[LBo] Re: Increasing font size in xwindows

[Anita Lewis]

On 06/20/2006 04:53 PM Stefan Waidele jun. wrote:
> Terry Stettler wrote:
> 
>> Does anybody know where to enter the command -dpi 80 to increase font 
>> size when starting the system with the GUI, KDE xwindows (inittab 
>> default 4 or 5).  
> 
> 
> I did not try this, but does this look good?
> 
> "Changing the DPI settings for KDE can be a little daunting, but this
>  will show you how to do it.
>  First, as root, you need to open the /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
>  file and add ServerArgsLocal=-dpi 96 to the [X-:*-Core] section (Or
>  what ever DPI you want).
>  Then, you simply exit out and restart X (CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE).
>  Note, this only applies if you are using KDM. If you are not using KDE,
>  then the file you want to edit is /usr/X11/bin/startx. You will see a
>  line for defaultserverargs. Add "-dpi 96" (or what ever dpi you want)
>  and restart X."
> 
> http://wiki2.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE#Changing_DPI_settings_for_KDM:

I don't know if this will help.  It is new to me; so I haven't tried it. 
  Check 'man XF86Config-4' for the DisplaySize <width><height> entry 
under the Monitor.  It says:

  DisplaySize  width height
    This optional entry gives the width and height, in millimetres, of 
the picture area of the monitor.  If given, this is used to calculate 
the horizontal and vertical pitch (DPI) of the screen.

This might affect the size of the fonts by doing basically the same 
thing as what Stefan has listed above.  What do you all think on this? 
I read somewhere that the automatic setup of X can get the wrong numbers 
sometimes, but if you measure the screen and put that into the x 
configuration file, it takes care of it.

Anita