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From: vania@osf.ORG (Vania Joloboff)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: really large font?
Message-ID: <9009191617.AA13511@osf.osf.org>
Date: 19 Sep 90 16:17:57 GMT
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>  Actual pixel size on the screen is related to point size rougly as follows
> (from the XLFD):

>   PIXEL_SIZE = ROUND ((RESOLUTION_Y * POINT_SIZE) / DeciPointsPerInch)

With this definition the of PIXEL_SIZE the font may not be the real pixel size.

I thought it was the reverse, PIXEL_SIZE was the real pixel size
and POINT_SIZE was computed from that.

	POINT_SIZE = (PIXEL_SIZE * DeciPointsPerInch) / RESOLUTION_Y