Screen Fonts Appear Garbled in AnyBook

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If you start AnyPO, and the fonts look oversized.  Or if they overlap onto data fields, or if they generally look garbled, you'll need to make an adjustment in the Windows operating system.

AnyPO is known as a forms-based software.  Each of the screens in AnyPO is actually an electronic form.  When the forms are designed, they use regular sized fonts, the normal size that comes with the Windows operating system.  If Windows has been re-configured with a large-sized font instead of the normal-sized font, then the forms in AnyPO look garbled.

You can use different resolutions with AnyPO.  No problem there.  But you do need to use the Windows default font size.  AnyPO isn't the only software with this requirement.  Any forms-based software requires the use the Windows' default font size.

Here's how to fix it.

1. Start up the Control Panel.

2. Select "Display."  Click on the "Settings" tab.

3. At the bottom of "Settings," look for the "Advanced" button.  Click on it.

4. In the middle of the screen, you'll see the DPI setting.  Select "Normal Size 96 DPI"

5. Then click on OK and OK again to exit the Display dialog box.

6. You may need to re-set your computer for the new setting to take effect.

When you do this, you will notice that the font size on the Windows desktop will be smaller.  It actually has returned to its normal, default size.  Now, if you start up AnyPO, you'll see that the screens will display normally.

If the font appears too small, what you may want to do is to drop your resolution just a notch.  An ideal size is a resolution of 1024 x 768.  This will give you nice readable fonts but also provides a good amount of screen real estate for your creative work.  It also possible to switch font sizing or resolution depending on the work you are doing.