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Yeah, I'm kinda against too much line spacing between menu entries. For disabled people who have trouble with hands in navigating long menus, adding more scrolling or clicks makes things more intricate. But I might just be resistant to change.
Setting aside your unrivaled enthusiasm for Carrara, the key issue is that many different people with many different modalities use software. The software ought to be able to confirm to the users needs. MSFT (and I'm sure Apple too) went to great lengths to add accessibility features into the OS and its APIs.
There's no excuse for DAZ not to ensure that everyone can easily use their software. Frankly, it borders on unethical that they don't do that.
In the image on the previous page, check out the font sizes. Not a big difference. I come across many things that I have to strain to read... Carrara is not one of them.
I am definitely not trying to argue... just stating my reports on the subject. I have a very inexpensive Acer 21" monitor - but a nice, Fermi class nVidia graphics card (also very cheap, though)
I'm just finding it strange that Carrara is the one thing that you're having troubles seeing. I was thinking maybe a graphics issue...
In an attempt to help, have you tried using a larger font?
There are many fonts available online - some of which are just bigger, without changing the font size. Some such fonts may already be installed on your computer. Carrara preferences doesn't show an example upon browsing fonts. So the trick here, would be to open an app that allows you to view examples of the fonts as you browse them - and seek out one that is either bigger, or just more legible for you.
Once you find a larger, more visible font, try using that in Carrara under preferences.
It sure would be nice if they put a size option in there - but I'm straining to think of other apps that do that either...
But that's likely because I haven't felt the need.
Sorry for not pre-reading through the rest of the posts ahead of posting this, but have you put in a feature request in the bug tracker yet? If not, please do.
Setting aside your unrivaled enthusiasm for Carrara, the key issue is that many different people with many different modalities use software. The software ought to be able to confirm to the users needs. MSFT (and I'm sure Apple too) went to great lengths to add accessibility features into the OS and its APIs.
There's no excuse for DAZ not to ensure that everyone can easily use their software. Frankly, it borders on unethical that they don't do that.Yeah... it this is the case, I truly hope that somebody who needs this feature to submit a feature request in the bug tracker.
From what Gars-Man just said, above, it must be somewhat simple to do?
(clueless about coding software!)
But I really hope that if anything changes - that it is elective - because I love Carrara's interface. Very legible, everything seems to be where it's easy to find... I know you can change the font - could a larger font help?
Oh "elective" works for me, but as of right now, there is NO choice between font sizes. You can change the font family, but you can't make them bigger. Having a choice of what font size works best for us would be great. Then you could leave it as it is now, and I (and others) could pump it up a bit. As you can see from the screenshot comparison I did, the fonts on the other software (and I've checked Bryce 7 too) aren't that much larger, but having the leading between lines makes a big difference.
Aside from playing in 3D art, I'm a web designer/developer, so I spend the better part of my day on the computer, and Carrara is the only app (3D or otherwise) that causes me eye strain.
BTW, I also had a similar situation with my eyes, though in my case it was the astigmatism that had me wearing glasses for over 20 years before I actually needed glasses for vision correction. It's now pretty much gone.
Sorry for reviving a old thread but I think it is still accurate. I too have issue with the small font in Carrara. I did change the DPI setting to 128 which did help a bit as well. This is found by right clicking on the desktop picking personalize then on the left in the window click change DPI. By default it is 96 128 I found to be a improvment. I just wish this didn't require a reboot of the system or I would try higher settings when I wanted to work with Carrara...although I still might try it. But I know higher I will have to lower it to use everything else.
One other thing I found as a help is to change the font. I know a lot of people have suggested different fonts and I have went through a LOT trying to find something. So far the best one (and is free) is at http://www.1001fonts.com the Komkia Hand Bold http://dl.1001fonts.com/komika.zip It makes everything uppercase, and bold and seems to be easier to read. Also I suggest that everyone send a ticket requesting a option to change the font size be added. It should be a fairly simple one and if we all ask, I suspect it will be added. I think they are working on a update so Carrara can use the new content database that came out this past summer for Studio. So now might be a good time to ask for our little font fix. :)
This is such a cool solution. If you're on a Windows PC, use the virtual magnifying glass. Hold down the Windows key and hit the + key at the same time to enlarge the screen. to back out hit the Windows key and the - key.
I have Carrara running on a 27-inch 4K display. My regular setting for the display is 2560 x 1440; for some apps (especially reading old, poorly scanned PDFs or viewing photos) I crank it to 3840 x 2160, but that makes menus too small to read in most apps and I read the PDF and then switch back. For Carrara, though, I often lower the setting to 1920 x 1080 (full HD). I'm on a Mac and this is very easy; I would assume it is easy on PC, too.
I agree with the above comment that an investment in a display is worth it. 27 sometimes seems too big; I do a lot of double-page spreads (print) and it is nice to see them actual size. 24 is pretty nice for most things.
There's an option in "preferences" / Interface Font / Font size boost.
This was added recently to C8.5 and finally allows some font size adjustment,.
Depending on the font you choose and the size "boost" level, some text can be slightly larger than the available text area, but at least it's changable now.