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Large Fonts in Registry: Where Exactly?I am in need of finding the exact registry modifications necessary for
adjusting WindowsXP Professional's font size from default (normal) to Large Fonts. Long story short, this is for a corporate internet kiosk I've made and I know how to do this via Display properties - however what I *need* is a registry edit explicitly. I would rather this be an HKEY\LOCAL_USER modification but if it's \LOCAL_MACHINE it will be more than adequate. Thank you for any knowledge any of you have of this (potentially) registry modification!
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<RLR>; "PC" <RLR, P*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DD1E4DE8-E023-40E8-BD75-1DA6D5A465B7@microsoft.com... This is what the control panel applet changes:> I am in need of finding the exact registry modifications necessary for > adjusting WindowsXP Professional's font size from default (normal) to Large > Fonts. > > Long story short, this is for a corporate internet kiosk I've made and I > know how to do this via Display properties - however what I *need* is a > registry edit explicitly. > > I would rather this be an HKEY\LOCAL_USER modification but if it's > \LOCAL_MACHINE it will be more than adequate. > > Thank you for any knowledge any of you have of this (potentially) registry modification! REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel] ;set to 96 (default) "OriginalDPI"=dword:00000060 ;set to 120 (large) "OriginalDPI"=dword:00000078 ;set to small (75%) "OriginalDPI"=dword:00000048 ;set to huge (200%) "OriginalDPI"=dword:000000c0 Here's another way: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI] ;set to 96 (default) "LogPixels"=dword:00000060 ;set to 120 (large) "LogPixels"=dword:00000078 ;set to small (75%) "LogPixels"=dword:00000048 ;set to huge (200%) "LogPixels"=dword:000000c0 Unfortunately, both are system wide settings. Don't forget to reboot. -- Alec S. news/alec->synetech/cjb/net
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>"Alec S." wrote: Thank you Alec for the quick response!> This is what the control panel applet changes: > REGEDIT4 > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel] > ;set to 96 (default) > "OriginalDPI"=dword:00000060 > ;set to 120 (large) > "OriginalDPI"=dword:00000078 > ;set to small (75%) > "OriginalDPI"=dword:00000048 > ;set to huge (200%) > "OriginalDPI"=dword:000000c0 > > Here's another way: > REGEDIT4 > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI] > ;set to 96 (default) > "LogPixels"=dword:00000060 > ;set to 120 (large) > "LogPixels"=dword:00000078 > ;set to small (75%) > "LogPixels"=dword:00000048 > ;set to huge (200%) > "LogPixels"=dword:000000c0 > > > Unfortunately, both are system wide settings. Don't forget to reboot. > > -- > Alec S. > news/alec->synetech/cjb/net > I see what you're saying, and I want to make sure I fully-understand... My understanding of how XP handles font sizes in Display>Appearance is that it is independant of a GPU:monitor DPI relationship. Is that not the case? ....because my DPI stays at 96DPI nomatter what I set the font size to...or is this DPI references you're noting NOT GPU:Monitor DPI settings? RLR, PC
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<RLR>; "PC" <RL***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0D8279A1-16B5-43CC-B265-FD1579B269E7@microsoft.com... I can't actually test this right now because I keep getting an error when I try to change the system font size. However, if I> >"Alec S." wrote: > > This is what the control panel applet changes: > > . > > Here's another way: .. > > > > Unfortunately, both are system wide settings. Don't forget to reboot. > > > > I see what you're saying, and I want to make sure I fully-understand... > My understanding of how XP handles font sizes in Display>Appearance is that > it is independant of a GPU:monitor DPI relationship. Is that not the case? > ...because my DPI stays at 96DPI nomatter what I set the font size to...or is > this DPI references you're noting NOT GPU:Monitor DPI settings? remember correctly (it's been quite a while since I was last able to do so), what it does is to use the DPI as a sort of "font size". I'm not sure of the relationship, but it seems to map to point sizes. Try using the second method, does that affect anything? -- Alec S. news/alec->synetech/cjb/net
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"Alec S." <@> wrote in message news:uVf1fcs8GHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Great news! I fixed it (well, my problem at least.) I figured out why I was getting that error message and fixed it in a snap.> <RLR>; "PC" <RL***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote > > I see what you're saying, and I want to make sure I fully-understand... > > My understanding of how XP handles font sizes in Display>Appearance is that > > it is independant of a GPU:monitor DPI relationship. Is that not the case? > > ...because my DPI stays at 96DPI nomatter what I set the font size to...or is > > this DPI references you're noting NOT GPU:Monitor DPI settings? > > I can't actually test this right now because I keep getting an error when I > try to change the system font size. However, if I remember correctly (it's > been quite a while since I was last able to do so), what it does is to use > the DPI as a sort of "font size". I'm not sure of the relationship, but it > seems to map to point sizes. Try using the second method, does that affect anything? The reason that it's great for you is that now that I can actually change the font size, I was able to trace the changes to the registry. Here are the four registry keys that the control panel applet modifies (in order): Set to tiny (72 DPI) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0x60 HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0x60 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0x48 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0x48 Set to default (96 DPI) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0x60 HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0x60 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0x60 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0x60 Set to large (120 DPI) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0x78 HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0x78 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0x78 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0x78 Set to huge (192 DPI) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0x78 HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0x78 HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels - 0xC0 HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels - 0xC0 You'll notice that it seems to first set the default base size, then the specific selected size. Either way, you can ignore the OriginalDPI entry (which sounds like a logical thing to do), and use these two (together) instead—you said you wanted the "large" setting, so set them to DWORD 78, and don't forget to reboot: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts\LogPixels HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI\LogPixels HTH -- Alec S. news/alec->synetech/cjb/net I'm not ignoring you Alec, things got busy today. I will note in my Outlook
to get back to this tomorrow. <RLR>; "PC" <RL***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3D927BF4-9C3B-42BB-8843-7C64C96DAE9A@microsoft.com... Sure no problem. I'll probably be able to give it a test tonight as well.> I'm not ignoring you Alec, things got busy today. I will note in my Outlook > to get back to this tomorrow. -- Alec S. news/alec->synetech/cjb/net If you are talking about the size choices found under 'Display Properties' -> 'Appearance' tab ->
'Font Size', the associated registry value is named 'SizeName' and is found under: [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] It's a REG_SZ type, valid values are: NormalSize LargeFonts ExtraLargeFonts If you are talking about 'Display Properties' -> 'Settings' tab -> 'Advanced' button -> 'DPI setting', then Alec S. gave you the info you need. -- Show quoteGood Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] "RLR, PC" <RLR, P*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DD1E4DE8-E023-40E8-BD75-1DA6D5A465B7@microsoft.com... >I am in need of finding the exact registry modifications necessary for > adjusting WindowsXP Professional's font size from default (normal) to Large > Fonts. > > Long story short, this is for a corporate internet kiosk I've made and I > know how to do this via Display properties - however what I *need* is a > registry edit explicitly. > > I would rather this be an HKEY\LOCAL_USER modification but if it's > \LOCAL_MACHINE it will be more than adequate. > > Thank you for any knowledge any of you have of this (potentially) registry > modification!
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>"Keith Miller MVP" wrote: Thanks Keith, without yet testing either of these methods, this *sounds > If you are talking about the size choices found under 'Display Properties' -> 'Appearance' tab -> > 'Font Size', the associated registry value is named 'SizeName' and is found under: > > [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] > > It's a REG_SZ type, valid values are: > > NormalSize > LargeFonts > ExtraLargeFonts > > If you are talking about 'Display Properties' -> 'Settings' tab -> 'Advanced' button -> 'DPI > setting', then Alec S. gave you the info you need. > > > -- > Good Luck, > > Keith > Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] like* what I'm looking for. I appreciate everyone's input. You're welcome.
-- Show quoteGood Luck, Keith Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] "RLR, PC" <RL***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6ED05FDB-083B-4D2A-9B2D-45C702F39C85@microsoft.com... > >"Keith Miller MVP" wrote: >> If you are talking about the size choices found under 'Display Properties' -> 'Appearance' tab -> >> 'Font Size', the associated registry value is named 'SizeName' and is found under: >> >> [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] >> >> It's a REG_SZ type, valid values are: >> >> NormalSize >> LargeFonts >> ExtraLargeFonts >> >> If you are talking about 'Display Properties' -> 'Settings' tab -> 'Advanced' button -> 'DPI >> setting', then Alec S. gave you the info you need. >> >> >> -- >> Good Luck, >> >> Keith >> Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] > > Thanks Keith, without yet testing either of these methods, this *sounds > like* what I'm looking for. > > I appreciate everyone's input.  |
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