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Hello Phil - 

CA>>> There is software out there that will magnify the IBM
CA>>> chars to almost full screen size under DOS. 

RJT>>  Oh yeah? What's it called?\ 

CA>> "It"? I think there are several. Usually combined in a
CA>> package to redo fonts. The 'editor' will expand the fonts
CA>> to almost full screen. Existing are usually used as the
CA>> 'template'. 

PM> For a moment there I thought you were saying that you could
PM> have enlarged video fonts (like True-Type) under DOS. That
PM> would be =real= handy for my low-vision group, and would
PM> allow them to read ebooks (like those available via
PM> Gutenberg) on something as lowly as a 386 -- the only
PM> equipment we have plenty of. I thought there was a text
PM> editor or word processor from the DOS era that did have
PM> large fonts, but everyone tells me this is not possible,
PM> and I have not been able to track it or anything like it
PM> down. (If anyone does know of such a beast, please let me
PM> know.) 

(Waving hand in the air) I know! I know! 

It's called W31 and will execute on a '386 with as little as 4
meg of memory. Then use Wordpad and larger fonts. 

With a little effort you could put wordpad.exe into PeepHole,
my W31 on a diskette, to replace notepad.exe and not even need
hard drives in the machines. 

PM> Did however recently discover the following on your website. 

PM> [71]-DOS Font (2.5k archive) - Replaces the standard font
PM> of the DOS text display (AT class machines only). Not
PM> earth-shattering but this font is much easier to read for
PM> programming etc. where typos can kill your code. 

Yes, I think that is novafont.zip? 

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