Testing Fonts . . .

[Mini Mia]

Just seeing which font is easiest on the eyes.

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Trebuchet MS: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Verdana: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Arial: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Helvetica: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Times New Roman: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Tahoma: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Georgia: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic New Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.


Size 2:

Trebuchet MS: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Verdana: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Arial: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Helvetica: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Times New Roman: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Tahoma: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Georgia: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic New Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.


Size 3:

Trebuchet MS: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Verdana: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Arial: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Helvetica: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Times New Roman: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Tahoma: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Georgia: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic New Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.


Size 4:

Trebuchet MS: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Verdana: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Arial: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Helvetica: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Times New Roman: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Tahoma: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Georgia: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic New Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.


Size 5:

Trebuchet MS: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Verdana: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Arial: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Helvetica: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Courier New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Times New Roman: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Tahoma: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Georgia: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic New Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New Gothic: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century New: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Century: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

[Spock]

Mar 29, 2013 17:50:32 GMT -6 Mini Mia said:

Just seeing which font is easiest on the eyes.

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Size 10:
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Times New Roman: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. ...

I can just about read that one ...

[Mini Mia]

I got a laptop last November, and the font sizes are driving me crazy! They're so tiny! I can't seem to figure out how to fix it. I didn't have this problem with my desktop.

[Spock]

Have you tried holding down the control key and moving the mouse wheel in or out? That should change the size of the displayed text.

[Mini Mia]

I don't have a mouse. But doing a ctrl+ works. Only that, when the very teeny words are big enough to read, other words that were close to being readable become too large. I don't recall ever having this problem with my desktop. I'm wondering if it's the display? Or whatever.

[Spock]

Mar 29, 2013 23:03:00 GMT -6 Mini Mia said:

... I'm wondering if it's the display? ...

Nah, it's your eyes. Ancients don't see as well as others.

[Mini Mia]

It was the screen resolution, me thinks. Mine was at 1366x768.

[Spock]

Mar 30, 2013 0:29:29 GMT -6 Mini Mia said:

... Mine was at 1366x768.

Mine is set to 2560x1440 and I have a 27" display but I don't have any problem reading the text as I just adjust the size using the trick I mentioned above.

Just bite the bullet and buy a pair of powerful magnifying glasses to put in front of your eyes so you don't have to squint at the screen!

[Mini Mia]

I've been increasing the page size, but I just miss the way my desktop worked. I'm really not liking my laptop much at all. If I had it to do over again, I'd get another desktop. When the laptop is ancient, I'll get a desktop again. Plus, I went from XP to Windows 8 . . . that is bound to be perplexing as well. Should get a 'Windows 8 for Dummies' I guess.

[Phalon]

It was the screen resolution, me thinks.

The girls used to do that to my computer.....change the resolution to run game programs on it. It drove me nuts, trying read the print. This was waaay back, when I actually used to let them use my computer.

Only mentioning it because I figured out the problem and how to fix it all by myself. Aren't you proud of me. (eye-roll) I was.

I went from XP to Windows 8...

The last two computers I got - the desktop I use, and a laptop for the girls - my neighbor computer guy removed Windows Vista, and installed XP. Hubs' laptop had Vista, and it's what we use at work; I hate Vista. He recently told me though, Microsoft isn't going to support XP much longer. Next time around, I know I'm going to go kicking and screaming into something else.

Hubs keeps asking me why don't I upgrade and get rid of my desktop dinosaur; the girls now use Ipads, and he has a Chromebook. But pfft! they all come to the beast on my desk to do some things they can't do on their shiny new devices.

[Spock]

Mar 30, 2013 18:03:47 GMT -6 Mini Mia said:

... Should get a 'Windows 8 for Dummies' I guess.

Not such a dummy, the last Windows Operating System I got was Windows XP, SP3. I finally had enough and decided to make a conscious choice not to support Bill Gates.


I got an iMac and two iPads instead.

[Mini Mia]

I actually thought of going that route. My first computer was an Apple II GS. But when I went computer shopping with my sister, we went with a PC because a friend's husband is a computer geek, and we thought we'd need his help. But we usually figure it out on our own, or go to a computer shop. Friend's hubby is too busy to bother.

I've had a PC for so long that that is what I decided to go with. I'd have to learn something new. But then, I'm having to learn something new. And I wasn't sure if my software and printer, etc. wouldn't work with a Mac. I'm sure it would, I'd just have to figure it out. My plan is, if I ever get rich, to have both. That way I can have the time to learn Mac, and how/if what I have for my PC will work on/with a Mac. And then I'd know for sure which one to go with from then on.

[Spock]

I have both and the biggest annoyance is that a lot of the newer games don't come out on the Mac immediately ... if at all. Their loss because I will not willingly go back.

It was a little awkward at first. I would find myself using the Microsoft keyboard shortcuts instead of the Apple. Now I know both and things go much smoother and it didn't really take all that long.