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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Trivial problem concerning altered text characters
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.182254.27688@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <15NOV199220202022@utarlg.uta.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:22:54 GMT
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- In article <15NOV199220202022@utarlg.uta.edu> b645zav@utarlg.uta.edu (Christopher 'Mr OS/2' Morris) writes:
- >First of all, let me say that OS/2 is an awesome OS. However, I have one minor
- >problem with my text mode (and graphics-simulated text mode) characters. It
- >appears as if they have been slightly compresses in the horizontal direction.
- >This is most noticable with the letters m and 0. The middle veritcal stroke in
- >the letter m is so slender - it is barely visible. I sometimes can not tell
- >if it is a n or m... And the number 0 normally has a 'dot' in the center of it
- >(to distinguish it from a O), and that _is_ invisible.
-
- What you probably are observing are the new ISO compliant screen
- typefaces. These are to conform with new regulations in Europe, I'm
- told, which have been instituted to improve computer display
- readability.
-
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