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- From: jps@netcom.com (John Serafin)
- Subject: Re: Service Pack sucks! How can I get around these problems?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.043436.25188@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <92304.154349MXD118@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Oct31.022446.4183@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 04:34:36 GMT
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- sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
-
- >>#2. New fonts stink! Is there any easy way for me to get back the old OS/2
- >> Window font and the old SYstem Proportional font?
-
- >The new fonts are ISO compliant which, for better or worse, is the way
- >of the world. Why? Well, you can now more quickly and easily
- >distinguish the lowercase "l" from the number "1," for example.
- >Various European countries mandate these new fonts for new systems.
-
- They also help with O and 0, which many fonts do a terrible job with.
- DEC VT100's are the worst, but almost all GUI fonts are almost as bad.
- My favorite screen fonts are the IBM VGA/EGA/CGA. They are very readable
- on high resolution displays. The small fonts on most UNIX boxes are only
- one pixel thick and make my eyes water. The fonts more than one pixel
- thick are large and SLOW. The worst thing about the new OS/2 fonts is
- that they are also only one pixel thick.
- If only I could use VGA/EGA/CGA fonts in a window...
- (I guess that they aren't so good on l and 1, but I haven't had any trouble
- telling them apart.)
- >--
- >Timothy F. Sipples | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST 2.0g is avail.
- >sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | from 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all
- >Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
- >of Chicago, 60637 | [Headline: "Bush Wins"? (Shudder.) VOTE CLINTON!]
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