[Discuss] 4K (or 5K) resolution for Linux desktop

[rlk at alum.mit.edu (Robert Krawitz)]

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 13:52:55 -0500, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On 1/6/2016 1:24 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
>> I use a 6x10 (pixel) font in emacs and xterm.  Using a 9x15 font at
>> twice the linear resolution would let me get quite a lot more on the
>> screen.
>
> 50% more. Which is more but the other 50% is wasted by the upscaling.
> You would need a physically larger display to offset that waste.

Yes, but 50% linear increase is not negligible.

>> I'm currently using a 10 point font for general purpose on my laptop;
>> I set my display to lie and claim 72 dpi.  8 (in particular) and 9
>> point fonts are harder to read not so much because they're smaller as
>> because the screen doesn't have enough pixels to render them as
>> cleanly as the 10 point font.
>
> I suggest that this has more to do with your choice of fonts. The X
> bitmap fonts in particular are absolutely horrible. Try Cousine,
> currently my preferred monospaced font.

I was actually referring to my generic KDE fonts (Noto).  I tried
Cousine with emacs; it's both bigger (or at least more leading) and
harder (for me) to read than the 6x10 bitmap font.
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