Text too small

[Metspitzer]

I have \view\text size set to the largest.
I have the zoom set to 200% which makes web pages large enough, but I
can't increase the size of the menus.
Can I use a high resolution and be able to read the text?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I have \view\text size set to the largest.
I have the zoom set to 200% which makes web pages large enough, but I
can't increase the size of the menus.
Can I use a high resolution and be able to read the text?

1. If you set the resolution higher, the text will get smaller. Think of
it this way: a 20 pixel high object occupies about 2.6% of a screen that is
768 pixels high, and about 1.85% of s screen that is 1080 pixels high.

2. If your screen is an LCD, it might look pretty bad at anything other
than its naive resolution.

3. There is a magnifying glass available in Windows that you can use to
magnify a local area. I'd look for it (and other helpful items) are in the
Control Panel's Ease of Access Center. (I don't use it so I'm not sure
exactly where it is - but if it's not in Windows, there are free ones
available on line).

 

[Metspitzer]

1. If you set the resolution higher, the text will get smaller. Think of
it this way: a 20 pixel high object occupies about 2.6% of a screen that is
768 pixels high, and about 1.85% of s screen that is 1080 pixels high.

2. If your screen is an LCD, it might look pretty bad at anything other
than its naive resolution.

3. There is a magnifying glass available in Windows that you can use to
magnify a local area. I'd look for it (and other helpful items) are in the
Control Panel's Ease of Access Center. (I don't use it so I'm not sure
exactly where it is - but if it's not in Windows, there are free ones
available on line).

Microsoft has a mouse driver that puts a magnifier in the middle of
the screen with the Comfort Mouse 3000. It worked perfectly in XP.

They broke it in Win7

Also the on screen keyboard is much harder to see in Win7.

I don't remember what the colors were in XP but the white letters on
black keys in Win7 are hard to read. It also switches away from the
current window when you maximize it.

 

[Skipai Otter]

1. If you set the resolution higher, the text will get smaller. Think of
it this way: a 20 pixel high object occupies about 2.6% of a screen that
is
768 pixels high, and about 1.85% of s screen that is 1080 pixels high.

2. If your screen is an LCD, it might look pretty bad at anything other
than its naive resolution.

3. There is a magnifying glass available in Windows that you can use to
magnify a local area. I'd look for it (and other helpful items) are in the
Control Panel's Ease of Access Center. (I don't use it so I'm not sure
exactly where it is - but if it's not in Windows, there are free ones
available on line).

There are two commercial programs out there that do a much better job than
the free one that MS supplies. You can either try Zoomtext or Lunar v11.50
which works for Windows 7 in 32bit or 64bit now.

I know Lunar has a 30 day free trial before purchase and is cheaper than
Zoomtext but both when bought brand new still cost as much as Windows
itself. But after that any upgrades usually cost much less even if you do
get the full retail copy anyways.

The magnifier in windows is good but accessibility though is still very poor
offerings from MS anyways. I like having lunar+ which not only enlarges the
screen even on logon but will speak it out as well.

 

[Andrew]

I have \view\text size set to the largest.
I have the zoom set to 200% which makes web pages large enough, but I
can't increase the size of the menus.
Can I use a high resolution and be able to read the text?

Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display - then on the left,
Set Custom Text Size (DPI)
Default is 96DPI, go higher to 120DPI or more.
This affect text throughout the OS, not just webpage text, so your menus
will have the larger DPI fonts.

 

[Mad Ad]

Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display - then on the
left, Set Custom Text Size (DPI)
Default is 96DPI, go higher to 120DPI or more.
This affect text throughout the OS, not just webpage text, so your menus
will have the larger DPI fonts.

Any idea what the Xp font was? Getting fed up with the spindlelike win7
font...XPs was just right

Ad

 

[chrisv]

Microsoft has a mouse driver that puts a magnifier in the middle of
the screen with the Comfort Mouse 3000. It worked perfectly in XP.

They broke it in Win7

No, it still works. Have you installed Intellipoint?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

There are two commercial programs out there that do a much better job than
the free one that MS supplies. You can either try Zoomtext or Lunar v11.50
which works for Windows 7 in 32bit or 64bit now.

I know Lunar has a 30 day free trial before purchase and is cheaper than
Zoomtext but both when bought brand new still cost as much as Windows
itself. But after that any upgrades usually cost much less even if you do
get the full retail copy anyways.

The magnifier in windows is good but accessibility though is still very poor
offerings from MS anyways. I like having lunar+ which not only enlarges the
screen even on logon but will speak it out as well.

Thanks for the info - it's new to me.

 

[Char Jackson]

Any idea what the Xp font was? Getting fed up with the spindlelike win7
font...XPs was just right

Ad

XP used a lot of Tahoma (10 or 12 point).

 

[Mad Ad]

XP used a lot of Tahoma (10 or 12 point).

Thank you