ghodsi@shire.cs.psu.edu (M. Ghodsi) (08/02/89)
The MS Paint that I am running does not draw perfect circles; it draws ovals instead. Does any body know what the problem is? thanks, ghodsi@cs.psu.edu
bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner) (08/02/89)
/ hpcvlx:comp.windows.ms / ghodsi@shire.cs.psu.edu (M. Ghodsi) / 2:43 pm Aug 1, 1989 / The MS Paint that I am running does not draw perfect circles; it draws ovals instead. Does any body know what the problem is? thanks, ghodsi@cs.psu.edu ---------- Honest, it is drawing circles.... There is an option available that says whether the drawing is formatted for the screen or for the printer. If you use the default (format for printer) then each pixel is drawn as if it has the same aspect ratio of the printer (since Paint simply displays the bitmap without any scaling, this is the only way they can format it to use the printer's capabilities.) And since most printers (especially laser printers) use square pixels while the displays still use rectangular pixels, things don't look quite right. BTW, on a VGA where the pixels are square the circle does look correct. --Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.hp.com) HP Corvallis Information Systems