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Re: Smaller fonts and windows in 3.0

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From: Roger Hadgraft
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 1990 21:22
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In article <wbEQHrO00XQ=40k2cO@andrew.cmu.edu>, dd2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Eugene Dwiggins) writes:
> Is there any way to decrease the size of the fonts and windows in Windows
> 3.0? I would really like to see more stuff on the screen.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Dwiggins (dd2x@andrew.cmu.edu)

You could always try installing the next smallest set of fonts (eg. use EGA for
VGA). This might require some renaming. I use the VGA fonts in 800x600 mode, and
although they seemed a bit small initially, I've got used to them now, and
appreciate the extra amount that I fit on the same 14" screen.
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Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |
Monash University               |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia.  |  fax:    +61 3 565 4944 or 3409
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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
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Subject: Re: Smaller fonts and windows in 3.0
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Date: 15 Nov 90 21:22:10 GMT
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