Reading Books on 100-dpi Monitors Bookreader books are optimized for display on a monitor that uses 75-dpi (dots per inch) fonts and is set to 75-dpi bit den- sity. As a result, a book displayed on a 100-dpi monitor will be less attractive than at 75-dpi. To improve the appearance of books on a 100-dpi monitor, you can to run the monitor at 75-dpi. This makes windows and text smaller, but Bookreader books display better. Other applications may display better as well. Follow these steps to set the monitor resolution to 75-dpi on a Tru64 UNIX system: 1. Edit the -fd and -dpi options in the appropriate line in /etc/ttys. For example: :0 "/usr/bin/login -P /usr/bin/Xprompter -C /usr/bin/dxsession -e" none on secure window="/usr/bin/Xws bc -fd 75 -dpi 75" 2. To activate the changes, restart the DECwindows server by rebooting the workstation: # /etc/shutdown -r now Follow these steps to set the monitor resolution to 75-dpi on an OpenVMS system: 1. Copy SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_ STARTUP.TEMPLATE to DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_ STARTUP.COM 2. Edit DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_STARTUP.COM. At the bottom of the file add: $ do_MYNODE: $ decw$server_density == "75,75" $ decw$monitor_density == "75,75" This file also has a section for setting up a node in a clus- ter. If your node is part of a cluster, add the following in that section (replacing MYNODE with the name of your system): $ node_list ="MYNODE" 3. Restart DECwindows with the following command: $@decw$startup restart If the changes don't work correctly, check to see if the 75-dpi fonts are loaded. The fonts are in SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONTS.DECW.75DPI]. If the fonts are installed, test the logical name: $SHOW LOGICAL *font*/table=* Severe Bookreader display problems can occur on 100- dpi monitors when the bit density setting of the Window Manager does not match the font density setting. Make sure that the same setting is used both for the fonts and the density. Additional topics: * Bookreader Help Topics