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- From: des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
- Subject: Re: Can I change the font in a DOS or OS/2 window?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.093258.13682@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- Organization: INMOS architecture group
- References: <1992Jul27.160825.21570@ll.mit.edu> <1992Jul27.140259.4744@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 09:32:58 BST
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- In article <1992Jul27.140259.4744@gw.wmich.edu>, x91clifton1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Jul27.160825.21570@ll.mit.edu>, paulf@ll.mit.edu (Paul Freeman) writes:
- >> I want to be able to use a smaller font inside my DOS or OS/2 windowed
- >> session. Right now (in standard VGA mode) the window covers the entire
- >> width of the screen if I want all 80 columns visible. I can change all
- >> the fonts in the WPS, but the DOS window fonts are always the same.
- >
- >What fonts are available is a function of the graphics driver you are using.
- >Fortunatly, with the standard VGA driver from IBM there are many to choose
- >from. Simply pull down the control menu (far upper left corner) for the
- >window and select (Change Font, or Font Size--I forget which one).
-
- however, at least in my set up, the smaller fonts for standard VGA
- (10x6 and 12x5) get hopelessly scrambled as you type in ... though they
- autofix themselves as soon as the screen scrolls.
-
- though as i've mentioned this before and no-one else said they had
- similar problems this may just be happening to me :-).
-
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