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From: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Fonts
Message-ID: <14534@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 12 Mar 90 15:25:02 GMT
References: <13614@baldrick.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
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In article <13614@baldrick.udel.EDU> KENNEDY%WWPACS@dupont.com (Tony Kennedy) writes:
>	I'm using FastFonts and I'd like to replace the system font. (Yes,
>I'm finally tired of topaz.)
     Then again, aren't we all? :-)
>I can't seem to find a nice regular 8 or 9 pt font that FF likes.
     That FF likes or that you like? If FF is choaking, try this (I think
this is right...)
     Run FED. (Yes, FED. Font EDitor. The ugly one. Make sure it's the
version from WB1.3 or later.) Load the font in question; then make sure
that the font's proportional tag is not set. Then save it (even if it
was set as fixed-width!). Then run FixFonts, and try FF again.
     What does all this mean: I'm not sure, except that (at least some
versions of FF) do not like the way many fixed_width fonts are saved,
and that this OFTEN fixes the problem. (Not always. You don't want to
know what we had to do to get Nethack's font installed...)
>	Any suggestions?
     Pearl.font is very nice. Crisp, clear, looks great when combined with
SetLace to eliminate those nasty scan lines.
                                                 - R'ykandar.
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