The increased icon size is just enough to bring readability up to usable levels. That's on a 1680 x 1050 display at default size. If you solve the issue of the dimmed icons, that would improve things.
I have a suggestion for a command to use in place of the recipe window toggle. As I scanned my 'harvestiing and miscellaneous skills' hotbar to see what I could remove now, I realized that Catalog Creature was one of the commands. I think that would be a useful replacement for the recipe window. It's not a crafting skill, but I had it back up on the bar because I needed it again for one of the Isle of Refuge quests. It turns up often enough that it would be nice to have in your utility window.
-= Therendil =-
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