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

[Allan Stirling]

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.