Toolbar fonts are tiny on hi-res monitors

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Djembe
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Toolbar fonts are tiny on hi-res monitors

Post by Djembe »

Thank you for the excellent application.

However, when I use a high resolution monitor ie: 1680x1050 or 1400x900, the toolbar fonts are too small and very hard to read. Hopefully in the future, you can switch to scalable fonts that will scale in size along with the resolution and keep everyone happy.

Thanks again!
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Bhikkhu Pesala
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Re: Toolbar fonts are tiny on hi-res monitors

Post by Bhikkhu Pesala »

I don't use the menus very often so it doesn't affect me much in PDF-XChange, but other programs are almost unusable due to small font sizes. It seems that programmers are all young, and find 8 point Arial big enough. I don't, I need at least 10 point Verdana for menus or dialogues, and 12 point Verdana for help files and the like. My monitor resolution is 1280x1024 on a 17" LCD ViewSonic display, which I keep 30" away from my eyes.

Microsoft apparently decided that 11 point Calibri was legible for the majority of users. It is well-spaced, but too small for my liking. I agree, the font needs to be scalable to suit different monitor resolutions and different users. The font in PDF-XChange seems to be 8 point Arial, and does not respect my Windows menu font setting for 12 point Verdana.

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