might be your choice of type.
right click on the bar above the xywrite screen,
choose defaults, then fonts.
you get two choices -- Lucinda console and raster fonts, (and
choice
of sizes -- but that can come later)
whatever you have, choose the other and see if that works better.
beyond that -- others seem to have a lot of high tech
solutions and type
choices, but this is the easy one if it works.
andy t
----- Original Message -----
From:
Leslie Savan
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 4:53
PM
Subject: New monitor/bad resolution
I hope someone can help on this
(and Hi, Jon Pareles!)
My new flat-panel monitor has
terrible resolution for print. The video and
graphics work fine, but
text is difficult to read in Windows and even worse
in Xywrite, where the
widescreen seems to pull the letters till they're fat
and fuzzy and,
regardless of adjustments in brightness etc., dull.
Some
specs:
I'm using Xywrite III Plus, version
3.56.
My computer is the
horrid Windows
ME (Dell Dimension 1400), which I keep solely for Xywrite.
The monitor I just retired came
with the ME and the screen is
13" wide, 9 1/2" high, and 16" diagonal.
The new monitor is a Dell 1908WFP,
16" wide, 10" high, 19" diagonal.
Windows problems: Except for
most headlines
and subheads, the letters themselves aren't quite solid;
sometimes I'll get a
thin "t," a word later, a
thicker "t." The same word
may contain both wispy and solid letters. Some
letters blur, though
they'll be unblurry a line away. The words in the
address bar are harder to
read, and when highlighted, in reverse type,
still harder. They and the
black-on-gray letters at the top of an email
(those that spell "Edit,"
"Format," etc.) sometimes come with little halos,
and when they don't, the
letters tend to blur, the black of the letter spilling
into the white of the halo, resulting in dark gray
fuzz.
The screen slumps in the
middle, most at the top, where the straight lines
and bars make the
sagging more apparent. This occurs on websites, email,
and
Xywrite.
Xywrite problems:
The letters are too fat
and blurry.
I expect them to be larger, but as I said,
the widescreen
seems to bloat them. Also, the command field and about the
top 10th of
the screen are darker than the rest.
My previous monitor handled Xywrite
beautifully: I bought a new one only
because the tiny
type on Windows was straining my eyes. By comparison,
the
old monitor's white-on-black screen was a relief. Now, the new
monitor
is a strain in both Win and Xy.
Fiddling while eyes burn:
Both on Xy and Win, I've fiddled
with brightness,
contrast, sharpness, pixels, and "phase" (though the online
manual doesn't
explain what that is). While some combinations of those seem to
improve
Windows' resolution, it's not quite enough. No combination of
adjustments
improves the type on Xywrite. (Well, lowering the pixels is better
than
expanding them.)
On "Display Properties," I have the
color set at Tru Color (32 bit) and the
Screen Area at 1280 by 800 pixels. The
online instructions advise 1400 x 900
pixels, but my computer doesn't
get there. Again, I've tried different combos of
pixels and color, but
these two are the best.
So what to do? More adjustments?
Are there adjustments within Xywrite I
should try? (Please be aware,
if you aren't by now, I'm not tech savvy.) Is the
widescreen and/or LCD
the problem, and should I try to find a square and/or
CRT monitor
instead? Do they even make 'em square anymore? I purchased
this thing
from Staples less than 30 days ago, and so a return or exchange is
possible.
Any advice is most
welcome.
Thanks!
Leslie
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