There should not be any weirdness using large fonts. Though I have noticed a few websites and some rare software does not handle it properly, but that is bad design on the authors part.
I use large fonts all the time on my Philips 17 inch LCD (1280 x 1024) because I want my software to work properly with large or normal font sizes, and also my eyesight isn't what is use to be. Ross. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:32 PM Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] New Laptop Screen sizes on laptops are a personal gripe I have with the way laptop manufacturers are going in general. Some relevant points: - 15.4" widescreens actually have less total screen real estate than 15" 4:3 screens did. - Widescreens are excellent for movies but for documents and programming I fail to see the point. I generally want lots of height when programming so I can see more code. If you are talking a 24" widescreen then it doesn't matter but the 15.4" widescreen is significantly shorter than the old 15" screens. - All LCD screens look best at their native resolution and resolutions have been climbing steadily. So if you buy a 15.4" widescreen laptop with 1680*1050 or worse 1920x1200 then you better have very good close eyesight or you are going to struggle to read things clearly (or turn large fonts on and have weirdness commence). Personally I find 1024x728 an excellent resolution for a 15" normal ratio screen but it is near impossible to buy laptops with pixels that large these days (I had to get my HP made up specially). It makes no sense to me. This insistence that 15.4 wide > 15 normal and that the higher the resolution the better is just baffling. It seems plain to me that for many (but not all) people the opposite is true. Rant off ;-) David. _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
