Hi Didier: I've been working with my PC display adapter and it's related software. In WIN XP when I right click the desktop \ properties \ settings \advanced \ general there is an option for DPI with 96 the default, 120 the option I choose for larger text in general applications, or a custom setting.
Also regarding fonts. There are fixed fonts, like courier, and True Type variable fonts that scale, like Times New Roman. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.prc68.com Didier wrote: > I have found it difficult to find out from within a Windows program how big > or small a particular font is rendered. Windows has a function called > TextWidth (and TextHeight) that does not work correctly for all fonts. It > seems to be video card driver dependant too, as the same fonts look > different (and have different size) on different video cards. > > I wrote a small VB program that you can use to find out if windows is lying > for a particular font. > > It's at http://www.ko4bb.com/VB_Projects/TextWidth/TextWidth.exe > > This programs sets the size of the colored background to what windows says > the font takes. You can see some fonts work well, and some don't. I have > found that most of the time, Windows returns a size greater than is actually > used. > > That can be useful if you use these functions by letting you choose fonts > that work. > > Didier > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Magnus Danielson >> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 8:46 AM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather's Window >> >> Magnus Danielson skrev: >>> John Miles skrev: >>>> Here's my quick-and-dirty Windows port (including the >> modified source code): >>>> http://www.ke5fx.com/tbolt/setup.exe (600K) >>>> >>>> Tested on XP, should be fine on Win9x/2K, no telling with Vista. >>>> >>>> As with Mark's original program, the default is COM1; >> you'll need to >>>> modify your Windows shortcut to run "heather /x" (without >> the quotes) for COMx. >>> It runs fine functionally, however, the font is minimalistic and I >>> can't read anything written. But the graphs seems to work >> etc. Also, I >>> can't change the display at run-time, which would be nice. >> /vl does not improve the size of fonts, just the overall >> windown size. >> It is notable that it maps to the wrong font as the right and >> lower part of the text-area is left empty, but the everything >> seems to work, just below the limit to unreadable. >> >> I lack the Windows magic wand capability... >> >> Cheers, >> Magnus >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, >> go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
