Increase font size of interface in PL8?

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I’ve just downloaded a trial of PL8 (on Windows 11), hoping to move way from ON1. Sadly at the moment it is virtually unusable, because the font is so tiny I can hardly read the text. I have searched this forum and the user guide, but the only answers I have found seem to be old, saying either you can’t change the font size, or you have to globally increase Windows scaling (which MS don’t recommend).

I have submitted a support request, but being new I have no idea how long they will take to respond, so I’m asking the question here too. Is there a way to increase font size?

Many thanks

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You don’t have this problem with other application ?
Is PL8 font smaller than other software?
On my laptop with a 16" 2560x1600 screen I have a 125% scale without any worries.

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Hiya
Yes, it is much smaller than anything else - eg browsers, windows screens, ON1 etc.

Cheers, John

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I had not noticed this, on my laptop, I opened several applications (ON1, Affinity and PL) to check and I don’t see a difference in font size.

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Ah well, consider yourself lucky!

I have just had a (v quick) response from SXO support:

"Greetings,

Unfortunately it is not possible to increase the font size, the only option would be to increase the resolution of your monitor, but that would cause everything on the monitor to increase in size as well, our apologies.

regards,"

So sadly that is my trial of PL8 over on day 1. What a shame.

Thanks for your responses.
Cheers

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Like @Franky, I don’t see a difference in PL8, either from PL7 or other applications. You didn’t mention what Windows scaling you use.

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Hiya
I use 100% scaling. 2560x1440 resolution (native)
Cheers

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PL8vsON1Text.docx (43.8 KB)
Here is a doc showing screenshots of PL8 and ON1 photoraw. ON1 isn’t hugely bigger, but it is enough to make the difference between having to squint at the screen and reading easily

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Incidentally, in Windows Accessibility settings I tried changing text size to 150%. Windows, browsers etc all had larger text, but it didn’t affect PL8 (or ON1)

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You may like to try
grafik

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Hiya
Thanks. Yes I tried increasing yext size to 150%, but it made no difference.
Cheers, john

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Windows has a standard Magnifier tool… not ideal - but ( can help if you want to temp see something that you want to read and then quickly zoom out back to normal ) … also search for similar 3rd party apps

for example a loupe mode

magnifier
magnifier950×560 24.7 KB

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… and this is what the fonts look like

ON1 PR 2024 … vs … PL 8

grafik
grafik981×962 54 KB

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The two programs look comparable on my screens also, even with the ON1 Font Size set to “Large”.

ON1 vs DxO Font Size
ON1 vs DxO Font Size1920×1323 147 KB

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Interesting. Any ideas why pl8 text is so much smaller on my machine then?

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It would be really great if I could get the pl8 text size to be as big as on1 on my machine!

In my desperation I actually started a trial of lightroom (havent used it since v6). I could adjust text size easily. But I didnt warm to LR at all

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Did you restart the app after changing the windows scaling? I am not sure if that is necessary, for some apps it seems to be. Or better restart your computer completely.

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Ta for the suggestion, but yes initially restarted app and then restarted pc. I’ll try again with a more massive increase to be sure. But everything else definitely got bigger!

Took a quick look at luminar neo as an alternative but it doesn’t do star rating or colour coding.

Cheers

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Does trying this help in addition to the Accessibility font scaling option? I notice that Windows 11 has this feature as does Windows 10. Just be aware that the Compatibility tab in the Properties window might have a different layout.

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Hello there…
Thanks for this. It needed a slightly different route but I got there! Unfortunately it doesn’t make any difference. So far I have just restarted app - will try restart of PC now just in case. Great suggestion.
Cheers