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Re: FreeType 1.3.2 DPI question...

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On Wed, 25 May 2011 20:18:58 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski" 
<dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> wrote:

> I have been running the FreeType system driver for quite some time now. 
> Recently I downloaded the latest version 1.3.2, where I (for the first 
> time in my memory) had to decide at which DPI setting I should run the 
> system.

You certainly don't HAVE to decide, in fact you are strongly recommended
NOT to change the FreeType/2 dpi setting from the default of 72dpi unless
you really know what you're doing.

Even I'm not sure exactly what the effect of this setting is, which is
why I buried it on the "advanced" page.


> My question is: what is the common thinking about the DPI & screen 
> resolution on our systems?

See above.  AFAIK the dpi setting in FreeType/2 is specific to the
internals of the FreeType API and has no relation that I'm aware of
to your OS/2 dpi settings.  

This setting has been present in FreeType/2 since Michal's earliest
releases... possibly he understood what its effects were, but I can't
pretend that I do.

-- 
Alex Taylor
Fukushima, Japan
http://www.socis.ca/~ataylo00

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FreeType 1.3.2 DPI question... "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2011-05-25 20:18 +0000
  Re: FreeType 1.3.2 DPI question... "Alex Taylor" <mail.me@reply.to.address> - 2011-05-26 04:47 -0500

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