st: What governs font size in dialogs?

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

Fellow Statalisters:

I am trying to find out what governs the font size used in Stata 8 dialogs, 
especially under Windows 2000 (under which I work). I realise that the 
choice of a sensible font size depends on the size of the dialog. According 
to -[P] dialogs-, dimensions in dialogs are measured in pixels, and they do 
not seem to give a conversion factor between pixels and other measurements 
(eg cm or inches), suggesting that the conversion factor may not be constant.

The reason for my query is that I plan to give a demo of a Stata dialog at 
the 11th UK Stata User Meeting in May, and I would like the dialog to be 
legible to people with poor eyesight at the back of the hall. With the 
Graph window, the font is set by -graph preferences-, and the font size 
depends on the window size, which I can set to be large. With the other 
Stata 8 windows, I can alter the font by right-clicking and selecting 
"Font". However, right-clicking on dialogs does not seem to work. I am 
wondering whether Stata dialogs under Windows take orders directly from 
Windows. Is this the case? And if so, what can we do about it?

Best wishes (and thanks in advance)

Roger


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Roger Newson
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Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology
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