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=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVYJH4foIEP47Kw5DtA5tiJsTI+WHxMVezcqdGmbLoCDguq1N5H gyqT/CD8NdmRupMf9DmRqSbJJJwzO/5hRAS9+Zw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwec3fUoNBPvB9RDJZAE6HRrzxHhKuAdEKy9nyX+oI2qM6w6DAXfx4J7MrRhNJ1IJQLB43EyIuP0vIHd5ONuwA= X-Received: by 2002:a92:1598:: with SMTP id 24mr5234454ilv.177.1569595307499; Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:41:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190906022235.30572-1-blp@cs.stanford.edu> <20190926083319.4s5zjycxzhxgaccz@Legion-PC.fortress> In-Reply-To: <20190926083319.4s5zjycxzhxgaccz@Legion-PC.fortress> From: Ben Pfaff X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: To: Alexey Gladkov Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Scan-Signature: acf3039aa8d32d1ac60a71149e52b94c X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:04:36 +0300 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: , Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:41:52 -0000 X-Original-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:41:34 -0700 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:41:52 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: Thank you! On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 1:33 AM Alexey Gladkov wrote: > > 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 >