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From: msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: sgi screen dpi
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Date: 30 Apr 91 19:53:06 GMT
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In article <9104292131.AA19346@karron.med.nyu.edu>, Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU writes:
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|> How many dpi is the iris screen, and does it change with different monitors ?
|> 
|> I am using 118 dpi mode TeX fonts, but they don't look quite right.
|> 
|> Does anyone have a mf mode setting that they like for the iris screen ?
|> 

For the 4D series on a 19" monitor the resolution is just a hair under 96 dpi.
With a 14" monitor on a PI the resolution is about 108 dpi.

When in doubt get out a tape measure, measure the scanned area of the monitor
and divide by the number of pixels.  Our monitors are adjusted so they have
the same scanned area.
-- 
From the TARDIS of Mark Callow
msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc
"Spirits of genius are always opposed by mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein