Bug#404423: iceweasel: configural px size?

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:13:33PM -0700, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> Ben Hutchings writes:
> >You can change this by going to about:config and changing the
> >layout.css.dpi setting.  This is used to translate distances specified
> >in pixels into absolute units, which are then scaled to pixels according
> >to your real screen resolution.  The default is 96 dpi, if I remember
> >correctly.
> 
> Ah.  Didn't quite tumble to what you were saying first time I read it --
> I was expecting it to be dpi of the screen, not a user-specified
> translation.
> 
> One note is that the default is actually '-1', which says to use the
> actual screen resolution or 96, whichever is greater.  A default of 96
> would work a lot better!

layout.css.dpi has been 0 since 2.0.0.4-1, which uses whatever the
system dpi value is.

Anyways, I don't think this has any impact on pixel sized fonts, and by
definition, there shouldn't, even if unfortunately, a lot of people
abuse pixels. The state of the art might be better nowadays, though.

You can still increase font size with <ctrl> + <+>.

Mike