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From: rdew@alw.nih.gov (Bob Dew)
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
Subject: Speckled Console Fonts: Solution
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Date: 4 Dec 90 17:14:27 GMT
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Awhile ago I posted a message saying our andrew console 
windows gave a speckled appearance after building andrew 
patch level 7. 
 
We've discovered that the speckled appearance was due to 
a foreground color designation in our .preferences file.
We use a common .preferences file for use with all of
our workstations, so color attributues are generally set
regardless of whether a particular monitor is color or black & white.
Setting foreground color for the console program, e.g, 
"console.ForegroundColor: yellow", causes fonts to appear
speckled and not very legible on black & white monitors
under patch level 7--this speckled appearance doesn't 
occur when using  earlier versions of andrew.