[KLUG Members] Better fonts in Linux web browsers?

[Bruce Smith]

> >I picked 10 random web sites, took a screen shot of each before the 
> >change (using the print-screen button in RH 8 - cool feature) and
> >that change improved the appearance in about half of them.
> 
> So any guess what the issue is with the other half?  Using a font for which a
> TTF doesn't exist on the Linux box.

I could guess that those sites have the absolute (instead of relative?)
font size hardcoded, but I'd only be guessing.  

One such site is newsforge.org.  Maybe Jamie could explain why the type
is so small (at least on my Linux boxes) and why changing the -dpi
doesn't make any difference there?  Thank goodness that galeon remembers
my zoom size for individual sites!   :-)

> >A FYI, the howto is incomplete/incorrect for how to change that feature
> >with a GDM (graphical) login in Redhat 8.0.  It says to change your
> >...../xdm/Xservers file.  In RH8, you need to edit the file:
> >/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf  and modify the "command=" line as follows:
> >command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 120
> 
> Right, I did that.  Didn't bother to check the HOWTO,  its obvious.

I thought you'd be able to figure that out on your own.   :-)
I mentioned it for the benefit of other people reading this thread.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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