On 13 Mar 2002, at 15:03, Bert wrote:

> G'day
> 
> > > The display font size (which essentially changes the number of
> > > pixels per inch on the screen)
> > this is just small fonts/large fonts/custom, is it not ?
> 
> Font size doesn't change the pixels per inch on the screen - it only
> changes the font size.  Pixels per inch is dictated by monitor size
> and screen resolution.

hmm. If I go to settings advanced other .. then I can move a slider 
that changes (supposedly) the pixels per inch


> 
> Examples (will vary from one PC to the next):
> 
>     15 inch monitor, with 14 inch displayable area.
>     At 800x600, the diagonal is 1000 pixels.
>     1000 / 14 = 71.4 pixels per inch
> 
>     17 inch monitor, with 16 inch displayable area
>     At 1024x768, the diagonal is 1280 pixels
>     1280 / 16 = 80 pixels per inch
> 
> >  and the setting that controls the width of
> > > window borders
> > I have not seen this in my travels .. it does not appear to be under
> > display settings/advanced, at least not in win 98
> 
> I am running Windows 2000 Pro and have run 95 and 98.  I can see
> things like border size, scrollbar size, active border size, title bar
> and much more in the "Appearance" settings of my display.  Use the
> dropdown box to see them all.   I could set the borders to 50 pixels
> wide if I was that way inclined. And the scrollbar to 100 wide!
> 

ok, I found it, thanks. I think I'll ignore it though <g>

> Hmm.  Looks stupid though.   But some people may set it to other than
> the standard, just because they can, or because at their resolution,
> the standard may be too small to work with.  Or too large for that
> matter.
> 
> Regards
> Bert
> 
> 

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