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Re> Telnet and invisible fonts

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From: Tom Mornini
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 15:57
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>   I'm trying to make the text input for the password invisible,
>   as it's supposed to be when you're logging on.  Tried putting a white
>   box on top of it - didn't work; the input box apparently has a higher
>   priority.  Then tried pushing it off screen - didn't work either, the
>   box stopped at the border.  I tried reducing the box to nothing, and then
>   the program won't let me input more than one character.
>
>   Help!  Please send e-mail responses to krhee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu.
>   Thanks in advance.

>> Another option is to chose an exotic font (dingbats), and set the user
>> entry text to that font. Include it in the file when packaging.

>> Alternatively, you might create a font with only bullets ?

How about a font with only spaces, or even zero width characters? This font
could be included in the file with ResEdit or Font-DA Mover and would only be
available when your file was open, avoiding an installation headache.
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