[mythtv-users] Font in menu's is too small

[Chad]

On 7/19/05, Allan Stirling <Dibblahmythml0015 at pendor.org> wrote:
> Andrew Chuah wrote:
> > Hi Chad,
> >
> > Try editing theme.xml in /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/<theme> (or
> > /usr/share/... depending on your installation)
> >
> > -hachuah
> >
> > On 7/19/05, ffrr <ffrr at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >>Chad wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello!
> >>>
> >>>I am using G.A.N.T. on one of my frontends.  It's a Samsung DLP HDTV
> >>>monitor, and I have attached my Mythbox to it via the vga out on my
> >>>nvidia GF4 MMX 440, and in using the "PC" in, which is just a vga
> >>>input.  The video looks outstanding, I mean this is by far the best
> >>>image I've ever seen (when viewing High Def shows).
> >>>
> >>>But, when I go back to the menus, the font is really small.  The TV is
> >>>a 61" TV, and the font is probably about .5" to 1", probably closer to
> >>>the .5"  I've tried messing with the Font settings in the TV Menu, but
> >>>nothing changes in the menus.  I'm assuming the font settings I'm
> >>>tweaking is for subtitles or something else I never use, but I could
> >>>easily be wrong.  Nonetheless, they are not changing the font in the
> >>>myth menus.
> >>>
> >>>This is also affected when I view descriptions of videos in mythvideo.
> >>>The font is so small, that I need to use my super vision to see it
> >>>(which means I have to get up off the couch and walk towards the TV
> >>>until it becomes clear :D ).
> >>>
> >>>Any ideas?  Where is the obvious setting I'm missing?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>I altered some menu font size in a different theme (it was too large )
> >>by editing the xml in the theme.  Fonts and sizes for all sorts of
> >>things are defined in there.
> >>
> >>I don't know if that's the approved method, but it worked.
> >>
> 
> How many bad answers are we gonna get here?
> In xorg.conf, or your local equivalent, you need to add in the monitor
> section:
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 
>     DisplaySize 270 202
> 
> ... Where the two values are the X and Y sizes that give you a DPI of
> 100 in
> 
> xdpyinfo  |grep resolution
> 
> 
> Which also tells me that I've got it all wrong - I'm showing 75 DPI.
> Back to the drawing board... :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Allan.
> _______________________________________________

Excellent, thank you!  

Working great.

And yes Donavan, after I got these replies and knew what to search
for, I do see it's been covered.  But I couldn't find anything last
night before I posted this, sometimes it's just knowing the keywords
to search for...  :)

Thanks!