[comp.arch] Characters sets, screen size and resolution

rcpieter@svin02.info.win.tue.nl (Tiggr) (11/09/90)

davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:

>The low resolution solution is to first drop from 9x16 to 8x13, losing
>serifs in the process, then to 8x8, losing decenders, and looking like a
>1978 dot matrix printer.

I have a screen holding 144x45 characters each taking up 8x8 pixels.
This character set (from the good old BBC micro) has all features you
want (clarity and true descenders) and using the screen continuously
for 12 hours is no problem.

I wish I had 300x100 characters on my screen...

Tiggr