WOAFON10.ZIP: Larger fonts for Windows DOS boxes in SVGA modes
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Lots of people have been complaining about the small fonts they get
when they are running windowed DOS sessions within Windows 3.0 (386enh).
This is especially the case with high resolutions like 1024x768.

This set of fonts provides a remedy. They are only slightly larger than
the Windows default fonts, but IMHO it makes a big difference.

LFL9X16.FON can be used for 80x25 DOS windows instead of EGA80WOA.FON.
It has a 9x16 pixels character box. Uppercase characters are typically
8x12 pixels, lowercase characters 8x9.

LFL9X16B.FON is a "bold" version of LFL9X16. Horizontal strokes are
2 pixels wide instead of 1. I personally prefer LFL9X16.

LFL9X10.FON is intended for DOS windows with more than 25 lines, as a
replacement for CGA80WOA.FON. The character box is 9x10 pixels, uppercase
characters are typically 8x8 and lowercase characters 7x6.

LFL9X11.FON is essentially the same font as LFL9X10, but the line
spacing is 11 instead of 10 pixels.

To use these fonts, you have to edit the file SYSTEM.INI, which is
in your Windows directory. Look for the following lines within the
[386enh] section:

  EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
  EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
  CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
  CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON

Replace these entries with:

  EGA80WOA.FON=LFL9X16.FON
  EGA40WOA.FON=LFL9X16.FON
  CGA80WOA.FON=LFL9X10.FON
  CGA40WOA.FON=LFL9X10.FON

(Yes, you have to overwrite C/EGA40WOA as well, otherwise Windows will
choose CGA40WOA instead of LFL9X10. I would be glad for an explanation
for this strange behaviour.)

LFL10X12.FON is an even larger font. The character box is 10x12, uppercase
characters are typically 8x10 and lowercase 8x7.

LFL10X13.FON is again more or less the same font, but the character box
is 13 pixels high instead of 12.

These font are intended to be used together with the standard Windows
font 8514OEM.FON:

  EGA80WOA.FON=8514OEM.FON
  EGA40WOA.FON=8514OEM.FON
  CGA80WOA.FON=LFL10X12.FON
  CGA40WOA.FON=LFL10X12.FON



BTW, OS/2 Version 2 has a "Fonts" entry in the system menu of its
DOS boxes...

LFL stands for Large Friendly Letters.



These fonts are freeware, you can do with them whatever you like;
but please don't try to make money with them.


Peter Karrer                                   pkarrer@bernina.ethz.ch