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> This on systems which could easily be bumped to 1024x768 or better. Well, on a 14 inch CRT with no DPI scaling it’s debatable whether a higher resolution was
by mr_toad 5y ago
> This on systems which could easily be bumped to 1024x768 or better.
Well, on a 14 inch CRT with no DPI scaling it’s debatable whether a higher resolution was ‘better’.
- dredmorbius 5y agoOn Windows, system fonts could be scaled. Even set independently for different screen elements. https://web.archive.org/web/20130321082317/http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/archive/win/language/text/os/win98_style.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20130321082317/http://www.bbc.co... Font selection dialogue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/0c3b043fb25425d17444ff8e99bc711131b25cdc.jpg https://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/0c3b043fb25425d17444ff8e... https://neurologicexam.med.utah.edu/adult/cases/windows_display_font_size/html/windows_display_fonts.html https://neurologicexam.med.utah.edu/adult/cases/windows_disp... The effect would still be finer resolution AND readable fonts. Less eyestrain. Unlike, say, on present-generation MacOS, which does effectively limit upper-end display resolution.