Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:3103 comp.sys.att:6724 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!edsews!rphroy!tkacik From: tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Changing fonts (was Re: monitor problems) Message-ID: <13523@rphroy.UUCP> Date: 16 Jun 89 12:06:41 GMT References: <732@flatline.UUCP> Reply-To: tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) Followup-To: unix-pc.general Distribution: na Organization: GM Research Labs, Warren, MI Lines: 31 In article wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) writes: > >Over the last couple of years, I've done considerable puttering around >with different fonts in different windows, running different fonts as >the "global" font, etc. While it all seems to basically work, there >appear to be a few rough edges left in the font handling code in the >window driver. > >For example, I used to run an italic 9x12 font as the "global" font. I haved tried changing fonts, with little luck. I tried both setf and sfont, and once even got a new font to show up in the current window. The problem (other than not knowing how I got the new font to work) is that the cursor did not change with the new font. When I tried to backspace, the cursor moved a different amount backwards than forwards, and I could not tell what was really on the command line. Can anyone tell me how to reliably change the current font in a window, and how to get the cursor to change size as well. I would really like to use a smaller font that will give me 24x80 characters in a smaller bordered window, (ie. I would like to be able to use several 'full screen' windows at the same time). It makes switching between them much easier. Thanks --- Tom Tkacik GM Research Labs, Warren MI 48090 uunet!edsews!rphroy!megatron!tkacik "If you can't stand the bugs, stay out of the roach-motel." Ron Guilmette