Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 818
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 00:01:03 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Monday 08 March 2004
 Number  818
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  Better fonts at higher resolution ?? : Richard R. Pufky" <rpufky1 at rochester.rr dot com>

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Date:  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 16:34:54 -0500
From:  "Richard R. Pufky" <rpufky1 at rochester.rr dot com>
Subject:  Re:  Better fonts at higher resolution ??

Hello,

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 15:49:34 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
> IBM screen (1024 x 768) to using this "giant" at 1280 x 1024
> and as well as things being clearer, the shape of text
> characters has also changed.
> 
>   I am still using the same graphics card and Scitech SNAP
> driver, at the same refresh rate and colour depth so why
> should the shape of characters change simply by increasing
> resolution ? Clarity yes, but actual shape ??

Shape change probably has more to do with the aspect ratio of those two resolutions more than anything else.

1280x1024 is a different aspect ratio than 1024x768.

640/480=1.3333...
800/600=1.3333...
1024/768=1.3333...
1280/1024=1.25

1280x960 will give the same aspect ratio (1.3333...), with the same horizontal resolution.

HTH,
Rick
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