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Bug 106535 - Suggestion: Monitor Calibration Wizard to help set correct dpi
Suggestion: Monitor Calibration Wizard to help set correct dpi
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 104341
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] font properties
2.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-02-19 17:09 UTC by Sherman Boyd
Modified: 2005-07-14 17:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Sherman Boyd 2003-02-19 17:09:14 UTC 
The Gimp has a cool Monitor Calibration Wizard
that allows you to calculate your screen
resolution using a ruler.  Maybe you could reuse
that code and drop the wizard into the font
properties control panel.

Getting a good dpi value is harder than it seems,
but it makes a big difference on my laptop and lcd
monitors.

Since the functionality is already in the gimp
this is just a convenience thing, but it could be
an easy score!
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2005-07-14 17:52:31 UTC 
Screen DPI isn't really appropriate for the DPI in the font capplet -
think a projection screen - do you really want 1 pixel high fonts, because
your DPI happens to be 10dpi.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 104341 ***