[mythtv-users] OT: xyac displays OSD text teeen weeeny!

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/12/2007 02:32 PM, Mike Dent wrote:
> I am using xyac with xosd to display caller ID on the screen of my mythtv box
> from my Asterisk box.
>
> However the text is that small I can barely read it!?
>
> I basically followed some of the examples here:-
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+tips+MythTV+integration
>
> Which talks about installing xosd and xosd-devel packages first, then getting
> the source for xyac and compiling.
> Anybody doing this? I'm wondering if it is something to do with my
> fonts? Where and
> how does one specify the size of the osd?

Most likely, yes.  xosd can only use X fonts (not freetype/fontconfig
fonts), so you're very limited.

Change the font to:

-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-240-100-100-p-*-iso8859-1

And it will likely be much larger.  Basically, specify that you want a
100dpi font (so it won't choose a 75dpi font).  Feel free to change the
240 to 400 (as in the wiki page)--the 100-100 part is the important part.

BTW, I haven't used whatever you're using, so this is all based on my
knowledge of xosd.

Mike