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Subject: Re: It would be convenient to have a TP UNDERLINE string function
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Date: 5 Sep 90 21:10:07 GMT
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In article <5727@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> bobb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Bob Beauchaine) writes:
> Unless you're going to use EGA or VGA and create your own internal 
> font, you've got an impossible task.  The standard IBM character set
> is the default for all text modes, and doesn't allow for underlined
> characters. 

Ah, I see you haven't worked in monochrome recently.  Setting the background/
foreground attributes correctly will result in underlined text on a monochrome
card / display.  

True, the color cards will not do this.  Personally, I think it is a flaw in
the color cards.

Brendt Hess