lai@vedge.UUCP (David Lai) (07/02/88)
Has anyone experimented with fonts less than 8 pixels wide. ie. how about a 5x7 font in a 6x8 box (a popular size in old terminals). What I'd like to do is try to get more than 80 columns across a line (without resorting to expansions of screens) and I thought a smaller font would do it. Any software out there that won't work with fonts smaller than 8 across? After I create this font with 'fed', how do I tell the system to use this as the default font? -- "What is a DJ if he can't scratch?" - Uncle Jamms Army The views expressed are those of the author, and not of Visual Edge, nor Usenet. David Lai (vedge!lai@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu || ...watmath!onfcanim!vedge!lai)
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (07/04/88)
In article <384@vedge.UUCP| lai@vedge.UUCP (David Lai) writes: |Has anyone experimented with fonts less than 8 pixels wide. ie. how |about a 5x7 font in a 6x8 box (a popular size in old terminals). What |I'd like to do is try to get more than 80 columns across a line (without |resorting to expansions of screens) and I thought a smaller font would |do it. Any software out there that won't work with fonts smaller |than 8 across? A-Talk Plus came (and A-Talk III will come) with a font that would give you 128 chars/line (and 132 with overscan). Even more chars/line with an even smaller font to simulate the smaller Tek font. I have seen also a few small fonts on Public networks. |After I create this font with 'fed', how do I tell the |system to use this as the default font? There is a program called Setfont, which can be found everywhere (public nets and fish disks). -- Marco Papa 'Doc' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
bilbo@pnet02.cts.com (Bill Daggett) (07/05/88)
lai@vedge.UUCP (David Lai) writes: >Has anyone experimented with fonts less than 8 pixels wide. ie. how >about a 5x7 font in a 6x8 box (a popular size in old terminals). What >David Lai (vedge!lai@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu || ...watmath!onfcanim!vedge!lai) Online! supports a number of alternate fonts. I just switched to 5 x 8 to see what your message looked like - I had never tried this. Well... It is difficult but not impossible to read. Do you want to do this so you can display 132 columns? I can't recommend it but what do I know...? Bill UUCP: {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax rutgers!marque}!gryphon!pnet02!bilbo INET: bilbo@pnet02.cts.com * Sometimes The Dragon Wins! * Still looking for the best Amiga BBS software to resurrect Bilbo's Hideaway on - but not holding breath!
daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (07/08/88)
in article <384@vedge.UUCP>, lai@vedge.UUCP (David Lai) says: > Has anyone experimented with fonts less than 8 pixels wide. ie. how > about a 5x7 font in a 6x8 box (a popular size in old terminals). What > I'd like to do is try to get more than 80 columns across a line (without > resorting to expansions of screens) and I thought a smaller font would > do it. Any software out there that won't work with fonts smaller > than 8 across? After I create this font with 'fed', how do I tell the > system to use this as the default font? When using DNET, I like to have at least 80 columns across, but with a plain 8x8 font in the FTerm window that's impossible, at least without using any overscan, since FTerm runs in a sizable window. So I built this font, which gives me 88 columns in a 640 pixel wide sizable window. To install it on your system, uudecode the ".uue" files and execute the execute.me script. To use this as the default font, use my SetFont program (was posted here some time ago, and it's also on a Fish Disk) or similar program. As I'm only using this font for telecommunications, I only really did the ASCII characters right -- the rest of the characters are probably not very suitable for things like foreign languages. This font looks best in black letters on a light background. #! /bin/sh # This is a shell archive, meaning: # 1. Remove everything above the #! /bin/sh line. # 2. Save the resulting text in a file. # 3. Execute the file with /bin/sh (not csh) to create the files: # 8.uue # Execute.Me # Fterm.font.uue # This archive created: Thu Jul 7 14:30:32 1988 export PATH; PATH=/bin:$PATH if test -f '8.uue' then echo shar: will not over-write existing file "'8.uue'" else cat << \SHAR_EOF > '8.uue' begin 644 8 M #\P ! * #Z0 H!P $YU , M !H/@ ! M , !H "9 " " < !P ! @_@ &X P@ !GX M !!(D( #A@0@ <$'#@1\,?'#@ $ (#AP0\..'SXXB. 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