Re: XyWrite in a big CRT monitor

[fenda@xxxxxxxx]

The Uwe Siebert's licensed fonts gives XyWrite's screen appearance under
Windows a beautiful flexibility. Either in 25x80 or 25x50 mode, the
characters are very crisp and there are many interesting possible
choices of fonts for the XyWrite Windows window. Good news!
Manuel Castelao

fenda@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I think I have found the solution to my problem. As I have explained
> here, the default font looks very ugly on a 21" monitor (the pixels are
> very visible). I tested two procedures to try to solve the problem:
> - First, I used programs to change the VGA font, maintaining the full
> screen DOS mode under Windows. For example: FontEdit or FontPak DOS. But
> no comfortable solution in 80x25 mode, even after testing a lot of
> different fonts (the problem with very visible "pixelation" always
> remains).
> - Second, I used the Uwe Siebert's freeware fonts and I changed to 41
> lines mode in XyWrite, running the program inside a Windows window. A
> lot better (under Windows, not in a DOS full screen session)! I had a
> very comfortable screen with a lot of visible lines. The only remaining
> problem was the rest of the screen, the typical Windows screen. Then I
> used a freeware Siebert's utility called ConsoleBlackFill that
> automatically makes the rest of the screen black when a DOS windows
> screen is active. This is the right solution for me. Now I am waiting
> for more Siebert's fonts (the licensed ones, USD $6) to have a full
> screen XyWrite Windows window in 1280x1024 mode.
> Maybe my research could be useful for someone on the list. These are the
> URLs:
> http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfon_e.html
> http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfonfe.html
> Best regards,
> Manuel Castelao
>
> fenda@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Bill:
> > I was unable to find information referred to XyDos 4 text screen fonts
> > running in a Windows window in XyWeb and Annie's sites. Please outline
> > for me your procedure to change the screen font in a Windows 98
> > environment. The shortcut properties only give me access to a predefined
> > set of screen fonts.
> > Best regards,
> > Manuel
> >
> > Bill Troop wrote:
> > >
> > > >I'm running XyWrite 4.018 on a Dell laptop in a window (Win95), not because
> > > >it's too large otherwise (it's a full-screen window), but because in
> > > >full-screen mode the characters are ugly and in windowed mode they are sharp
> > > >and crisp.
> > >
> > > That's why it's usually necessary to run XY4 in a window -- the fonts are
> > > so much better than in full-screen mode. On my 1600x1200 Dell laptop, I use
> > > Lucida Console for the screen font, set to 28 points, and I still get 40
> > > lines. It looks much better than any of the alternatives. Manuel, what OS
> > > are you using? It might be possible to offer some fine-tuning suggestions
> > > if we had more details.