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  • realJSOPR realJSOP

    does not work. i set it to 103% and none of the text in windows changed size.

    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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    When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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    den2k88
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    3% on a 18 pts character is 0.54 pt, at best it increases the font to 19 pt. On 16 and lower it has no effect whatosever. I had good results with 110 - 115. Beware of blurriness.

    GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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    • P Phil Hodgkins

      +3% is probably too small, I don't get any character size changes until 4%.

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      realJSOP
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      At the same time, setting a web page element font-size to 1.1em does show a visible change. I wonder who Microsoft has doing the math code...

      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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      • realJSOPR realJSOP

        At the same time, setting a web page element font-size to 1.1em does show a visible change. I wonder who Microsoft has doing the math code...

        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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        When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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        Phil Hodgkins
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        I've done very little web page creation and that was 10+ years ago, but isn't that a 10% increase?

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          3% on a 18 pts character is 0.54 pt, at best it increases the font to 19 pt. On 16 and lower it has no effect whatosever. I had good results with 110 - 115. Beware of blurriness.

          GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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          Paul Sanders the other one
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          Or Oasisiness :)

          Paul Sanders. Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short - Henry David Thoreau Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.

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          • P Phil Hodgkins

            I've done very little web page creation and that was 10+ years ago, but isn't that a 10% increase?

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            realJSOP
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            Yeah, I guess it is... :)

            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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            When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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              Or Oasisiness :)

              Paul Sanders. Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short - Henry David Thoreau Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.

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              den2k88
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              Well... maybeeeeeeee

              GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                At the same time, setting a web page element font-size to 1.1em does show a visible change. I wonder who Microsoft has doing the math code...

                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                Dan Neely
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                The browser people have their own rendering separate from the OSes. Sometime in the previous millennium MS decided to have the Windows font renderer prefer snapping to pixels vs smearing small fractions of a pixel offset into grayscale across two pixels. The objective was to favor screen readability over trying to match the result if printed (at a much higher resolution). Within the limits of the low DPI screens of the era, where the smearing was obvious and getting something "pixel perfect" wasn't really possible; it was a reasonable decision IMO. Unfortunately it wasn't one that's scaled well to today's much higher density displays.

                Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius

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                • C ChandraRam

                  Windows key+U and change as required

                  Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

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                  Fletcher Johnson 2022
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                  Greetings, What about the other options - making things smaller? I can use features in Word, Excel, etc. to shrink things to 80% so I can see more on my screen. But Windows only appears to support zooming from 100% or greater. The problem with using an applications zoom option is that it often only applies to the "main" text, not menus, toolbars, etc. This is with Windows 10, but the same issues appears to be the case with 11. Just curious

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                  • realJSOPR realJSOP

                    Does anyone know of a way to set the point size of text in windows 10? My sister needs the text to be a little larger, but not the 125% that Windows offers. In Linux, it's easy.

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                    -----
                    When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                    Choroid
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                    YES I know the question was for Windows 10 ON my Windows 7 I hold the Ctrl Key down and use the scroll button on the mouse Increase 110% first then 125% these amounts are reflected in the address bar

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      Does anyone know of a way to set the point size of text in windows 10? My sister needs the text to be a little larger, but not the 125% that Windows offers. In Linux, it's easy.

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                      willichan
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                      You can get more granular control over text size using "Ease of Access" settings. WIN + I to open the Windows Settings screen. Then click on "Ease of Access". You can use the slider at the Top of the window to increase size in 1% increments up to 225%, with sample text showing what the text will look like. ---------- Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.

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                      • F Fletcher Johnson 2022

                        Greetings, What about the other options - making things smaller? I can use features in Word, Excel, etc. to shrink things to 80% so I can see more on my screen. But Windows only appears to support zooming from 100% or greater. The problem with using an applications zoom option is that it often only applies to the "main" text, not menus, toolbars, etc. This is with Windows 10, but the same issues appears to be the case with 11. Just curious

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                        ChandraRam
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                        Well, that would be a first for me - I've never wanted to make the fonts smaller. Even the feature on Excel and Word is not much use to me. I'm sure other people use that well! I suppose the it is an "accessibility" thing, so Windows has options only to increase the size...

                        Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

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