Windows Text Size
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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
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
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
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Windows 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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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
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Right click on Desktop -> Display Proerties -> Advanced Scaling Settings -> Custom Scaling
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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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
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Right click on Desktop -> Display Proerties -> Advanced Scaling Settings -> Custom Scaling
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
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 -
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 -
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, 20133% 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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+3% is probably too small, I don't get any character size changes until 4%.
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 -
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 -
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
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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I've done very little web page creation and that was 10+ years ago, but isn't that a 10% increase?
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 -
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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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, 2013The 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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Windows key+U and change as required
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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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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
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
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
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013You 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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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
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
