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Change Size of Font in On Screen Keyboard

Anonymous
2013-10-28T21:32:41+00:00

I need to use both Hebrew and English at the same time occasionally. I have an English physical keyboard, and that's what I use. Rather than put little stickies on my keyboard to show where the Hebrew letters are, I'm trying to use the OSK for Hebrew input.

This works pretty well, but the vowel points are so small that I can't read them. I haven't figured out any way to make them bigger. Enlarging the OSK window just makes the keys bigger, not the writing on them.

Does anyone know how I can make the vowel points larger?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-29T22:15:07+00:00

    Unfortunately, although there is an "options" button on the OSK, it doesn't seem to have any option for changing the font.

    Also, even if I stretch the OSK to fill the screen, the size of the keys gets larger but not the size of the letters on them. The letters are easy enough to see, but Hebrew uses what are called "vowel points" which are tiny dots that go in various positions under, over, and within the letters. It's the dots that are impossible to make out.

    I'm using Windows 8.1, by the way.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-29T19:14:34+00:00

    On-Screen Keyboard might be easier to use if you change the font used to illustrate the keys on the screen. The fonts that most people find easiest to see on the screen are Verdana and Arial.

    1. Open On-Screen Keyboard by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking Ease of Access, and then clicking On-Screen Keyboard.
    2. Click the Settings menu, and then click Font.
    3. In the Font box, select a font, and then click OK

    Refer the following on how to change the font of on screen keyboard(Also applicable for Windows7) :http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-the-font-for-On-Screen-Keyboard-keys

    If that does little help, as a workaround you may drag the On-Screen keyboard and increase the size, to make the font appear bigger.

    On-Screen Keyboard might be easier to use if you change the font used to illustrate the keys on the screen. The fonts that most people find easiest to see on the screen are Verdana and Arial.

    1. Open On-Screen Keyboard by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking Ease of Access, and then clicking On-Screen Keyboard.
    2. Click the Settings menu, and then click Font.
    3. In the Font box, select a font, and then click OK.

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