Problems with layout when using increase font dpi

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Hi

I am running vista 64 with a accesibilty setting that turns the font DPI from 96 to 120 and its causing the problems text to misalign and since you cant resize the window I cant make the text fit properly.

I have found this same issue with a version of Fences as well which still has issues with this setting.

Can you please fix this issue as accesibility is a big issue nowadays and with windows making it easier and easier to enhance readability for users this could more and more become an issue.

I dont know if other products have the issue but they should probably be checked too as like I say, its a imporant feature to support.

 

Cheers

bootskin
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think you are going to have to find a DPI and resoulution setting that works together for your monitor.  I might be totally wrong in which case someone will come by and correct if I am. :-"

The reason that DPI comes into play is there are some Windows within WBs that you can not change the size of like WBs Configuration.

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for pointing this out.

I'll forward it to a dev.

As another option to try:

If you set the DPI higher than 96, and you are running Windows Aero (the premium visual experience of Windows Vista), the text and other items on the screen might appear blurry in some programs that are not designed for high–DPI display in this version of Windows. You can avoid this issue by using Windows XP–style DPI scaling for these programs.

Click to open Personalization.

In the left pane, click Adjust font size (DPI).  If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

In the DPI Scaling dialog box, click Custom DPI.

Select the Use Windows XP style DPI scaling check box, and then click OK.

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