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iTunes 12.3.3 fonts size are now way too BIG!

I can't even see now the page complete!


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Posted on Mar 21, 2016 9:14 PM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2017 5:57 PM

Well guys after more than 1 year we finally have a fix for this:


iTunes 12.6

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/


Guess better late than never...sigh.


I just renewed my Google Play music sub for 3 months so i'll use the Apple Music service when the other ends...

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Apr 17, 2016 12:32 PM in response to Fishweasel

Have you tried my "solution" ? Check it out in one of my comments.

Now I know that it's not W7 exclusive because you report the same issue with W8.1.

I said I wasn't going to upgrade to W10 but I finally did it because I needed to install a program that required that OS.

Does W8.1 have that "XP style" option to uncheck? If so, why don't you give it a try? It won't mess anything and you can go back and check it again if you find something wrong.

Like I said, I used to have W7 a few days ago but I went straight to W10 (I guess I'll never know what W8 and W8.1 were really like).

My suggestion, once again: try to uncheck that "XP style" option (if you have it) or upgrade to W10 for free.

W10 doesn't have that XP option and I assume it's hidden and unchecked (according to its behaviour when I use 125% font size).

I will always use that size because I hate tiny fonts. Also, I use font renderers to make fonts look like they should. I used GDIPP on W7 and now I'm using MacType on W10.

My biggest complaint for Microsoft has always been the awful and useless font rendering (ClearType *****).

So, in the mean time, while you wait for Apple to fix this (maybe they'll never do that) you can try my suggestions.

See ya!

Apr 24, 2016 5:41 PM in response to sebastianchico

Unfortunately, this solution won't work with Windows 8.1, as this option has been removed. There is an option to "disable display scaling on high DPI settings", but I've tried this and it doesn't fix the font issue, even after clearing the iTunes cache. If anyone knows how to disable the XP style DPI scaling on Windows 8.1 or any other solution (other than changing the system font to 100%), I'm open to suggestions. Again, like others in the post I don't want to change the font to 100% across the board as it makes all of the other text unreadable for me.

Apr 27, 2016 6:31 PM in response to hornacho

I have Windows 10 Pro and I have a DPI scaling of 125%, and I have the same problems as seen in the first screenshots of this thread.

I had a life chat with apple. After 4 or 5 times transferring to someone who could fix the problem (not), I gave up. These persons didn't understand the problem. I even linked them to this forum post, to tell them that there where other people with the same problems in the iTunes store. More people with the same kind of print screens. But nothing. They closed the call. I think they don't care about windows users anymore.

I bought ALL my music on iTunes. But now, I even can not see the top 50 of my country. So Bye Bye iTunes. And here we come Spotify.


By the way. I think it's the build in browser. The iTunes Store is the only part of iTunes that has problems with these DPI scaling. The iTunes store is the only part that is browser based. Probably a lighter version of Safari or so. In the passed, chrome and fireworks had the same problems. And they had noticed it, and fixed it relatively fast.


I hope apple will see that they are going to loose money with this, and that they should fix it.

May 2, 2016 6:28 PM in response to psikofunkster

I don't know guys, did you hear the news recently about Quicktime for windows being no longer supported by Apple? Well my personal opinion is that iTunes for Windows is going the same way.


Do you want to buy in the iTunes Store in the future? Sure, you just need to have an Apple device: ipod touch, iphone, ipad, mac, etc...


You don't own any of those? Apple says sorry, change of policy.


They just don't care anymore.

May 4, 2016 7:59 PM in response to psikofunkster

As i mentioned before theres still hope. Apple is planning to redesign the Apple Music section next month, i think its a safe bet to expect a new iTunes version by then. Lets hope the issue gets solved...


Apple Music is being overhauled? Good - here's what it needs to do

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/04/apple-music-wwdc-taylor-swift


Better desktop and web clients. If you want to listen to Apple Music on your computer, you need to run the resource-hogging and overly complicated iTunes software. Would a simple web client be too much to ask? Or even just a stripped-down desktop app?

iTunes 12.3.3 fonts size are now way too BIG!

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