XFree86 -> font problems in 1600x1200

[Lowell Gilbert]

Sabri Berisha <sabri at cluecentral.net> writes:

> I recently upgraded my antique 4.2 to 4.8-RC2. Unfortunately, I get
> *huge* fonts in X. I have tried about anything I could come up with to
> fix this (include copying the old fonts dir, randomly hacking in the
> alias files, commenting out fontpaths etc). I've spend about 3 evenings
> googling for a solution and I've tried usenet. Anyone able to come up
> with a solution?

Most applications set their fonts separately, but if your fonts
changed size all of a sudden, perhaps you're using the 75 dpi fonts
instead of 100?  [Or the other way around; I get confused on that...]