This isn't specific to any K version, so I plopped it down here. I'm hoping to have a discussion about fonts, and how to get them to look the way you want in all programs.
I recently installed Chrome, and the first thing I noticed was the text in its address bar was unreadable by these tired old eyes (with glasses on). It was tiny. I went through Chrome's settings, and adjusted everything I found that related to text size. Didn't help.
So I did some searching online and found all sorts of info, none of which helped, until I hit on one that caused a light bulb moment. It said to adjust the system setting for "Force font DPI"--mine was set to 96, I increased it to 168, and bam! I could read Chrome's URL bar...
...but everything else was HUGE.
Like SeaMonkey and System Settings and KWrite. But that was okay, I knew I was on the right track. Since then I've been doing a lot of experimenting, both with different DPI values and individual program settings. I'm close...REALLY close...but not quite there yet.
What I'm coming up against is text that is too big/small on certain websites. My best example is Bank of America. Most of its text is perfect, just the right size/darkness. But some of it is too small/light. I've adjusted SeaMonkey's settings while on BofA, and I can watch the changes take effect--or not. I don't understand what's happening.
What I mean is, I'll be on a BofA page with some text that's too small/light. I use SM's preferences and adjust all of its sizes, but nothing changes--until I change (increase) its minimum font size, even though I use a value that I just tried in its other options. That works--but it also makes everything else bigger.
And then there's Steam. When I fire that up, I CANNOT read any of its text, it's so tiny. And if I switch to Big Picture Mode, much of its display is cut off, and there's no way [that I've found] to navigate to the cut-off parts; I've also tried BPM windowed, but it, too, cuts off portions with no way to get to them.
I'm now going to work on changing my system fonts--not their sizes, but the actual fonts.
I wish there was some way to know exactly which setting(s) affect which text I see. Like on BofA, on a 'mixed' page, I can't figure out what to change so the small text is enlarged/darkened but the rest of the page remains as is. And Steam! What controls its text size?!
I recently installed Chrome, and the first thing I noticed was the text in its address bar was unreadable by these tired old eyes (with glasses on). It was tiny. I went through Chrome's settings, and adjusted everything I found that related to text size. Didn't help.
So I did some searching online and found all sorts of info, none of which helped, until I hit on one that caused a light bulb moment. It said to adjust the system setting for "Force font DPI"--mine was set to 96, I increased it to 168, and bam! I could read Chrome's URL bar...
...but everything else was HUGE.
Like SeaMonkey and System Settings and KWrite. But that was okay, I knew I was on the right track. Since then I've been doing a lot of experimenting, both with different DPI values and individual program settings. I'm close...REALLY close...but not quite there yet.
What I'm coming up against is text that is too big/small on certain websites. My best example is Bank of America. Most of its text is perfect, just the right size/darkness. But some of it is too small/light. I've adjusted SeaMonkey's settings while on BofA, and I can watch the changes take effect--or not. I don't understand what's happening.
What I mean is, I'll be on a BofA page with some text that's too small/light. I use SM's preferences and adjust all of its sizes, but nothing changes--until I change (increase) its minimum font size, even though I use a value that I just tried in its other options. That works--but it also makes everything else bigger.
And then there's Steam. When I fire that up, I CANNOT read any of its text, it's so tiny. And if I switch to Big Picture Mode, much of its display is cut off, and there's no way [that I've found] to navigate to the cut-off parts; I've also tried BPM windowed, but it, too, cuts off portions with no way to get to them.
I'm now going to work on changing my system fonts--not their sizes, but the actual fonts.
I wish there was some way to know exactly which setting(s) affect which text I see. Like on BofA, on a 'mixed' page, I can't figure out what to change so the small text is enlarged/darkened but the rest of the page remains as is. And Steam! What controls its text size?!
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