fennec fonts too small

fennec fonts too small

[Lukas-David Gorris]

Hi,

It tried out fennec on htcleo machine (4,2" wvga, 217 ppi specified) and
noticed the fonts are itsy. Maybe it would be good to install a modified
configuration in order to make it more usable. It's possible to set font
minima via about:config .

Should a configuration be added?

If so, how?

There is MACHINE_DISPLAY_{WIDTH,HEIGHT}_PIXELS. E.g. from
conf/machine/htcleo.conf :
MACHINE_DISPLAY_WIDTH_PIXELS = "480"
MACHINE_DISPLAY_HEIGHT_PIXELS = "800"

But it doesn't include screen size.. (dpi).

There's also smallscreen GUI_MACHINE_CLASS = "smallscreen"

Maybe we could make the fennec recipe read such parameters and write a
fitting configuration file into the package if a suitable is present.


Build Configuration:
BB_VERSION        = "1.12.0"
METADATA_BRANCH   = "master"
METADATA_REVISION = "c3265b1"
TARGET_ARCH       = "arm"
TARGET_OS         = "linux-gnueabi"
MACHINE           = "htcleo"
DISTRO            = "shr"
DISTRO_VERSION    = "-20110406"
TARGET_FPU        = "hard"


Best,
Lukas

Re: fennec fonts too small

[Phil Blundell]

On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 12:24 +0200, Lukas-David Gorris wrote:
> It tried out fennec on htcleo machine (4,2" wvga, 217 ppi specified) and
> noticed the fonts are itsy. Maybe it would be good to install a modified
> configuration in order to make it more usable. It's possible to set font
> minima via about:config .
> 
> Should a configuration be added?

I think fennec ought to be figuring this out for itself at run time.  It
can get the screen dpi from the xserver.

p.

Re: fennec fonts too small

[Lukas-David Gorris]

Am Mittwoch, den 06.04.2011, 11:43 +0100 schrieb Phil Blundell:
> On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 12:24 +0200, Lukas-David Gorris wrote:
> > It tried out fennec on htcleo machine (4,2" wvga, 217 ppi specified) and
> > noticed the fonts are itsy. Maybe it would be good to install a modified
> > configuration in order to make it more usable. It's possible to set font
> > minima via about:config .
> > 
> > Should a configuration be added?
> 
> I think fennec ought to be figuring this out for itself at run time.  It
> can get the screen dpi from the xserver.
> 
> p.
> 

Then something seems to go wrong with this auto dpi detection mechanism.
Might it detect the dpi correctly but not set the font accordingly?
That makes me wonder if my Xserver even knows the current screen dpi.
How does it get that information? It does know the resolution since that
is an essential part of xorg.conf but does it know the screen size? How
to investigate futher?

Best
Lukas

Re: fennec fonts too small

[Phil Blundell]

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 22:40 +0200, Lukas-David Gorris wrote:
> Then something seems to go wrong with this auto dpi detection mechanism.
> Might it detect the dpi correctly but not set the font accordingly?
> That makes me wonder if my Xserver even knows the current screen dpi.
> How does it get that information? It does know the resolution since that
> is an essential part of xorg.conf but does it know the screen size? How
> to investigate futher?

What does xdpyinfo say?

p.

Re: fennec fonts too small

[Lukas-David Gorris]

Am Montag, den 23.05.2011, 21:44 +0100 schrieb Phil Blundell:
> On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 22:40 +0200, Lukas-David Gorris wrote:
> > Then something seems to go wrong with this auto dpi detection mechanism.
> > Might it detect the dpi correctly but not set the font accordingly?
> > That makes me wonder if my Xserver even knows the current screen dpi.
> > How does it get that information? It does know the resolution since that
> > is an essential part of xorg.conf but does it know the screen size? How
> > to investigate futher?
> 
> What does xdpyinfo say?
> 
> p.
> 

Unfortunately I do not have an oe built image (shr-image) available now.
Inside the ubuntu natty image I got the following xdpyinfo output from I
use the exact framebuffer driver and xorg configuration as I am using in
shr-image. Not sure if it's representative, I will compile a new
shr-image soon.

http://privatepaste.com/8615ecd076

Best
Lukas