The Scale problem

I wrote about this problem many years ago as something I saw looming.
Now its has arrived. http://mindprod.com/jgloss/resolution.html

I have a new big high-res monitor and my Applets have shrunk to pin
pricks with unreadably small type. People used to tease me for my
outsized fonts and generous layouts. Now even they are far too small.
How do you go about writing apps that will be readable on a wide
variety of screens?

I know JGoodies has some tools for resolution independent layout.. But
I was wondering what could be done to existing apps that did not take
a major rewrite. I can live with icons not being scaled.

This needs to be builtin to Java so that when the user tells one
app/Applet his desired zoom, it will automatically apply universally.
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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com
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