[mythtv-users] program guide font size

[Todd]

Although the FAQ is technically correct; think of the use-case.  "Monitor 
Size" for X is generally with your face 2 feet from the screen.  What is the 
"Monitor Size" when you are 30 feet away (to your eye)?

Here is what the "Monitor" section of my XFree86-4 looks like:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # Little Text
 # DisplaySize     400 300
 # DisplaySize     360 270
 # DisplaySize     320 240
 # DisplaySize     280 210
 # DisplaySize     240 180
 DisplaySize     200 150
 # DisplaySize     160 120
 # DisplaySize     120 90
 # DisplaySize     80 60
 # DisplaySize     40 30
 # HUGE Text

I just uncomment out different lines until it is "just right".  Each TV in 
my house used a different line to be just right.  It is a balancing act, I 
would be amazed at any system that work at 40x30!...be somewhere between 
both ends will be just right for you.

Hope that helps,
Todd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Grant" <topace at lightbox.org>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] program guide font size


> Thanks, this was exactly the problem.  Sorry I didn't figure this one out 
> on
> my own :)
>
> James
>
> On Tuesday 25 October 2005 12:44 pm, Asher Schaffer wrote:
>> On 10/25/05, James Grant <topace at lightbox.org> wrote:
>> > Okay here's a stupid question -- how do you change the size of the font
>> > in the Program Guide?  in Settings->Appearance->Font Size  seems to 
>> > only
>> > change the font-size of the menus...   I thought it might auto-adjust 
>> > if
>> > i changed the # of channels and # of 30 mins timeslots to show, but 
>> > even
>> > reduced to 2 and 2, there's big boxes with small text in them still.
>> > (almost too small to read)
>> >
>> >  James
>>
>> First thing to do is make sure you are running at 100dpi.
>>
>> There is some info here:
>> http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wolf1473/MythFAQ.html#q23
>>
>> you can also search this list for many discussions about font size.
>
> -- 
> James Grant
> Lightbox Technologies Inc.
> http://www.lightbox.org
> 613-294-3670
>


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