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   Message 982 of 3,371   
   Alex Taylor to All   
   Re: use OS/2 screen fonts in linux and W   
   17 May 11 07:14:01   
   
   From: "Alex Taylor"    
      
   On Mon, 16 May 2011 10:05:44 UTC, me@privacy.net wrote:   
      
   > Is there a form of the OS/2 screen fonts available for us in linux? If   
   > not, is there a font available with similar properties?  I am in   
   > particular looking for the 25x7 screen font I can select in a window such   
   > as I run FC/2 in.   
   >    
   > My motiviation for this is that there is now a linux version of FC, so I   
   > would like this particular font as I find it more readable at my   
   > resolution of 1024x768 when running FC in 132 column mode.  I would also   
   > be interested in a version I could install in Windows to use in the same   
   > manner.   
      
   I actually started to write a TrueType imitation of System VIO (similar   
   to what Workplace Sans does for WarpSans) a few years back.  It still    
   needs a lot of work, though.    
      
   (I'll try and send you more info by email later.)   
      
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