[comp.sys.apollo] DM fonts

wescott@LNIC1.HPRC.UH.EDU (Andrew M. Wescott) (07/17/89)

We have just upgraded our dn10000 to a 80 plane VS unit.  The
first thing I noticed was the very small fonts that are loaded
by default on the 1280 x 1024 monitor.  My DM competence is
minimal, but I did an "fl" on the /sys/dm/fonts/std.color fonts
in startup_login.1280color, and now the fonts size within the
pads is acceptable.

But...the fonts in the DM command window at the bottom are still
the small ones.  I tried to do the same fl in /sys/node_data/startup
before the DM window is created, but this didn't help.

How do you do this?


Andrew Wescott
University of Houston
Department of Chemical Engineering

carlson (Carlson Peters) (03/27/91)

Thanks to all who tried to answer my questions about loading new
fonts in the DM command: windows.  The correct method is to
'crl /sys/dm/fonts/std.display_type /sys/dm/fonts/your_favorite_font'.
A word of caution: only the f* fonts work properly with the ksh.  
The fl command does not work with these special windows. Of course
you must restart the DM for changes to take effect.



-- 
Carlson Peters
(213) 481-7898
elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ladwp!carlson