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6680abhi
19th November 2006, 01:15 AM
Is there a way to increase font size when in VGA mode via a registry hack?

Its too small for me at the moment.
joannaex
21st November 2006, 05:13 PM
Sorry not really...
Menneisyys
21st November 2006, 07:18 PM
Please DO read my native VGA-related articles (they have been made sticky in many Pocket PC fora because it does have every info you will need), I have explained all these questions in there.

See for example http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=98163 and use Ctrl-F to search for "font"
joannaex
21st November 2006, 11:39 PM
Yeah Menneisyys, I have in fact read that article as well as others, but there is no way, at least to my knowledge to increase font size of the top and bottom bars (where "Start" and soft keys are).
Menneisyys
22nd November 2006, 12:47 PM
Yeah Menneisyys, I have in fact read that article as well as others, but there is no way, at least to my knowledge to increase font size of the top and bottom bars (where "Start" and soft keys are).

Yup, they can't be enlarged; there're a lot of other font types, however, that can be.
rmercado
22nd November 2006, 01:42 PM
What is the effect of Calibri font... try it
joannaex
24th November 2006, 05:12 PM
Yup, they can't be enlarged; there're a lot of other font types, however, that can be.

Well I've had Universal on 96dpi since April and gone through 4 official ROM upgrades. I have played around a lot and truth of the matter is, yeah you can change the font sizes but the actual benefit is marginal. The stuff that really needs to increase is hardcoded (thanx Bill!). Only thing that made a difference for me was increasing font size through the UI settings.

Most ppl who see my Universal squint so I'd say that despite guides and directions, TruVGA does require 20/20 eyesight.
Menneisyys
24th November 2006, 05:26 PM
Well I've had Universal on 96dpi since April and gone through 4 official ROM upgrades. I have played around a lot and truth of the matter is, yeah you can change the font sizes but the actual benefit is marginal. The stuff that really needs to increase is hardcoded (thanx Bill!). Only thing that made a difference for me was increasing font size through the UI settings.

Most ppl who see my Universal squint so I'd say that despite guides and directions, TruVGA does require 20/20 eyesight.

Agreed - there're a lot of individual apps where you can't increase the font size (for example, Messenger).

I'll bring up this question with the internal MS developers. Hope we/they'll be able to come up with something similar to, for example, the solution of the Sharp Zaurus, where zooming (font size changing) is hardware-based and has effect on all fonts.
joannaex
27th November 2006, 12:21 PM
Or you could explain to them Application Developement 101: How not to hardcode everything.

BTW, I've given up on PMSN. Switched to Live Beta which does allow SOME font resizing only still not large enough even at xtra large setting. Agile works fine. Anyway, point is WM still needs a lot of work, and I mean ALOT.