From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on sa.local.altlinux.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:33:19 +0200 From: Alexey Gladkov To: Ben Pfaff Message-ID: <20190926083319.4s5zjycxzhxgaccz@Legion-PC.fortress> Mail-Followup-To: Ben Pfaff , kbd@lists.altlinux.org References: <20190906022235.30572-1-blp@cs.stanford.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190906022235.30572-1-blp@cs.stanford.edu> Cc: kbd@lists.altlinux.org Subject: Re: [kbd] [PATCH] setfont: Add option -d to double size of font. X-BeenThere: kbd@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: Linux console tools development discussion List-Id: Linux console tools development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 08:33:23 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 07:22:35PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On high pixel density systems, such as 4k displays, typical font sizes like > 8x16 are illegible to most readers. One solution would be to install and > use fonts that are designed for these displays, but currently these are not > widely available and perhaps they will never be available in all the same > varieties as the low-density fonts that have been used for a long time. > > This patch introduces an alternative: it implements a -d option to setfont > that causes each pixel to be doubled along each axis (which actually > quadruples the size of the font). It makes all of the traditional fonts > usable on high-DPI display. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff Applied. Thanks! -- Rgrds, legion