fonts
> | ! or HUGE fonts depending on the screen size.
> | ! Xft.dpi: 96
> |
> | ! hintstyle: medium means that (for Postscript fonts) we
> | ! position the stems for maximum constrast and consistency
> | ! but do not force the stems to integral widths. hintnone,
> | ! hintslight, and hintfull are the other possibilities.
> | ! Xft.hintstyle: hintmedium
> | ! Xft.hinting: true
> `----
>
>
> I commented them out because I'm using fontconfig settings and the X
> server seems to figure out the DPI correctly by default.  I haven't
> tested yet what difference it makes.  Anyway, the DPI setting might make
> a difference for you.
I resolved this issue a few days ago.  Consult the list for the 
solution, which was adding a line to the xorg.conf file forcing the 
fonts to be 96x96.


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