Giant type fonts

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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I was reading in the rules thread that some don’t like the giant size font.

I still can see as I am young, 45 young, but the Garden thread lost a great member when someone yelled at him about using giant fonts. It seems he is close to blind, he used blind in his user name, and could only read large fonts.

I am not complaining, just want to make sure we all look at what the other guy is thinking, seeing or doing before we jump on them. [:)][:)][:)]

This includes me also, as I would like to fly off the handle sometimes. Instead I go run my trains.

Why can’t we be friends…(come on, sing the song)

Tim [:D] [:D] [:D] [8D] [8D] [8D]

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TURBOTIM,
I use the large fonts to get the attention of the people I want to talk to. I do not think there is anything wrong with this because it is an attention getter for that person. Just my[2c]
laz57

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I agree, that is why we have fun here. Just saw a post by someone who didn’t like big fonts, and before things went bad, wanted to show one of the things that happened over there in the garden shop. Toy train people have been great, just didn’t want anyone to quit over here for using the big fonts. [:)][:)]

The guy that left was pretty cool, and a few guys complained about the big fonts. Thats all.

Thanks for weighing in Laz. How is the weather out your way ? When is the road trip to build Chief a new table ? [oX)][swg]

Tim

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for using the big fonts. [:)][:)]

OUCH!!! STOP IT!!! THAT HURT!!!

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This is just a test.

Ok , that seems to work.

I use a web browser called Firefox. It has an option (under “view”, on my OS X Mac; PC’s may vary) that allows the user to increase, or decrease the text size. Perhaps this may be the cure for the kind gentleman on the garden RR site. As I have no idea who this person is (I’ve never been on the Garden forum), I can’t send this directly to him/her. Also, I’d guess that they do not use a Mac (As Mac users only represent about 3% of computer users), and I have no idea if Firefox for Windows (aother guess that said user is running Windows) has this feature or not.

Perhaps, someone who knows said user, and uses Windows could try this software out? If it works out, perhaps they could pas this info along?

I’m not trying to be snide, but on my machine, it increases the text size on the forum, as well as the text I post. That would help out someone with a sight impairment more just a larger font on the messages they are posting (they could actually read responses as well as their own posts)

I could care less about the font, or its size. I could also care less what operating system, computer brand, or whatever, a user chooses. This forum, and presumably the Garden RR forum, are supposed to be about exchanging information regarding their respective topic.

Hope this helps,

J White

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I use firefox with windows. It’s easy to resize fonts, hit [control, +] to increase, {control, -] to decrease. It’s a nice feature.

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Good information about the increasing of the font size. Internet Explorer can enlarge the font size using the accessibility options. I don’t use those options, but IE instructions are as follows:

To specify fonts and colors to always use for Web pages

On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options.
On the General tab, click Accessibility.
Change the settings as needed.

BTW, at the top of every CTT magazine in the heading are the following words:
Operating - Collecting - Fun

Fortunately it doesn’t say:
Operating - Collecting - Frustration
or
Operating - Collecting - Making sure you are doing it only one way.

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As the person who added giant type fonts to Chris’s list of discourtesies, I would like to apologize to all those who have been using such fonts here out of medical necessity. As a 62-year-old with myopia, presbyopia, glaucoma, and cataracts, I would like to assure everyone that I would not deny them that aid even as I would not object to a guide dog in a restaurant. I also promise to continue in the future as I have in the past not yelling at, jumping on, or flying off the handle at giant font users, even as I reaffirm that I find unnecessary use of those fonts irritating.

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Type resizing doesn’t always work in Internet Explorer (specifically, when a font size is specified in a stylesheet). But it always works in Firefox, in my experience. I find I have to adjust font size occasionally because some sites just seem to use fonts that are overly large or small. Hitting ctrl-plus and ctrl-minus has just become second nature to me.