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From: Miroslav Krepl (krepl_at_seznam.cz)
Date: Tue Jul 14 2015 - 15:13:26 CDT

Hi,

thank you for the suggestion.

Now I realize that I actually DID manage to force the X11 screen to use
different DPI before. I can even confirm the different X11 server DPI
value in the nvidia drivers settings.

The problem is that no matter what method I use to do it, it is not
having any effect *whatsover*. That's why I did not even know I managed it.

No matter what DPI I set, everything (including VMD) look absolutely the
same. The X11 window text is not any larger or smaller.

Unfortunately, it seems that setting X11 screen DPI has no concomitant
effect on font sizes :-(

Theoretically, I could be running my LCD in lower, blurry, non-native
resolution to get bigger fonts. However, I'd prefer not to, unless there is absolutely no other way.

I really do not know what else to try. For the first time, I may have
exhausted google search options on the subject :-(

Regards,

Miroslav Krepl

On Tue, 2015-07-14 at 10:12 -0500, John Stone wrote:
> Hi,
> You might see if forcing the X11 screen DPI to be a higher value
> has the effect of triggering X11 to use bigger fonts automatically.
> Sometimes these problems are caused purely by X11 being unable to
> correctly ascertain the physical pixel pitch of the display, and
> you can sometimes correct the problem by manually setting the DPI
> value for your display to whatever it should be, or to a value that
> you can live with. Some related info can be found by googling
> "force X11 dpi" and visiting the appropriate links.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:29:49PM +0200, Miroslav Krepl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > thank you. I suspected as much.
> >
> > Do you please have any suggestions on how to make X11 select higher DPI
> > fonts? I have been searching and trying different methods for hours to
> > no end :(
> >
> > I have NVIDIA proprietary drivers and Linux Mint running mdm display
> > manager.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Miroslav Krepl
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2015-07-09 at 23:20 -0500, John Stone wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > There's nothing you can do on the VMD side, but you can change
> > > the X server configuration so that it picks better fonts for your
> > > particular display. If you have a high resolution, but small sized
> > > display, you will want to ensure that X11 is selecting the 100+ dpi
> > > fonts rather than 75dpi fonts, for example...
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > John Stone
> > > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 06:14:36PM +0200, Miroslav Krepl wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > please, is there any way to increase the text size in VMD main menu and
> > > > the various submenus?
> > > >
> > > > I am running at 1920x1200 resolution and the text size is already rather
> > > > small for my taste.
> > > >
> > > > I run the VMD version 1.9.2 on Linux kernel 3.2.0-23.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much!
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Miroslav Krepl
> > >
> >
>