Re: Ethiopic writing Re: intrinsic advantage of Latin alphabet over bopomofo (for Chinese)??


"Peter T. Daniels" wrote
"*alan*" wrote:
"Peter T. Daniels" wrote

> It was on "larger," and I changed it to "largest." Now even fewer
> characters fit in the google groups fixed-width window. But I don't
>> know that it'll help enough to make the Arabic legible. It's in the
>> next 10-message window up, so I can't scroll to it from here.

Try reading this:
هل تستيع أن تقراء هذه الجملة؟

Nope, the dots merge together and into the mimims.

There are a couple of other things you can do to solve that problem. I'm offering the following advice on the assumption that you're using Windows and that whatever version you have is probably not too different from the version I have (XP Professional):

- go to Control Panel
- double-click Display
- select Settings tab

Turn your attention to the Screen Resolution bar. The lower the resolution, the larger the images will appear; by default, I believe, it's normally set at 1024 by 768 pixels. I moved the little indicator on the bar to the next (and lowest) setting down, which is 800 by 600 pixels.
After having selected the lowest (or at least a lower) resolution setting, click Apply, then OK, and your viewing image will be larger.

Try the above _first_.

If it's _still_ not large enough (or if it had already been set at the lowest screen resolution) there's another adjustment you can make ---- increase your DPI.

To do that, while still on the Settings tab, click the Advanced button, and then you'll have a choice of (1) 96 DPI (which is normal) , (2) 120 DPI which will make it larger, or (3) Custom setting, which will enable you to increase by percentage increments even higher than 120 DPI ---- the custom setting is a nice feature insofar as you're given a sample of the display size as you try different percentage increases. Once you've chosen the best DPI, click "Apply", of course, then "OK" . . . .

It may seem like a lot of trouble to go to, but it's really not. (And if it can keep your dots from merging into the minims, I'd say it's worth it, not to mention that it'll make everything else much easier to read).

-- Alan

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