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Now, I'm getting ?&¤##" at the small font-size that keeps displaying on the
web-pages I surf to.
I do like to take advantage of 32 bit colors and a 1152x864 resolution, so I
reset the internal fontsize to something like 12 or 14 and save it in as a
'Theme'.. that helps on my internal reading. On surfing I have the option to
set the font size to 'larger or largest', but that doesn't seem to affect
the font that I would like to read. I found a third posibillity in advanced
settings and has now put dpi to 150% of normal size - and does things GROW
.... except for the font-size of the surfed to pages that was my original
problem. Even the lock-on screen has gained a font-size that is too large
for XP's own graphis design .. basically telling me that they lost controle
of the problem.

Does anyone have a suggestion how to make home-page fontsize
readable/scalable?

Carsten

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In news:OpYEE7OkFHA.4024@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
Carsten Troelsgaard <carsten.troelsgaard@mail.dk> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Now, I'm getting ?&¤##" at the small font-size that keeps displaying
> on the web-pages I surf to.
> I do like to take advantage of 32 bit colors and a 1152x864
> resolution, so I reset the internal fontsize to something like 12 or
> 14 and save it in as a 'Theme'.. that helps on my internal reading.
> On surfing I have the option to set the font size to 'larger or
> largest', but that doesn't seem to affect the font that I would like
> to read. I found a third posibillity in advanced settings and has now
> put dpi to 150% of normal size - and does things GROW ... except for
> the font-size of the surfed to pages that was my original problem.
> Even the lock-on screen has gained a font-size that is too large for
> XP's own graphis design .. basically telling me that they lost
> controle of the problem.
> Does anyone have a suggestion how to make home-page fontsize
> readable/scalable?
>
> Carsten

Hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and then scroll down with the mouse
wheel. That should do it, scroll up to make it smaller again.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:59:19 +0200, Carsten Troelsgaard wrote:

> Now, I'm getting ?&¤##" at the small font-size that keeps displaying on the
> web-pages I surf to.
> I do like to take advantage of 32 bit colors and a 1152x864 resolution, so I
> reset the internal fontsize to something like 12 or 14 and save it in as a
> 'Theme'.. that helps on my internal reading. On surfing I have the option to
> set the font size to 'larger or largest', but that doesn't seem to affect
> the font that I would like to read. I found a third posibillity in advanced
> settings and has now put dpi to 150% of normal size - and does things GROW
> ... except for the font-size of the surfed to pages that was my original
> problem. Even the lock-on screen has gained a font-size that is too large
> for XP's own graphis design .. basically telling me that they lost controle
> of the problem.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion how to make home-page fontsize
> readable/scalable?

Some web pages are written with a specified font size. Often implemented to
preserve page layout but is considered to be poor web design. Good design
dictates viewing preferences should be a variable made available to the
reader.

Using "Internet Options> General> Accessibility: Check box to ignore font
sizes" *should* help. If not, drop a line in regards to the fixed font size
to the site's webmaster.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize

>> Does anyone have a suggestion how to make home-page fontsize
>> readable/scalable?
>
> Some web pages are written with a specified font size. Often implemented
> to
> preserve page layout but is considered to be poor web design. Good design
> dictates viewing preferences should be a variable made available to the
> reader.
>
> Using "Internet Options> General> Accessibility: Check box to ignore font
> sizes" *should* help. If not, drop a line in regards to the fixed font
> size
> to the site's webmaster.

Yep, it works!
Some of the web-design gets messy, but I havn't met the fontsize 6 or 8 that
sometimes seems to be a standard, and that's what counts. I appreciate both
of your answers (off it goes to get a wheel-mouse)
Thanks

Carsten

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"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:O5rBzmPkFHA.1044@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

>> Does anyone have a suggestion how to make home-page fontsize
>> readable/scalable?
>>
>> Carsten
>
> Hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and then scroll down with the mouse
> wheel. That should do it, scroll up to make it smaller again.

And this works too; Great!
(I dismissed my wheel-mouse, probably becourse it took special installation,
but the usb has engaged it right away)

Carsten

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In news:ePuQycUkFHA.3144@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Carsten Troelsgaard <carsten.troelsgaard@mail.dk> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:O5rBzmPkFHA.1044@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
>>> Does anyone have a suggestion how to make home-page fontsize
>>> readable/scalable?
>>>
>>> Carsten
>>
>> Hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and then scroll down with the
>> mouse wheel. That should do it, scroll up to make it smaller again.
>
> And this works too; Great!
> (I dismissed my wheel-mouse, probably becourse it took special
> installation, but the usb has engaged it right away)
>
> Carsten

No problem...

Galen
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