On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 12:41:30AM +0100, Enrico Scholz wrote: > Nicolas.Mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx (Nicolas Mailhot) writes: > > > A gtk port means fontconfig and AA ie all the users that do not use pure ^^^^^^^^^^ > > american files on a 75dpi screen can get some mileage out of emacs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > without ruining their eyes. I've added emphasis here... think about people who are not using a 75dpi-100dpi screen. e.g. think about a 135 DPI (or so) screen. > Ok, some assumptions: > > * text apps used by me (XEmacs, xterm) are configured for 10pt fonts. I > want to see much information and do not want larger fonts therefore, > but fonts <10pt are too small for me [snip...] Are you assuming that 10 points == 10 pixels, or at least that 10 points is the same number of pixels on all screens? > * standard bitmap fonts for 10pt are of perfect quality (I am using them > currently and do not know how they could be enhanced) Now, find perfect quality bitmap fonts that will display at 10 points on a 135DPI display... IME, bitmap fonts for text editors are the height of perfection on a 15" 1024x768 LCD and the bane of my existence on a 15" 1600x1200 LCD. (Incidentally I no longer have the latter screen; it was in a notebook, and when I replaced that notebook, I decided to give up some DPI in order to have a built-in wacom tablet instead.) > AA fonts might be ok for applications with large fonts (graphic or > presentation programs, ogg players), but bitmap fonts are the best for > pure text based apps. On a high-res screen, a 10-point font has as many pixels as a 16- or 18-point font on a more typical screen... (Or even more if we're talking about a 200+ DPI screen, although I've never owned one and probably won't be buying one anytime soon.) -Barry K. Nathan <barryn@xxxxxxxxx>