Bug 2014

Summary:	fontconfig should set a default DPI of 96.0
Product:	fontconfig	Reporter:	Billy Biggs <billy.biggs>
Component:	library	Assignee:	Keith Packard <keithp>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high
Version:	2_1
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description Billy Biggs 2004-12-04 20:22:43 UTC

Currently, users under GNOME set Xft.dpi to be 96.0.  Otherwise, the default DPI
comes from the X server, which often sets the DPI based on the monitor size
reported by DDC.  These are often incorrect.

I would like to see more systems standardize on a default DPI of 96.  It would
help usability of Linux systems a lot, and improve default font selection. 
Ideally, the default config files from fontconfig would include a setting for
Xft.dpi to 96.

See http://scanline.ca/dpi/ for more discussion.

Comment 1 Keith Packard 2004-12-04 22:23:21 UTC

Fontconfig shouldn't be in the business of picking DPI for default usage;
consider the case of using fontconfig to generate printer output.

This could be an Xft change though.

Comment 2 Billy Biggs 2004-12-05 07:59:38 UTC

So  I guess this invalidates my suggestion that distributions
add it in their local.conf files.  Changing it in Xft would mean
just having it default in code, or is there a standard place
for x resources to be defined?

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