X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

[GreatBunzinni]

I've just installed Dapper and the fonts are just HUGE! Really really huge! I've checked out the X11 info app and it claims that the current fonts are 101dpi.

Is there a way to set up some smaller fonts? I've read that there are some nice 96dpi fonts out there. How can I configure X to use those types of fonts?

[askrieger]

Re: X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

Are you REALLY running at 1280x800? Often, huge fonts are a result of excessively large pixels. You can verify your screen size by running "xrandr -q" in a Konsole. It will print out all of your possible screen sizes with an asterisk (*) at the one you're using.

[GreatBunzinni]

Re: X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

Here's the output of that command

rui@laptop:~$ xrandr -q
 SZ:  Pixels     Physical    Refresh
*0  1280 x 800  ( 322mm x 201mm ) *60
 1  1024 x 768  ( 322mm x 201mm )  60
 2  800 x 600  ( 322mm x 201mm )  60
 3  640 x 480  ( 322mm x 201mm )  60
Current rotation - normal
Current reflection - none
Rotations possible - normal
Reflections possible - none

I've just noticed that in the apt repositories there are only 100dpi and 75dpi fonts available. Is this a problem?

[askrieger]

Re: X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

Well, the easy fix is out. You are running at 1280x800. Have you checked the font preferences in "SystemSettings>Appearance>Fonts>AdjustAllFont s"?

I've just noticed that in the apt repositories there are only 100dpi and 75dpi fonts available. Is this a problem?

It shouldn't be because you can change font sizes (as above).

[GreatBunzinni]

Re: X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

Well, the easy fix is out. You are running at 1280x800. Have you checked the font preferences in "SystemSettings>Appearance>Fonts>AdjustAllFont s"?

I've already set the font size down to 10 and they all stay huge compared with my previous Kubuntu install. Just as an example, right now my current 10 font looks like a the previous 13 or 14 font. They are huge and taking a whole lot of real estate.

[askrieger]

Re: X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

On my kubuntu machine the available font sizes go down to 4. Try a really drastic downsizing and see what that does for you.

[GreatBunzinni]

Re: X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

On my kubuntu machine the available font sizes go down to 4. Try a really drastic downsizing and see what that does for you.

I've switched everything to 7pt and 8pt fonts and everything is somewhat usable. Yet, there seems to be some consistency problems with some applications that do not use KDE's font configuration and instead use their pre-definitions. They keep on rendering huge fonts and the quick and dirty fix can't do nothing about them.

Isn't there another way to tweak the font sizes?

[askrieger]

Re: X settings: how to get 96dpi fonts on 1280x800?

I just looked on the official Kubuntu Wiki: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu for "font" in titles. I didn't find anything that seemed relevant to your problem, but you ought to look for yourself.