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- From: harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris)
- Subject: Re: Lost my Bitmap Fonts!!!
- Message-ID: <harris.724386643@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <16215@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 02:30:43 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- steveh@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Steven Hayes) writes:
-
- >I'm not sure what I've done, but somehow OS/2 no longer knows about the
- >bitmap fonts which come standard with the system. System Proportional is
- >now the only bitmap font I can use for menus, etc. Helv, Courier and System
- >Monospaced fonts simply don't appear in any of the font selection dialogs.
- >all of the Adobe Type 1 fonts work fine... unfornatly these fonts look a
- >little tatty at small point sizes...
-
- Have you changed your video resolution any time recently? OS/2 only allows
- you to load bitmap fonts for the device resolution that you are running.
- To save space, OS/2 2.0 only installs the bitmap fonts for the resolution
- that you install. If you install VGA and then upgrade to a different
- resolution (such as 8514, XGA, perhaps SVGA- I'm not sure about this one.)
- you will still have the VGA fonts and OS/2 won't recognise them.
-
- The reason that you get System Proportional is because it is stored in the
- video device driver DLLs (DISPLAY.DLL for example) and not in a .FON file.
-
- The easiest way to get your fonts back is to find someone who has the same
- device resolution that you are using and then copy their .FON files to your
- system. You will find them in the \OS2 subdirectory. The files will be in
- use so you will have to boot from floppy or try the SHIFTRUN utility on
- software.watson.ibm.com. Generally speaking, the font resolutions are as
- follows:
-
- 96x72 dpi EGA
- 96x96 dpi VGA/SVGA 800x600 (depending upon your SVGA manufacturer)
- 120x120 dpi XGA/8514/SVGA 1024x768 (depending upon your SVGA manufacturer)
-
- The problem is that there are inconsistencies between manufacturers of SVGA
- drivers as to what your font resolution will be. The list above is how it
- should be. However, some SVGA manufacturers may allow use of 96x96 dpi
- fonts at the 1024x768 video resolution.
-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
- System Administrator, Computer & Technologies Theme Program, NC State Univ.
- (My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
-