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		joshlk on March 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let’s fix font size > 16 pt text on Windows is ⅓ larger than 16 pt text on macOS Is this why text looks smaller on Macs compared to Windows? My parents found it difficult reading text when they got a Mac because of the small text

aardvark179 on March 31, 2021 [–]

Back in the day Apple decided that text on the Mac should be as close to text on the page as possible, and Microsoft thought that text on screen should be larger since computer monitors are normally further away.

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