Re: Gift Horse and Font Quirks

["Jon P" dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxx (Redacted sender "xywrite4" for DMARC)]

Oddly enough, Dejavusansmono (.ttf) and the Cousine family both blink a window but don't load XY4 for me. No need to troubleshoot--there are alternatives.  

In fact, I have found another free mono font family that's very crisp and looks very useful--lots of bold, italic and condensed versions are available, while the regular fonts themselves rival Consola  and Inconsolata-Bold for a readable display .

https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/nk57-monospace

https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/typodermic/nk57-monospace; style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" >

https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/QpDZRoyZZalNU6j_qDouHQ--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/https://www.fontspring.com/images/typodermic/nk57-monospace.png.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" >

https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png

Jon Pareles 

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:52:34 +0000 (UTC)

From: "Wengier W" mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxx (Redacted sender "wengierwu" for DMARC)
Subject: Re: Two topics:  Gift Horse and Font Quirks

Hi Jon P,
The splash screen with the build number and credits will show up only if you are connected to a network domain or a network drive is addressed. Jos Schaars, the author of vDos has decided to make the registration of vDos optional. I cannot disable this directly in the source code, but you will never see that splash screen if your PC is not connected to a network domain or drive. More information can be found at:
https://www.vdos.info/register.html
As for alternative fonts, please note that like original vDos, only monospaced fonts are accepted by vDos-lfn. For example, if you want to use the DejavuSans font then you need to use DejaVuSansMono.ttf instead of DejavuSans.ttf. I have tested it myself and it surely works. Hope this helps.
P.S. The latest build of vDos-lfn is build 2016.08.24.
Wengier



    On Thursday, August 25, 2016 1:14 PM, Jon P mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxx wrote:


Like the rest of us I'm very grateful for VDos and VDos-LFN. 
Also, in toying with fonts, two oddities when I have tried some alternate fonts in Config.txt. 
The Cousine family, when I click on the VDos-lfn/Xywrite4 shortcut, just blinks a window for an instant and does not open XY4. 
DejavuSans (and others) pop up a VDos-lfn Exception: Cannot accommodate a 25x80 Window, and XY4 doesn't open. 
Jon Pareles 

 

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