[Xastir] fonts

[Jason KG4WSV]

> On Jun 5, 2015, at 9:53 PM, Jerry Wetherholt <mrfixit2003_975 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I did go into the file/config/font and tried to adjust things somewhat. I got the fonts to enlarge little bit but for the guy I am trying to help I am not sure it's enough magnification. The most I was able to get was 17dpi. If I can get 24 dpi might be better for him. Any thoughts?

Do you man points, not dpi?  Dpi = dots per inch which is a measure of
the physical resolution of the screen.  X usually has 75 and 100 dpi
versions of raster fonts dpi is not directly in play here.

Are you using xfontsel to browse fonts? You may have to change to a
different font, but I'm pretty sure I've gone up to 36pt if not more.

OK, I poked around a bit and it seems the xfontsel i'm running wont
show me anything above 34 pt (pxlSz).  This is probably a function of
the fonts loaded on my system.

the X11 font system will scale fonts, so you can specify other sizes.
as i warned before, they may get ugly, and some scales look better
than others .

The fonts I'm using are:

MAPS_LABEL_FONT_TINY:-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
MAPS_LABEL_FONT_SMALL:-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
MAPS_LABEL_FONT_MEDIUM:-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
MAPS_LABEL_FONT_LARGE:-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
MAPS_LABEL_FONT_HUGE:-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--30-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
MAPS_LABEL_FONT_BORDER:-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
SYSTEM_FIXED_FONT:fixed
STATION_FONT:fixed
ATV_ID_FONT:-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Station font is the font on the station label, IIRC.

the map features use helvetica, mostly 18pt.  Without bothering with
xfontsel, you can change this pxlSz number (18, 18, 18, 24, 30, 28 in
the map label font above) and adjust to suit your needs.


depending on how much assistance is needed, many operating systems
have magnification tools so a small working area of the screen is
mangified to provide some visual assistance. also simply setting the
display resolution lower will have a magnifying effect.

-j