Fonts and icons too small in larger screen resolution

[Guest Paul]

My wife has always preferred our desktop monitor's resolution to be set low,

at 800 x 600. Getting her ready for a nice new 19-inch LCD (1440 x900), I

decided to raise the old monitor's resolution (the highest it can support is

something like 2000x1600). It put it at 1280x1024 and the icons and fonts on

webpages look incredibly small. I went into the start menu properties and

told it to use large icons; and the settings in the desktop properties--I

change the font size to large. But as you can see, everything looks

incredibly small.

 

http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=resolutionvz4.jpg

 

This monitor is an old Sony Trinitron, on its last legs. I'm not sure if

this will look good on a newer monitor... is there something I'm overlooking

here? I have a 15.4 inch laptop that has a resolution like 1280x900 or

something, and it looks normal. What do I need to do here to get a more

normal view, instead of the incredibly small fonts on the browser?

--

Paul

 

MS Office Pro 2003

XP Home

Dell Inspiron 1501

[Guest Paul]

RE: Fonts and icons too small in larger screen resolution

 

BTW I inserted a picture of an inch ruler (yes I made sure that it was

accurate in the screenshot) so people could see it in a proper scale.

--

Paul

 

MS Office Pro 2003

XP Home

Dell Inspiron 1501

 

 

"Paul" wrote:

> My wife has always preferred our desktop monitor's resolution to be set low,

> at 800 x 600. Getting her ready for a nice new 19-inch LCD (1440 x900), I

> decided to raise the old monitor's resolution (the highest it can support is

> something like 2000x1600). It put it at 1280x1024 and the icons and fonts on

> webpages look incredibly small. I went into the start menu properties and

> told it to use large icons; and the settings in the desktop properties--I

> change the font size to large. But as you can see, everything looks

> incredibly small.

>

> http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=resolutionvz4.jpg

>

> This monitor is an old Sony Trinitron, on its last legs. I'm not sure if

> this will look good on a newer monitor... is there something I'm overlooking

> here? I have a 15.4 inch laptop that has a resolution like 1280x900 or

> something, and it looks normal. What do I need to do here to get a more

> normal view, instead of the incredibly small fonts on the browser?

> --

> Paul

>

> MS Office Pro 2003

> XP Home

> Dell Inspiron 1501

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: Fonts and icons too small in larger screen resolution

 

Right-click on the desktop and select Properties to open the Display

applet (or open it from Control Panel). Under the Settings tab, click

on the Advanced button. Under the General tab, up the DPI (dots per

inch) to display for a "pixel" size. I have mine up at the 120 DPI

setting (up from the 96 DPI default) which enlarges the fonts EVERYWHERE

(and not just for apps that let you change some of their graphic

attributes for objects displayed within them). Makes the screen a lot

easier to read without changing the screen resolution (something you

don't want to do on an LCD since the display gets fuzzy if not ran at

its native resolution). You'll have to judge if an increase in DPI

gives you the effect you want.

 

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A1B193AD-8597-4AEE-B7E8-A1C6619537CB@microsoft.com...

> My wife has always preferred our desktop monitor's resolution to be

> set low,

> at 800 x 600. Getting her ready for a nice new 19-inch LCD (1440

> x900), I

> decided to raise the old monitor's resolution (the highest it can

> support is

> something like 2000x1600). It put it at 1280x1024 and the icons and

> fonts on

> webpages look incredibly small. I went into the start menu properties

> and

> told it to use large icons; and the settings in the desktop

> properties--I

> change the font size to large. But as you can see, everything looks

> incredibly small.

>

> http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=resolutionvz4.jpg

>

> This monitor is an old Sony Trinitron, on its last legs. I'm not sure

> if

> this will look good on a newer monitor... is there something I'm

> overlooking

> here? I have a 15.4 inch laptop that has a resolution like 1280x900 or

> something, and it looks normal. What do I need to do here to get a

> more

> normal view, instead of the incredibly small fonts on the browser?

> --

> Paul

>

> MS Office Pro 2003

> XP Home

> Dell Inspiron 1501

[Guest Paul]

Re: Fonts and icons too small in larger screen resolution

 

It did help on desktop icons, but the text on web browsers was still much the

same. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

At this point I'm thinking that I'll just adjust the resolution downward (on

the new monitor) if I have to, although I'm beginning to think that this

won't be necessary. When she uses my laptop she's fine (1280x800), as there

isn't the major shrinking of everything that you see on the desktop, so

perhaps the problem lies with some incompatibility with the 9 year old Sony

monitor. Thanks again tho.

--

Paul

 

MS Office Pro 2003

XP Home

Dell Inspiron 1501

 

 

"VanguardLH" wrote:

> Right-click on the desktop and select Properties to open the Display

> applet (or open it from Control Panel). Under the Settings tab, click

> on the Advanced button. Under the General tab, up the DPI (dots per

> inch) to display for a "pixel" size. I have mine up at the 120 DPI

> setting (up from the 96 DPI default) which enlarges the fonts EVERYWHERE

> (and not just for apps that let you change some of their graphic

> attributes for objects displayed within them). Makes the screen a lot

> easier to read without changing the screen resolution (something you

> don't want to do on an LCD since the display gets fuzzy if not ran at

> its native resolution). You'll have to judge if an increase in DPI

> gives you the effect you want.

>

[Guest Jo-Anne]

Re: Fonts and icons too small in larger screen resolution

 

Have you tried changing the font size in Internet Explorer? The simple way

is to to click on View | Text Size | Largest [or whichever size you want].

The disadvantage is that emails will then print in larger type--and some

webpages don't change the text size. The method I use is this: In IE, click

on Tools | Internet Options. At Appearance, click on Accessibility. At

Formatting, click on Ignore font sizes specified on webpages. This method

works for me, but it too has disadvantages. Sometimes the text lines will

bump into each other on a particular page. If that happens, I decrease the

Text Size in View until it's readable again.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Jo-Anne

 

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:ADFED5B5-94FB-43B7-8D64-78F097127262@microsoft.com...

> It did help on desktop icons, but the text on web browsers was still much

> the

> same. Thanks for the suggestion.

>

> At this point I'm thinking that I'll just adjust the resolution downward

> (on

> the new monitor) if I have to, although I'm beginning to think that this

> won't be necessary. When she uses my laptop she's fine (1280x800), as

> there

> isn't the major shrinking of everything that you see on the desktop, so

> perhaps the problem lies with some incompatibility with the 9 year old

> Sony

> monitor. Thanks again tho.

> --

> Paul

>

> MS Office Pro 2003

> XP Home

> Dell Inspiron 1501

>

>

> "VanguardLH" wrote:

>

>> Right-click on the desktop and select Properties to open the Display

>> applet (or open it from Control Panel). Under the Settings tab, click

>> on the Advanced button. Under the General tab, up the DPI (dots per

>> inch) to display for a "pixel" size. I have mine up at the 120 DPI

>> setting (up from the 96 DPI default) which enlarges the fonts EVERYWHERE

>> (and not just for apps that let you change some of their graphic

>> attributes for objects displayed within them). Makes the screen a lot

>> easier to read without changing the screen resolution (something you

>> don't want to do on an LCD since the display gets fuzzy if not ran at

>> its native resolution). You'll have to judge if an increase in DPI

>> gives you the effect you want.

>>

>

[Guest Paul]

Re: Fonts and icons too small in larger screen resolution

 

Jo-Anne, I use Firefox as my primary browser, so any IE-specific settings

wouldn't solve the larger problem. Thanks regardless.

--

Paul

 

MS Office Pro 2003

XP Home

Dell Inspiron 1501

 

 

"Jo-Anne" wrote:

> Have you tried changing the font size in Internet Explorer? The simple way

> is to to click on View | Text Size | Largest [or whichever size you want].

> The disadvantage is that emails will then print in larger type--and some

> webpages don't change the text size. The method I use is this: In IE, click

> on Tools | Internet Options. At Appearance, click on Accessibility. At

> Formatting, click on Ignore font sizes specified on webpages. This method

> works for me, but it too has disadvantages. Sometimes the text lines will

> bump into each other on a particular page. If that happens, I decrease the

> Text Size in View until it's readable again.

>

> Hope this helps!

>

> Jo-Anne

[Guest Jo-Anne]

Re: Fonts and icons too small in larger screen resolution

 

Try checking with the Firefox user forum(s). I'd hope that Firefox would

also offer this sort of feature.

 

Jo-Anne

 

"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:39136E7A-78CF-4466-B1F7-8C384AA74FF5@microsoft.com...

> Jo-Anne, I use Firefox as my primary browser, so any IE-specific settings

> wouldn't solve the larger problem. Thanks regardless.

> --

> Paul

>

> MS Office Pro 2003

> XP Home

> Dell Inspiron 1501

>

>

> "Jo-Anne" wrote:

>

>> Have you tried changing the font size in Internet Explorer? The simple

>> way

>> is to to click on View | Text Size | Largest [or whichever size you

>> want].

>> The disadvantage is that emails will then print in larger type--and some

>> webpages don't change the text size. The method I use is this: In IE,

>> click

>> on Tools | Internet Options. At Appearance, click on Accessibility. At

>> Formatting, click on Ignore font sizes specified on webpages. This method

>> works for me, but it too has disadvantages. Sometimes the text lines will

>> bump into each other on a particular page. If that happens, I decrease

>> the

>> Text Size in View until it's readable again.

>>

>> Hope this helps!

>>

>> Jo-Anne

>