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- From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis) (OS/2)
- Subject: Re: Trivial problem concerning altered text characters
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.070248.11652@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
- References: <15NOV199220202022@utarlg.uta.edu> <1992Nov19.182254.27688@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:02:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.182254.27688@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <15NOV199220202022@utarlg.uta.edu> b645zav@utarlg.uta.edu (Christopher 'Mr OS/2' Morris) writes:
- >>First of all, let me say that OS/2 is an awesome OS. However, I have one minor
- >>problem with my text mode (and graphics-simulated text mode) characters. It
- >>appears as if they have been slightly compresses in the horizontal direction.
- >>This is most noticable with the letters m and 0. The middle veritcal stroke in
- >>the letter m is so slender - it is barely visible. I sometimes can not tell
- >>if it is a n or m... And the number 0 normally has a 'dot' in the center of it
- >>(to distinguish it from a O), and that _is_ invisible.
- >
- >What you probably are observing are the new ISO compliant screen
- >typefaces. These are to conform with new regulations in Europe, I'm
- >told, which have been instituted to improve computer display
- >readability.
-
- I love the skinny SP font. But ever since I installed the vga800-1
- SVGA driver, I have the fat GA font back. Does anyone know how I can
- get back the skinny SP font?
-
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