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zozbot234last Tuesday at 11:55 PM1 replyview on HN

> Windows mostly does this, too, even with win32 as long as you're using the newer themes.

Win32 controls have always been DPI independent, as far back as Windows 95. There is DPI choice UX as part of the "advanced" display settings.


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BearOsoyesterday at 3:55 PM

Yeah, I'm aware it always used font units for sizing. I'm referring to the actual drawing code. Classic used single pixel lines. XP through 7 used 8-way sliced bitmaps. Windows 8 and above's simple flat theme renders everything to scale correctly.