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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows Fonts: 800x600 Customized Versions?
Message-ID: <82568.2771cde4@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 20 Dec 90 21:55:00 GMT
References: <1990Dec17.232323.20019@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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In article <1990Dec17.232323.20019@midway.uchicago.edu>, sip1@quads.uchicago.edu (timothy francis sipples) writes:
> I understand that drivers abound for 800x600 video, but are there also
> corresponding screen fonts (e.g. 800OEM.FON, 800SYS.FON, 800FIX.FON,
> HELV800.FON, TMS800.FON, and COUR800.FON)?
>
> How about for other display resolutions (e.g. 720x348 Hercules, 640x400
> AT&T and 256-color VGA, etc.)?  Or will we be settling for the closest
> available alternatives (namely CGA, EGA, VGA, and 8514)?
>
This was discussed a few weeks ago, with no result. I've been using 800x600 mode
for some time with the VGA fonts. Although they're a little on the small side,
it has the advantage of providing a lot of text on the screen. I'm hoping to get
a 16" monitor to make the text larger.
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Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |
Monash University               |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia.  |  fax:    +61 3 565 4944 or 3409