fonts in KDE appear too small

Daemon · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 65

size 12 and 14 fonts appear way smaller than they should be... very.. tiny small fonts. i have to set them to size 39 in the control panel to make them readable. but even after i set all the fonts to size 39 in the control panel, the file manager and some other KDE apps still display those tiny fonts. why is this problem with the scale?

justus · n00b Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 48

I also had problems with small fonts (using Nvidia drivers and 1600x1200 resolution) an decided to set the dpi of the xserver.

You can try editing the /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file (I believe that is the correct file... not at my computer right now...) to change the init string for X.

It should look something like:

Daemon · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 65

Thanks for the help but that didn't solve it. i tried with dpi=80-160 with no effect at all.. im afraid that's not it.

here is what's happening... look at the font of the file names.

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Malakin · Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 8:04 pm Post subject:

Use a different font.

Daemon · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 65

Malakin · Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 9:55 pm Post subject:

In your screenshot the fonts up top look fine, why not use that font for the folders?

DarrenM · Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:23 pm Post subject:

One possible cause for this problem is the default font resolution used by X. It's normally 75 but at higher screen resolutions I usually need to go to 100.

Find the config file for the font server. I don't have access to my Gentoo machine atm but on redhat it's /etc/X11/fs/config

In it you will see that the default font res is 75. Try changing it too 100 by changing the default-resolutions line to:

default-resolutions = 100,100,75,75

You may also need to change the catalog section to have the 100dpi lines above the 75dpi ones but I'm not certain about that.

Daemon · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 65

DarrenM · Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 12:23 am Post subject:

This is from an older KDE FAQ covering XFree86 3.x.x hence the different config file for the font options. Looks like you do need to change the catalog section.

Daemon · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 65

Guest · Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 1:06 am Post subject:

Are you restarting X (and thus the x font server) after changing the configuration? Are you sure you have the 100dpi fonts installed? What screen res are you using? 2048x1532 on a 19" monitor will look tiny no matter what :-)

I have no other ideas. That is what I use to fix my machines when I have this problem.

justus · n00b Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 48

Since you have decent fonts above, have you tried to update the desktop or filemanager fonts?

When you are in Konqueror go to the settings menu and then configure Konqueror. Under the top option (File Manager) you should see a tab with the option of Appearance. On there you can change the font to something different.

Sometimes it is also due to this not being set up and then X substitutes it's own font's for one that should be.

Try there and see if that helps... Same goes for desktop (right click on desktop, Configure Desktop option, Appearance Tab.)

If you try and it doesn't work, then go ahead and try another font...sometimes X is picky too

Justin T

Daemon · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 65

Daemon · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 65

guys i think i got it. i just need your help with this:

if you're running 1024x768 resolution please tell me the output of this command:

# xdpyinfo | grep dots

mine is 25x25,.. what's yours?

maverick · n00b Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 37 Location: IRC

yea that might be it :p

xdpyinfo | grep dots
resolution: 101x108 dots per inch
-(maverick@Dyne)(maverick)>

im using 1280x1024 on a 17" and my kde fonts look fine