Fun with Large Fonts

[Chipp Walters]

Don't know the answer for that one Richard. Why don't you bop over to the
WinXPlist and ask some of the MS programmers there...oops, I forgot, you MAY
NEVER APPROACH THE THRONE (unless you've already spent millions in licensing
fees -- and then only on bended knee).

Guess you're out of luck;-)

Viva la OpenSource!
-Chipp...a somewhat frustrated MS user (please, not trolling for *SWITCH*
advice;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com
> [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Richard
> Gaskin
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:46 PM
> To: MetaCard List; Rev Discussion List
> Subject: Fun with Large Fonts
>
>
> In Microsoft operating systems the user can set the default font size for
> controls, window titles, etc.   According to the spec, an
> application should
> respond by querying the registry to get the current font metrics
> and adjust
> all controls to match the formatted width and height.  If controls overlap
> as a result of this resizing, the window should be enlarged too accomodate
> them.
>
> That's a lot of work, and for little benefit:  by the time the
> controls are
> resized to accomodate the text and the window is resized to accomodate the
> controls, the result is not much different from simply lowering the
> resolution of the monitor.
>
> But here's the punchline:  this setting is set in the Display
> control panel,
> which in XP ignores the font size settings altogether. ;)
>
> So my question for you folks is:  Do any of you know if this is a bug in
> XP's Display control panel, or is Microsoft now telling us we can also
> ignore the Large Fonts setting?
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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