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From: alex@bilver.UUCP (Alex Matulich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Fonts
Message-ID: <527@bilver.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 90 22:38:38 GMT
References: <13614@baldrick.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: alex@bilver.UUCP (Alex Matulich)
Organization: W. J. Vermillion, Winter Park, FL
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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.)  But, FF complains about proportional fonts, and
>I can't seem to find a nice regular 8 or 9 pt font that FF likes.

I had the same problem once too.  I solved it this way:  Load up FED (the font
editor) and in the attributes/font type menu, select FIXEDWIDTH.  Ignore the
fact that it already looks selected anyway.  It's a good idea to explicitly
select all the other menu options of interest as well.  Then, go into a
CLI and DELETE THIS FONT!  Then go back to FED and store it.  You may have
to delete the entire font, that is, the xxx.font file, and the contents of
the xxx directory.

>	I also use Handshake in 132 column mode and it (to put it bluntly) looks
>bad.  Can't tell the difference between B and 8. Is there any help. Usually I
>can suffer and guess what the letters are, but eye strain sets in around
>4 AM.

All I can say is use 80 columns with your own font.


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