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Point size refers to the size of the font, measured from the top of the ascenders to the bottom of the descenders, minus the internal spacing called leading. Finally, a font can have attributes of bold or italic. Informally, people often use font in place of typeface as done in this article but technically, Segoe UI is a typeface, not a font. Each combination of attributes is a unique font for example, 9 point Segoe UI regular, 10 point Segoe UI bold, and so on.
Typefaces are either serif or sans serif. Serif refers to small turns that often finish the strokes of letters in a font. A sans serif typeface doesn't have serifs. Readers generally prefer serif fonts used as body text within a document. The serifs provide a feeling of formality and elegance to a document.
For UI text, the need for a clean appearance and the lower resolution of computer monitors makes sans serif typefaces the better choice. Text is easiest to read when there is a large difference between the luminance of the text and the background.
Black text on a white background gives the highest contrast dark text on a very light background can provide high contrast as well.
This combination is best for primary UI surfaces. Light text on a dark background offers good contrast, but not as good as dark text on a light background. This combination works well for secondary UI surfaces, such as Explorer task panes, that you want to de-emphasize relative to the primary UI surfaces.
If you want to make sure users read your text, use dark text on a light background. Text can use the following affordances to indicate how it is used:. Read-only text traditionally has a gray background, but a gray background isn't necessary.
In fact, a gray background can be undesirable, especially for large blocks of text, because it suggests that the text is disabled and discourages reading. The guidelines for making text accessible to users with disabilities or impairments can be boiled down to one simple rule: Respect the user's settings by always using the system font, sizes, and colors.
See Fig 1. Click and drag the slider underneath the heading ' Screen resolution ' to a lower setting than what is already there, for example - by or by Click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to close the dialog box and see the changes you have made. Double click on ' Display ' or press the ' D' key repeatedly until ' Display ' is highlighted and then press ' Enter '.
This should bring up the ' Display properties ' window. You may need to press ' Enter ' or click ' OK ' again to return to Windows. See Fig 2.
It is possible to change the font size for the individual elements within Windows such as menu's and title bars. Double click on ' Display ' or press the ' D ' key repeatedly until ' Display ' is highlighted and then press ' Enter '. See Fig 2 above. In order to change the font for individual items, you need to make sure that the ' Windows and buttons ' setting is set to ' Windows Classic style'. See Fig 3.
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