[geeks] Does size matter

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Lionel Peterson wrote:

>> Indeed, just tell Windows to use "Large Fonts" and 128px icons.  Most of
>> the UI will become reasonable for folks with poor vision, instead of
>> blocky and fuzzy.
>
> A good suggestion - same net effect (bigger letters), but that may not
> play well with some applications/websites, etc. that "hard code" font
> size...

If they hard-code in points (rather than pixels), the result will scale
up.  Telling Windows to use "large fonts" redefines the reference for what
a point is.

>> You'd think in this world of 3D-composited window systems we'd have
>> resolution independence, already.
>
> I think the programmers of the world are what is holding this back,

Most OSes have no APIs to facilitate resolution independent drawing.  The
fundamental unit of operation for most raster graphics systems is still
the pixel.

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