[Python-checkins] bpo-33656: Add entry to What's New 3.7. (GH-7638)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/60c699374c98f6a3bb951299fdf22d719a5b9ee8
commit: 60c699374c98f6a3bb951299fdf22d719a5b9ee8
branch: 3.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2018-06-11T11:45:49-07:00
summary:

bpo-33656: Add entry to What's New 3.7. (GH-7638)


This is a separate PR because this does not backport to 3.6.
(cherry picked from commit 8a05f559ce5064df68c8d4ebd7d4ed28381d9971)

Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>

files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 297d9fa312ce..a7ea0af723a3 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -991,6 +991,12 @@ colors for custom themes is added to Highlights tab of Settings dialog.
 (Contributed by Cheryl Sabella and Terry Jan Reedy in :issue:`33642`,
 :issue:`33768`, and :issue:`33679`,
 
+On Windows, a new API call tells Windows that tk scales for DPI. On Windows
+8.1+ or 10, with DPI compatibility properties of the Python binary
+unchanged, and a monitor resolution greater than 96 DPI, this should
+make text and lines sharper.  It should otherwise have no effect.
+(Contributed by Terry Jan Reedy in :issue:`33656`).
+
 The changes above have been backported to 3.6 maintenance releases.