Program fonts

me_again wrote on 8/21/2025, 8:39 AM

Greetings,

When MS 2025 arrived on the scene one of the things noticed and commented on by a few of the "more senior" members was the use of very small fonts in the various windows eg keyframe, effects and anything that had lists with sub-menus, Template for example - the title was very small font and but the opened icons used a slightly larger font which helps the old eyes.

And before anyone says that Windows accessibility features would help, no they don't. I already use some of them in other apps/programs and they work well; MS2025 stubbornly refuses to co-operate.

Does VDL 2026 have a larger icon? It's the only feature that will make me think of upgrading - or should that be updating.

AndyW

ps This is the first topic I've created since the release of VDL 2026 and I'm wondering why I've had to put this in Movie Studio after all these months.

"“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried AndyW" to paraphrase Charles Lutwidge Dodgson – 1832-1898 (better known as Lewis Carroll.

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johnebaker wrote on 8/21/2025, 11:30 AM

@me_again

HI Andy

. . . . Does VDL 2026 have a larger icon? . . . .

There is no change in the text size, however some icons can be enlarged see video below, this applies to all versions of MEP/MMS/VDL and VPX since, IIRC, 2018.

John EB

me_again wrote on 8/21/2025, 12:03 PM

Thanks John but I don't have a problem with the icons, it's the label writing.

I have to squint and get really close these days to read the little fonts, either that or remember what each one says which again these days is a little dangerous. Using a magnifying glass helps but gets in the way but hey ho.

I've even bought an ultrawide monitor which has helped tremendously but even with that, some of the info labels are, to me, microscopically small. But as I say, hey ho.

AndyW