Supported resolutions and screen areas

The Compleat Botanica can be used on computers with a wide range of display capabilities. This chart indicates the resolutions that have been tested by Crescent Bloom. Most computers use a resolution of 96 DPI (dots per inch), so the vast majority of users can set their screen area to any value -- from 640 x 480 all the way up to 1600 x 1200. Users that have chosen to use "Large fonts" are using a screen resolution of 120 DPI; the minimum screen size for these computers is a setting of 800 x 600. The higher resolutions of 135, 144, 170 and 192 DPI are very rarely used except on the newest large screen monitors.

Resolution	Display font size	640 x 480	800 x 600	1024 x 768	1152 x 864	1280 x 1024	1600 x 1200	Minimum window size
96 dpi	100% (small fonts)	*						640 x 480
120 dpi	125% (large fonts)		*					800 x 600
135 dpi	141%							900 x 675
144 dpi	150%							960 x 720
170 dpi	177%				*			1133 x 850
192 dpi	200%							1280 x 960

* Screen resolutions for display areas marked with an asterisk must use the "Auto hide" option with the Taskbar because the minimum window size covers the entire screen.

The last column, labeled "Minimum windows size", represents the smallest window size (in pixels) that can accomodate the Compleat Botanica software. This minimum window size grows as you increase your screen resolution in order to accomodate the readability and layout of the windows within the software.