On 09/04/2012 07:23 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I have what I suspect is a very ignorant question > about the display resolution on my Thinkpad T60 (running Fedora-17/KDE), > which I find too high for my aging eyesight. > > When I go to System Settings=>Hardware=>Display and Monitor > on my Thinkpad T60 (Fedora 17/KDE) I am told that the Size is set to > 1680x1050 (Auto) > > I see from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_display_standard> > that this setting is WSXGA+ > (Widescreen Super Extended Graphics Array Plus) > with aspect ration 16:10. > > Am I right in thinking (from the use of the word "Auto") > that this is the hardware resolution of the LCD screen? > > And if so, is it best to keep to that resolution > and modify font size to make text on the display more readable? > Or is it equally reasonable to change the display size? > Pick larger fonts. If you change the display size, you'll start seeing jaggies and other oddities. If you leave the display at its native resolution, you'll do best. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
