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<blockquote data-quote="Larzon" data-source="post: 658180" data-attributes="member: 101335"><p>Very true. I assume skin <strong>Blue3</strong> will be used, as it is designed for a 4:3 aspect ratio and presumably smaller screen sizes. I just checked and the default font heights are bit larger for that skin.</p><p></p><p>culle, if text is too small for your TV,</p><p></p><p>1) try increasing the DPI setting in Windows: Display Properties > Settings > Advanced, maybe try DPI = 120,</p><p></p><p>2) and if you still need to go larger within MediaPortal itself, you can try increasing the font heights of the skin. Note there is a limit to how far you can go before text starts to "spill over" the graphic elements in the skin.</p><p></p><p>I once did both of these things for a smaller LCD TV and it worked quite well. I was using Blue3wide in that setup, so the default font sizes were about 80% of nominal, and I boosted them to 120%. (E.g. for <em>font10</em> the default height was 8, and I increased it to 12.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Following is from my own notes on editing font size, polished a bit for this post. (Seems I have to write most things down nowadays lest I forget how and what I did. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> )</p><p></p><p>*** Increase font height ***</p><p>Go to folder \Documents and Settings\\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\<strong>Blue3</strong></p><p>- Make a copy of the file <strong>fonts.xml</strong> (in case the editing goes wrong).</p><p></p><p>1. Open <strong>fonts.xml</strong> with Notepad.</p><p>2. For a given font, find the <em>height</em> element and edit the value. Make sure to edit only the <strong>height</strong>, not the name.</p><p></p><p>For example, for <em>font10</em> you would look for</p><p><name>font10</name></p><p>and then <em>look below it</em> to find the <strong>height</strong> element. Increase the height value by, say, 120% ( 10 x 1.2 = 12 for this case)<span style="color: Red">*</span>.</p><p><height><strong>12</strong></height></p><p></p><p>3. Repeat step 2 for the other fonts*<span style="color: Blue">*</span>.</p><p>4. Save the file. (It is OK to keep it open in Notepad.)</p><p>5. Open MePo and see your results.</p><p></p><p>6. Close MePo.</p><p>7. If further adjustments are needed, start again from step 1.</p><p>8. When finished, be sure to save a backup of your modified fonts.xml elsewhere on your computer.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">*</span>Note 1: For uniformity increase each height by the same percentage. <em>Fractional font values are not allowed</em>, so for each calculation just round to nearest whole number, e.g. 14 * 1.2 = 16.8, so use 17.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">**</span>Note 2: Initially when you are testing to find the best percentage to use, save time by just editing <em>font10</em> through <em>font14</em>. These are used most frequently in the skin.</p><p></p><p>One last tip here -- if you really get into editing skin xml files, look up the MyRefresh plugin. It really speeds thing up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larzon, post: 658180, member: 101335"] Very true. I assume skin [B]Blue3[/B] will be used, as it is designed for a 4:3 aspect ratio and presumably smaller screen sizes. I just checked and the default font heights are bit larger for that skin. culle, if text is too small for your TV, 1) try increasing the DPI setting in Windows: Display Properties > Settings > Advanced, maybe try DPI = 120, 2) and if you still need to go larger within MediaPortal itself, you can try increasing the font heights of the skin. Note there is a limit to how far you can go before text starts to "spill over" the graphic elements in the skin. I once did both of these things for a smaller LCD TV and it worked quite well. I was using Blue3wide in that setup, so the default font sizes were about 80% of nominal, and I boosted them to 120%. (E.g. for [I]font10[/I] the default height was 8, and I increased it to 12.) Following is from my own notes on editing font size, polished a bit for this post. (Seems I have to write most things down nowadays lest I forget how and what I did. :rolleyes: ) *** Increase font height *** Go to folder \Documents and Settings\\All Users\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\[B]Blue3[/B] - Make a copy of the file [B]fonts.xml[/B] (in case the editing goes wrong). 1. Open [B]fonts.xml[/B] with Notepad. 2. For a given font, find the [I]height[/I] element and edit the value. Make sure to edit only the [B]height[/B], not the name. For example, for [I]font10[/I] you would look for <name>font10</name> and then [I]look below it[/I] to find the [B]height[/B] element. Increase the height value by, say, 120% ( 10 x 1.2 = 12 for this case)[COLOR="Red"]*[/COLOR]. <height>[B]12[/B]</height> 3. Repeat step 2 for the other fonts*[COLOR="Blue"]*[/COLOR]. 4. Save the file. (It is OK to keep it open in Notepad.) 5. Open MePo and see your results. 6. Close MePo. 7. If further adjustments are needed, start again from step 1. 8. When finished, be sure to save a backup of your modified fonts.xml elsewhere on your computer. [COLOR="Red"]*[/COLOR]Note 1: For uniformity increase each height by the same percentage. [I]Fractional font values are not allowed[/I], so for each calculation just round to nearest whole number, e.g. 14 * 1.2 = 16.8, so use 17. [COLOR="Blue"]**[/COLOR]Note 2: Initially when you are testing to find the best percentage to use, save time by just editing [I]font10[/I] through [I]font14[/I]. These are used most frequently in the skin. One last tip here -- if you really get into editing skin xml files, look up the MyRefresh plugin. It really speeds thing up. [/QUOTE]
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