Windows Installer uses small font

[terryjreedy]

BPO	25091
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2015-09-29.04:49:14.158>
created_at = <Date 2015-09-14.01:37:45.204>
labels = ['expert-installation', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Windows Installer uses small font'
updated_at = <Date 2015-09-29.04:49:14.157>
user = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2015-09-29.04:49:14.157>
actor = 'steve.dower'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2015-09-29.04:49:14.158>
closer = 'steve.dower'
components = ['Installation', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2015-09-14.01:37:45.204>
creator = 'terry.reedy'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 25091
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message_count = 4.0
messages = ['250593', '250595', '250597', '251368']
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nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'paul.moore', 'tim.golden', 'python-dev', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25091'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

[terryjreedy]

The 3.4.3 installer used normal size type (10 point, I believe) in the dialog boxes. I can more or less read this with by non 20/20 eyes. The new 3.5.0 installer uses a smaller type (8? 7? point), which for even more people will mean using a magnifier. Please revert this anti-accessibility change. Instead, increase to 12 point if possible.

I noticed that the Python logo picture is also shrunken by about 20%. I checked side-by-side with the 3.4.3 box, so all system settings were the same for both.

[zooba]

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll take a look before 3.5.1.

[zooba]

Actually, what DPI setting are you using? With new UI, it's possible that we're not scaling the same way as before.

[python-dev]

New changeset 07a3d804c6ea by Steve Dower in branch '3.5':
Issue bpo-25091: Increases font size of the installer.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/07a3d804c6ea