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Trouble with large fonts in Windows

Asked by MadDavid in Windows Programming, Adobe Type Manager, Font Creator

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I've written some software for the mass market.  One of our users is having problems because her computer is displaying large fonts in the application.  I'm having trouble reproducing the large fonts on my computer, making it impossible to test any solutions.  

The user is running Windows XP Service Pack 2, with Windows XP display style, Normal font size, and large icons.  Our program uses primarily Arial and Courier New fonts in sizes 10, 12, and 14.  Despite the "Normal" font size setting and our use of standard Windows fonts, the text in our program appears substantially larger (on her computer) than it was designed.  The controls are resized according to the font, causing them to expand off the form and causing the dynamically placed controls to overlap the design-time placed controls.  The user is unaware of any third-party software running on her computer that would change the font sizes.

I tried to reproduce the problem by changing to Windows XP style, selecting large icons, and selecting Normal, Large, and Extra Large font sizes.  When I change the font size, it only resizes the fonts used in the title bar and menu bar, not the tab-pages, buttons, labels, etc. in the body of the form.  The controls do not rescale, so the application looks much as it did when I designed it under normal font size.

My question is, how else do I get the OS to resize the fonts and controls used in the body of the application?  Start Free Trial
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