fonts: what is a "point" in Linux/Gnome?

[Andre.Bisseret]

Le 2 mars 10 à 16:41, François Chaplais a écrit :

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> Le 2 mars 2010 à 08:45, G.Wolfgang Gaich a écrit :
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>> Hello all,
>>
>> I didn't read all the mails of this thread.
>>
>> My suggestion:
>>
>> In Ubuntu go to System/Preferences/Appearance/Fonts.
>> Activate Subpixel smoothing and click on details.
>> There you can adjust the resolution (dpi) to the needs of your  
>> display.
>> dpi = xres x 2.54 / the width of your display
>> For my display I have 116 dpi and the fontsizes are ok.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wolfgang
> I have read this thread on Apple mail, and at some point (pun  
> intended) I realized I could zoom and de-zoom the messages by  
> pinching or spreading my fingers on the touchpad, from the hardly  
> visible to waaay too enlarged.
> Now, if rev could incorporate this *other* side of the spectrum...
> But I guess this would imply switching to cocoa.
>
> François
>
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François,
On Mac with the control key down, (either with the touchpad or the  
scroll wheel of the mouse), all what is on the screen in enlarged,  
including the rev stacks, isn'it?

Amitiés de Grenoble
André