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My Eyes, My Eyes! - (Text/ UI size Increase)
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Aztec Sam-Ong
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-12-15 21:37:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Aztec Sam-Ong
I'll get straight to the point on this one. Why the forums are not spammed with this I do not know but:

Increase the font size and UI size! (yes I have everything as big as it will go but it's nowhere near enough)

It causes horrendous eye strain for me and even though i've only played for about a week I am going to have to reduce the time I spend playing because my eyes hurt so much. Anything more than 5 minutes and i'm done at this point.

Many years ago maybe people didn't have such large monitor resolutions, but playing on a 24", 1920*1080 monitor makes this game intolerable.

Also why on earth is the only font colour white? White on anything darker is a pain to read and is going to cause more eye strain. Please, let us have black font on white backgrounds.

Please Sad
Besina Echerie
Vermona Collective
#2 - 2012-12-15 21:58:00 UTC
Hmm. It looks like they're using a basic fixed width font. Yeah, it could probably use a newer font with the newer toys. Something like Inconsolata or some other such thing that is actually set up to work with newer monitors and hinting and all those other features of fonts today.
Tigole Betty
Task Force 2
#3 - 2012-12-16 11:34:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Tigole Betty
I think asking them to increase/change fonts etc is a bad idea, you increase it and half the community will want it smaller, you change the font and people will want the old one back, it's all personal preferences, or for some people it's difficult due to visual impairments etc.

Instead a better choice would be to implement a fonts folder, allow people to use their own fonts, and set the size of said font in the UI. Of course with this there would need to be a reset option if someone puts a bad font in which mucks things up, but that's what the seperation would be for. Another alternative would be to bundle a few pre-defined fonts with set sizes that players can choose from.

I personally would like to see alot more in terms of UI cusomisation however (though I can live with the current UI).
Dawne Xi
3D Salvage and Acquisitions
#4 - 2012-12-18 04:29:40 UTC
I agree with the OP and third post here... increasing chat is good, but the rest of the text needs to be able to be increased, much like on the website.
Michael Loney
Skullspace Industries
#5 - 2012-12-18 14:30:41 UTC
A simple work around, drop your resolution.

I play at 1650x1080 and it looks awesome on a 22" monitor, a 24" is not much bigger but cramming in 1920x1080 will make things much harder o read than they need to be. Graphics wise it will not really change too much except to save some GPU cycles.
Mole Guy
Bob's Bait and Tackle
#6 - 2012-12-18 15:25:41 UTC
dropping the reso didnt change the font size of my over view much when i was playing on my 40" sony bravia.
quality monitor, very good card, still too small to reallt see who i was targeting at the slightest of distances.

allowing someone to change their own font size would be great. any text should be adjustable. like the OP states, everything is turned up.
i had to buy a 32" and move everything to my kitchen table to get closer to the monitor cause sitting in my recliner wasnt cutting it.

new glasses-check, reso dropped-check, font to largest setting-check, why is everyoneSTILL telling me to stop shooting friendlies. 0=)