[Web4lib] wide screen monitors

[Kozlowski,Brendon]

Hi Janet, it sounds like the change you've made to the font size (OS level change, or CSS-based?) may have been a culprit. If you view this on an unaltered computer - one that still has a regular 15" monitor, do you notice the issue there as well?
 
If it's a webpage that you're having the issue on, a CSS line-height increase might help. If it's not a web page and the font size change was done via the OS, the application might not be able to handle larger DPI settings than the OS default.
 
 
 
Brendon Kozlowski
Web Administrator
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry Street
Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
[518] 584-7860 x217
 
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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Janet Fine
Sent: Mon 8/30/2010 1:24 PM
To: innopac at innovativeusers.org; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] wide screen monitors




8.30.10

Hi Everyone,

We are replacing most of our 15 inch monitors (most are  6 years olf)  with wide screen monitors.  Websites display very well--no need to scroll across the sites, but Millennium is another story.  I have increased the font size, so that is not a problem.  The problem is the way browse screens display--the lines of data are very narrow.  In fact the lines are so narrow that the "tails" are cut off the lower case letters:   j, q, y, g.  The narrow lines also makes for difficult reading of long lists of bib records such as works by James Patterson or Barney.  Our cataloging/acquisitions department is having a really hard time. 

Any recommendations or thoughts will be greatly appreciated--I know someone will come up with  a solution!

Kind regards, Janet

Janet Fine
Department Head, Circulation and Computer Services
Great Neck Library
159 Bayview Avenue
Great Neck, NY 11023
(516) 466-8055 ext. 205

                                         
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