Sunday, May 01, 2022

Re: 7.1/amd64 DejaVuSansMono fonts are much larger than 7.0/amd64

On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 07:07:36PM -0700, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
> On a freshly installed 7.1/amd64 (Lenovo Thinkpad T530 laptop), the
> DejaVuSansMono fonts are much larger (i.e., each character occupies
> more screen pixels in both x and y) than on 7.0 and earlier. This is
> true for both fvwm and twm.
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On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 12:37:08PM +1000, Jonathan Gray replied:
> This is due to xserver dpi changes
> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=163674121630769&w=2

Ahh, now it all makes sense. I wonder if this warrants a note in the
upgrade guide?

Thanks for the explanation!
Keep safe and COVID-free, -- Jonathan

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