bitmap fonts?
In standard X11R6 (and later), in addition to the fonts in “scalable” formats (i.e. Type1, Speedo), bitmap fonts are scaled. This can have the undesirable effect of scaling a bitmap font, even though a Type1 font is available (if the bitmap font is listed first in the path). With the 3.2 and later releases of XFree86, you can add the text “:unscaled” to the end of any directory in the font path to turn off scaling of the bitmap fonts in that directory. This works in both the XF86Config file and the font server’s config file. —————— From: XFree86 FAQ Subject: Q.