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Title: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: cookj on 2009.07.05, 01:35:21
Hi Everyone!

Just signed up on the forum.  Very nice forum!

If I may be so bold as to ask for help
the first time out I have a question.

I am running Ecomstation 1.2R on virtual PC.

I have done it before but I either can not remember
or I am not doing something right.

My eyesight is poor these days and I need to have bigger
icons and font sizes on the desktop and the windows.

I am trying to do it by:

Local system
system setup
Appearance
Font Palette


Drag item to target window.  Hold alt key for system default
change.

Is this the right way to do this?

In other words I need bigger icons and text.

Thanks for any suggestions.


John



Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: ivan on 2009.07.05, 02:05:44
I assume that is the correct place to find the Font Palette in eCS but Font Palette is what you need.

Select the font and size you want then hold down the Alt key and drag the font to the desktop - release  and you should have the font change you want on the desktop and in folders.  It does not change the font in VIO windows.  Not sure if you can increase icon size as iconedit has a fixed size form of 32 x 32 dpi. 

Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: The Blue Warper on 2009.07.05, 10:29:56
If you're using SNAP (and Panorama too, IIRC), then you can set large size icons by specifying the following in your config.sys:

SET SDDICONS=LARGE

This will give you 40x40 icons (with SET SDDICONS=SMALL being the default behaviour).
Regards!
Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: Radek on 2009.07.05, 20:50:49
Right click on the Desktop, this will pop up the Desktop Properties dialog. Font size is on the second page of "View". This will set the font/color for icons on the desktop and for the "icon view" of folders. IIRC, the titlebar font is in the Appearance settings. Fonts used by applications are set by these applications - each app does it its own way. Check "Configure", "Settings" and similar menu/toolbar items.
Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: RobertM on 2009.07.06, 00:47:34
You may also drag (from the Font Palette) a specific icon and size to the desktop, or ALT-Drag it for systemwide changes. This also works for titlebars and folders if memory serves. And of course, you can use the Scheme Palette as well to define such.
Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: warpcafe on 2009.07.06, 10:01:43
Hi,

forgive me for asking... but I wonder... how about simply changing the screen resolution?
You won't have that much screen real estate any more, ok. But if you have a high resolution with very big font and icon size, you won't have much more either...

Regards,
Thomas
Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: RobertM on 2009.07.06, 16:57:56
Quote from: warpcafe on 2009.07.06, 10:01:43
Hi,

forgive me for asking... but I wonder... how about simply changing the screen resolution?
You won't have that much screen real estate any more, ok. But if you have a high resolution with very big font and icon size, you won't have much more either...

Regards,
Thomas

Depending on the LCD, changing the font size may be preferred because of the way the LCD scales a non-native resolution. Some new ones are really good at is, while others (especially older ones) are terrible.
Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: cookj on 2009.07.06, 22:15:07
Thanks everyone for the excellent replies.

They have all been very helpful suggestions
and I am now able to tinker with the settings

Thanks again!


John

Title: Re: Increasing font/icon size on ecomstation 1.2r
Post by: warpcafe on 2009.07.08, 16:19:16
Hi,

Quote from: RobertM on 2009.07.06, 16:57:56
Depending on the LCD, changing the font size may be preferred because of the way the LCD scales a non-native resolution. Some new ones are really good at is, while others (especially older ones) are terrible.

I just wonder... he didn't mention it is an LCD (could be CRT unless it's a laptop)  and also it's a virtualized environment, so no idea how that adds to the possible effects...

Regards,
Thomas