Small fonts in X1

[bloob]

I've been reading about some X1 owners saying that the X1 fonts on screen are very small.

My question - just how small is the font? Is it smaller than the Small Font size in the SE P1i?

[mudstuff]

I don't know how small they are on the P1i but they are fairly small. Haven't bothered me though and can be changed under settings>screen

[bloob]

Could someone with a P1 and an X1 make this simple comparison??

[blackforestwitch]

I can't compare the two in lack of a P1 but I measured the height of the Capital Letters with a caliper rule: 1,1 mm

HTH

[nap007]

holy shit? that's soo small? FYI in M600i it's about 2mm....

[bloob]

Whoa! That is small, and I actually like small fonts on my screen!

[Carlin]

It's small, but it looks great!

[JKingGrim]

Wow, I couldnt believe that it was only 1.1mm. So I measured the text on my tilt (QVGA 2.8" screen). About 1mm. Same size. That is with the text size set to second from the smallest for me (it doesn't change the size of everything though). I guess 1mm sounds much smaller than it is. Dont just look at a ruler. Measure the size of text on your phone for comparison.

[Pinguino1]

Originally Posted by bloob

I've been reading about some X1 owners saying that the X1 fonts on screen are very small.

My question - just how small is the font? Is it smaller than the Small Font size in the SE P1i?

Well about fonts... the great thing with Xperia is the resolution 800x480.
Talking about small fonts it beats any other display with lower resolution
That means Xperia has the luxury of small fonts and still be readable.

Compare this pixels per sq. inch
Xperia 96896 Great
T Pro 88652 Good
T HD 60202 Surprise? Who can tell me why?
iPhone 27208 Hmm...
More pixels more detail per inch

DPI = pixels per linear inch
Xperia 311
T Pro 298
T HD 219
iPhone 165
less dots per inch means bigger dot, means can't make small fonts

Conclusion:
Xperia can make small fonts more readable than small fonts in other phones.
Making larger fonts is no problem.
people with 20/20 vision should be able to read small text with no effort The better the DPI the more the detail an sharpness.

[Pinguino1]

Originally Posted by blackforestwitch

I can't compare the two in lack of a P1 but I measured the height of the Capital Letters with a caliper rule: 1,1 mm
HTH

I don't argue here. The number 1.1mm sounds small but it's amazing what our eyes can distinguish. As expalined in my other post we can read it thanks to the xperia resolution but more important the DPI

I made some numbers and I found the font size of the WM menus are a bit bigger: 1.3mm (Who can tell?)

If you don't mind boring numbers keep on reading:

Xperia screen size is 65.28mm x 39.11mm
in Pixels 800x480

Smallest font matrix is 8x8 pixels. Very hard to read. But possible.
The MENUS fonts use a matrix of 16x16 pix. and line space of 16 pixels
This means 25 lines on portrait mode and 15 on landscape mode

if you make the math 65.28mm / 50 = 1.3mm
or in landscape 39.11mm / 30 = 1.3mm

some people feel they are a bit small, but the great majority don't seem to complain. Besides WM suports various font sizes.