🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Article #41908

Re: Changing system font on VGA monitor

#41908
From: Jason Merrill
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 00:09
14 lines
1311 bytes
In article <25cb3462:4557.1comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP> akcs.amparsonjr@vpnet.UUCP (Anthony M. Parson, Jr.) writes:
>I've used the old EGA font programs that were published in PC Mag about 2
>years ago , on my VGA.  Mainly they were different sizes by playing with
>the number of scan lines, but there was an italic EGA font in the group.
>Names were something like:  EGA12.COM , EGA25.COM , EGA43.COM,EGAITAL.COM
>
>I haven't seen anything FREE for VGA yet, but will keep looking...

There is a program on SIMTEL in pd1:<msdos.vga> called VFONT436.ARC, which
sets screen fonts on a VGA card.  It only supports its internal fonts,
though -- one modern font and one rather wierd one called Scrawl...

--
Jason Merrill				jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu
Technical Details
Message-ID: <4231@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp!deimos!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!bridge2!jarthur!jmerrill
References: <1990Jan26.044210.25971@cec1.wustl.edu> <25cb3462:4557.1comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp!deimos!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!bridge2!jarthur!jmerrill
From: jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Jason Merrill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Changing system font on VGA monitor
Keywords: Question
Message-ID: <4231@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 8 Feb 90 00:09:12 GMT
References: <1990Jan26.044210.25971@cec1.wustl.edu> <25cb3462:4557.1comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@vpnet.UUCP>
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Lines: 14