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Changing windows 7 font sizes

Anonymous
2011-06-23T22:50:54+00:00

Hi there,

Recently I just plugged my laptop (windows 7, whooh!) on to my 32 inch tv. Works great but i have to sit at a distance, so everything can be sometimes really hard to read, all the icons are fine though, i can differentiate between them perfectly.

I decided to go into Windows Colour and Appearance, and then through to advanced settings where you can change the font (and size) as well as shaping/colour/design of pretty much all of windows.

Once you're in, under 'Item', there are a lot of option (e.g Active title bar, inactive title bar etc.). Some of them are really easy to understand will change what, and if not, there is a box above it which shows you what it is changing.

Sometimes though, it's not easy to workout what its changing, and what you're changing isn't in the box above.

Could you please post a list saying the name of each item and exactly what it'll change with an explained example please, it'll be very helpful for me in A LOT of ways.

Thanks very much for your time.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-06-24T15:41:04+00:00

    Understandable.  It does increase everything (I actually used that to make the other parts of the UI easier to select from a distance).

    I can't seem to find a very detailed list of each element.  But you can work in reverse.  Pretty much every element in the list box correlates to an item in the preview window at the top.  You can actually click any part of the preview and it automatically selects the item in the box.  If you know you only want the font in text boxes to be larger, click the example boxes' text and then change the font size.

    If you use Aero, some elements get skinned by the theme engine, so selections made here won't take effect (mostly colors though, font sizes will change).

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-06-24T14:57:29+00:00

    I originally tried that and it was fine, but then the icons became too big. To be honest, i'm fine with the size of the icons that I have, and this way I can just increase the size of the fonts and buttons around windows/windows borders etc. as well as icons if I wish to do so in the future. Of course increasing the DPI increases the size of everything but in the same ratio- it's actually not what i'd like to do. By doing it this way I can have the ratios in a manner which i find more comfortable.

    Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-06-24T14:08:02+00:00

    Hi,

    I would suggest you to have a look at the following link:

    “Change the colors on your computer”

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-the-colors-on-your-computer

    Hope this helps.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-06-24T14:36:42+00:00

    hi PayumPourzadeh,

    Can I make a different suggestion?  Instead of changing element sizes individually, try the DPI setting instead.  I think you'll like the results quite a bit better.

    1 - Right-click your Desktop and choose Screen Resolution

    2 - Don't change your resolution (keep it at the recommended level for optimal display quality)

    3 - Click the Make text and other items larger or smaller link near the bottom

    4 - Choose a larger size.

    Note that this affects more than just fonts, but it scales with high-quality vector graphics and keeps everything looking very smooth without jagged edges or unsharp display that resolution changes usually cause.

    Let me know how you like it.

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