Re: ShadowWrite v1.3.2 TEXT reading FONTs

[mdm@netcom.com (Mark Miller)]

In article <qHuc8B1w165w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca> bjohnson@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Brian Johnson) writes:
> 
>What is the best font to use with ShadowWrite v1.3.2 for reading text 
>files?

First, where did you get SW 1.3.2?  I thought I had the latest version 1.3.1.
Did I miss it?  Where did you get it?

>However I have found that when importing any text file into a 640 mode
>screen reader with the Shaston font, all Text file spacing control is 
>lost.

This is what happens when you use a proportional font.  A proportional font
will use only the necessary amount of "points" to draw each character.  For
example, the letter "m" is wider than the letter "i".  However, a
non-proportional, font keeps the "point width" the same for each character.

>To be more specific, if you took this message off-line and read it with
>ShadowWrite using the Shaston font for your text reader/display, you'll
>notice that my SIG loses its character space format.  However if you
>changed your screen font to one of the following...
> 
>1. PC Monospaced       Plain         Size 10
>2. Monaco (TT)         Plain         Size 10
>3. Courier (TT)        Plain         Size 10 or 12
> 
>you'll see that my SIG at the bottom of this message maintains its true
>Text line/character spacing.  Now the problem is the font display
>legibility. The three listed fonts work for text character spacing, but
>they do not have the crisp screen appearance that Shaston has.

Those fonts are non-proportional, that's why you have proper character
spacing!

>If you happen to know of a font that maintains proper text character
>spacing and looks as good as Shaston using any 640 mode application,
>please let me know.

Keep looking...especially in ftp sites.  There are plenty to be found.
The only way (that I'm aware of) to know whether a font is proportional
or non-proportional is to test it with a file...rather time consuming!

>ShadowWrite is my KEY off-line text reader / writing application.

Me too!

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