Hi!

"Nicholas Bodley" <nbodley@...> writes:

>...
> Not explicitly stated, iirc, is that pixels can't be repositioned slightly
> to improve appearance, and they are not likely to be, in the near future,
> if ever.

Yeah, sadly. TeXs Metafont does adjust the outline points for low
resolutions. And it does so for high resolutions, too. But TrueType
and PostScript do not. Metafont is quite professionally designed.

It's not mentioned that that article, although it exists for a long
time now.

> [1] Yes, I know dots/inch is not the usual measurement for monitors. ...

It is under X. If you type xdpyinfo on the shell, it should tell the
resolution of the screen (if configured correctly). IIRC, modern
screens even transfer their knowledge about the screen resolution back
to X. Programs like Gimp use that information to display absolute
measures on the screen (so that if it claims it is 5cm, it *is* 5cm,
for example).

> It is useful, though. Better than 100 dpi (or close) is quite nice,
> and probably uncommon. (Better number, anyone?)

My laptop has some 75dpi, the screen at work has 96dpi and some modern
Laptops have more than 100dpi (1600x1280 at 15" are beyond 100dpi, for
example).

**Henrik