different font size on dual monitors?

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Kate

I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere.
I have two monitors, of different dimensions. I'm
using XP pro, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
display adapter with two ports.

If I set the font size for the widescreen monitor,
it is huge on the standard dimension monitor; if I
set it for the smaller monitor, it is way too
small on the wide-screen. I do have different
resolutions enabled on each (1680 x 1050 on the
wide-screen; 1024 x 768 on the small-).

I would like to be able to set a different font
size for EACH monitor, but can find no way to do this.

Does anyone have an idea?

Thank you! -Kate
 
Unless someone wrote some software to do this, perhaps the video card
manufacturer, you can't do it with what is provided in XP. As an
alternative, you would need to configure the screens to a resolution
that most closely matched each other.
 
That's what I was afraid of, since I haven't been
able to find anything by searching the net.
Unfortunately, there's a lot more real estate on
the wide-screen than the other, so similar
resolutions aren't workable.

Thanks for responding. -K
 
I think you misunderstood the "similar" part. Yyou may have to "lower"
the wide screen to something like 1280x768 or "raise" the little one to
1280X1024. That is if the monitor will support it.
 
Bob, that was really good advice! I tried various
lower resolutions on the wide screen monitor, and
finally found one that works better.
So thank you!
-K
 
You're quite welcome, glad to hear you have a satisfactory solution. You
have a great day!
 
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