Re: Generic Unicode font handling

From: Valeriy E. Ushakov (uwe@ptc.spbu.ru)
Date: Tue Nov 16 1999 - 23:41:15 EST


On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 02:00:26PM -0800, A. Vine wrote:

> Admittedly I haven't tried this, but 9pt sounds _exceptionally_
> small. I don't even use it in English. The online font settings I
> use (on Solaris/CDE) are usually 12pt. Is there some difference in
> display on the PC?

You, most probably, use -*-12-120-75-75-*- fonts. Typical Sun
displays are 90dpi, so 12 pixels = 12 * 75/90 = 10pt.

SY, Uwe

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