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How to reduce system font size?

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Zweitaktmotor:
Hi,

I could have guessed that "dpi" is setting up a custom screen resolution, but this is not what I was looking for. The resolution is fine for my TV and once I switch videos to full screen, they almost look like real TV programs.

I actually wanted to change the system font size. A menu entry at 1280x1024 may look tiny, but it is massive on a 320x240 screen. I guess it is set to a standard 12pt font size. Is there any way too reduce this to 6pt?


Many thanks.

Juanito:
OK, but what I've found is that many gtk2 apps are too big - window size and fonts - and setting the dpi correctly solves this (but possibly not via a vga to tv convertor).

Rich:
Hi Zweitaktmotor
The main factor that will limit how small a point size you can use is the dpi on your television. I'm going to throw
out a few numbers in an attempt to put that statement into perspective.
My 20" television has a width of 16" and a height of 12".
dpi=240/12=20
pixel height=1/20=.05"
1 point=1/72=.01388"
1 pixel=.05"/.01388"=3.6 points
A 5x8 font has a height of 8 x 3.6=28.8 points
28.8 points has a size of 28.8/72=0.4"
The dpi defines the size of the pixel. Combined with the height of the font in pixels determines the size of the text.

Zweitaktmotor:
Hi Rich,

Uh, I'll have to digest that. :-O  But many thanks.

Perhaps I need a coarser font then. I noticed Xvesa has some options pointing to a font directory.

I can't play with it now, but I will over the next few days.

Zweitaktmotor:
Oh, and something else: I can reduce the actual Web content in Firefox with Ctrl- until a whole page width is visible on my screen. It is just about readable than.

So, small fonts can be displayed. I only need to tell TC to do it.

Will report back...

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