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Red @red64.bsky.social

The only acceptable settings in notepad: word wrap and font settings

aug 27, 2025, 6:35 am • 22 0

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Laura @littleedie.bsky.social

that part

aug 27, 2025, 7:01 am • 2 0 • view
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NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social

Font settings? Courier New or Courier New. That's all you need.

aug 27, 2025, 9:15 am • 8 0 • view
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Red @red64.bsky.social

I have a 4k screen and I'd like to set the font size to something readable.

aug 27, 2025, 9:20 am • 2 0 • view
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Nop 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO 🐱 @voxexsinister.bsky.social

You fix that shit in your OS. Apps don't get to define font sizes.

aug 27, 2025, 9:27 am • 0 0 • view
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Red @red64.bsky.social

ok

aug 27, 2025, 9:29 am • 0 0 • view
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NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social

Kind of ablist. People have individual needs. You can accommodate those needs without trying to make every app do every job.

aug 27, 2025, 9:32 am • 3 0 • view
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Red @red64.bsky.social

That, and apps frequently do all sorts of things they "don't get to" do.

aug 27, 2025, 9:34 am • 0 0 • view
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Nop 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO 🐱 @voxexsinister.bsky.social

That's a bad thing, not a good thing.

aug 27, 2025, 9:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Red @red64.bsky.social

Cool. It's also the reality we exist in. I also want to be able to change my settings on a per app basis. Some stuff I use up close to my screen and am fine with small font. Some stuff I use while leaning back in my chair with my feet up on my desk. I don't want to go control panel diving.

aug 27, 2025, 9:37 am • 1 0 • view
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Nop 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO 🐱 @voxexsinister.bsky.social

As someone whose visual acuity is fading as I age, I rely a lot on being able to configure my system to make the default font big enough that I can comfortably read it. I HATE it when some app decides to override my system settings & use an 8 point font on my 4K screen.

aug 27, 2025, 9:40 am • 0 0 • view
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NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social

And I'm getting that we're all geeks. My mother isn't. Fine tuning the OS would be completely beyond her.

aug 27, 2025, 9:40 am • 4 0 • view
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Red @red64.bsky.social

Indeed. And again, in a text editor no less. Yes Notepad is super basic but not being able to set the font there? That'd be absurd. Hell sometimes I use Notepad to leave a note for someone else at work and I'll set the font to max and write in all caps so they don't miss it

aug 27, 2025, 9:44 am • 1 0 • view
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Nop 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO 🐱 @voxexsinister.bsky.social

Indeed. We should be able to tell our machine that we can't read text smaller than 12pt, & be able to rely on our OS to enforce that.

aug 27, 2025, 9:43 am • 0 0 • view
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Nop 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO 🐱 @voxexsinister.bsky.social

There's nothing ableist about that. Any user should be able to set system-wide policies to manage their disabilities. Individual apps being able to break those policies makes life worse for disabled people, not better.

aug 27, 2025, 9:35 am • 6 0 • view
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NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social

Ah. Okay, zoom settings ok. Rendering your raw html in a script font, that's not what notepad is for.

aug 27, 2025, 9:22 am • 0 0 • view