Windows default font and CS2 - Graphics

Al Dykes wrote:
> I have CS2 running on a PC with the CRT running at 1280x1024. With the
> default font settings text under icons, etc, is much too small,
> on-screen. Setting the font to custion 125% (from memory) works
> nicely for me.
>
> When I go into CS2 and look at a form panel such as File Info, text in
> user typable fields is much larger than the vertical space CS2 thinks
> it needs, by about half. The lower half of the text is chopped off.
>
> Any suggestions?
> --
> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

This recently was discussed in one of the Adobe forums. A brief
quote:

The problem should only be present when using an old "Windows Classic"
theme
while also setting the monitor resolution to "Large 120dpi". Until we
can provide
a fix, the only solution is to either use a standard Windows XP theme
or use
the "Normal 96dpi" resolution setting.

In article <1178290543.319926.33060@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Roberto <bob2g@shomler.com> wrote:
>Al Dykes wrote:
>> I have CS2 running on a PC with the CRT running at 1280x1024. With the
>> default font settings text under icons, etc, is much too small,
>> on-screen. Setting the font to custion 125% (from memory) works
>> nicely for me.
>>
>> When I go into CS2 and look at a form panel such as File Info, text in
>> user typable fields is much larger than the vertical space CS2 thinks
>> it needs, by about half. The lower half of the text is chopped off.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>> --
>> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>
>This recently was discussed in one of the Adobe forums. A brief
>quote:
>
>The problem should only be present when using an old "Windows Classic"
>theme
>while also setting the monitor resolution to "Large 120dpi". Until we
>can provide
>a fix, the only solution is to either use a standard Windows XP theme
>or use
> the "Normal 96dpi" resolution setting.
>


Using an XP theme would be kind of hard since it's an W2K machine :-)

TNX. At least I know it's not a menu choice that is right in front of
me, which is usually what happens when I have a question like this.

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"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
news:f1fid6$p6$1@panix5.panix.com...
> In article <1178290543.319926.33060@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> Roberto <bob2g@shomler.com> wrote:
>>Al Dykes wrote:
>>> I have CS2 running on a PC with the CRT running at 1280x1024. With the
>>> default font settings text under icons, etc, is much too small,
>>> on-screen. Setting the font to custion 125% (from memory) works
>>> nicely for me.
>>>
>>> When I go into CS2 and look at a form panel such as File Info, text in
>>> user typable fields is much larger than the vertical space CS2 thinks
>>> it needs, by about half. The lower half of the text is chopped off.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>> --
>>> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>>
>>This recently was discussed in one of the Adobe forums. A brief
>>quote:
>>
>>The problem should only be present when using an old "Windows Classic"
>>theme
>>while also setting the monitor resolution to "Large 120dpi". Until we
>>can provide
>>a fix, the only solution is to either use a standard Windows XP theme
>>or use
>> the "Normal 96dpi" resolution setting.
>>
>
>
> Using an XP theme would be kind of hard since it's an W2K machine :-)
>
> TNX. At least I know it's not a menu choice that is right in front of
> me, which is usually what happens when I have a question like this.


FWIW XP does not have this issue, I use hi res and large fonts and PS menus
look fine
Long time no see Al D>> it may be time for an upgrade
win 2k is so inferior to XP it's not even a comparison

you have old software you need on 2k?
if not treat yourself to a new OS

not ready to get Vista just yet myself
will wait a while until more drivers are available and kinks worked out

you say you changed the font only manually? have you tried the overall
change using the properties>appearance for the entire display at the default
"large font setting" in the drop down??

In article <ukK_h.45539$254.10614@bignews7.bellsouth.net>,
KatWoman <spamfree@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
>news:f1fid6$p6$1@panix5.panix.com...
>> In article <1178290543.319926.33060@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
>> Roberto <bob2g@shomler.com> wrote:
>>>Al Dykes wrote:
>>>> I have CS2 running on a PC with the CRT running at 1280x1024. With the
>>>> default font settings text under icons, etc, is much too small,
>>>> on-screen. Setting the font to custion 125% (from memory) works
>>>> nicely for me.
>>>>
>>>> When I go into CS2 and look at a form panel such as File Info, text in
>>>> user typable fields is much larger than the vertical space CS2 thinks
>>>> it needs, by about half. The lower half of the text is chopped off.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>> --
>>>> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>>>
>>>This recently was discussed in one of the Adobe forums. A brief
>>>quote:
>>>
>>>The problem should only be present when using an old "Windows Classic"
>>>theme
>>>while also setting the monitor resolution to "Large 120dpi". Until we
>>>can provide
>>>a fix, the only solution is to either use a standard Windows XP theme
>>>or use
>>> the "Normal 96dpi" resolution setting.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Using an XP theme would be kind of hard since it's an W2K machine :-)
>>
>> TNX. At least I know it's not a menu choice that is right in front of
>> me, which is usually what happens when I have a question like this.
>
>
>FWIW XP does not have this issue, I use hi res and large fonts and PS menus
>look fine
>Long time no see Al D>> it may be time for an upgrade
>win 2k is so inferior to XP it's not even a comparison
>
>you have old software you need on 2k?
>if not treat yourself to a new OS
>
>not ready to get Vista just yet myself
>will wait a while until more drivers are available and kinks worked out
>
>you say you changed the font only manually? have you tried the overall
>change using the properties>appearance for the entire display at the default
>"large font setting" in the drop down??
>
>

Thanks. I see stuff in the Appearance panel I never noticed before.

As far as W2K goes, I use XP on any machine its on. W2K does
everything I need to do and I can't, offhand, think of anything that
would push me to XP unless some driver wasn't available in W2K. I use
or work on too many machines to get religious about any OS later than
W98/NT4. When you know them well enough, they all s*ck. just in
different ways.

I'll deal with Vista when I have to, but no sooner. Unless I need to
use something like PS, my default is some flavor of Unix.

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