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to: Don Hills
from: Gary Britt
date: 2006-04-26 11:09:10
subject: Re: Vanity, Vanity, All Is...

From: "Gary Britt" 

Got any of those fonts in fon file format that can be uploaded to binaries?

Gary

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> In article , "Frank Haber"
 wrote:
>>
>>***the most legible and least tiring onscreen text I've ever used is, wait
>>for
>>it, 94x36 fixed-pitch sans UltraVision DOS.  Soft grey on white.
>>Beautiful,
>>and f*ck those fontaholics.**
>
> Another thing I like about OS/2. Way back, IBM spent a lot of time and
> money
> developing fixed-pitch fonts that worked well on CRTs for use on MFTs
> (MainFrame Terminals). They used the fruits of this work for OS/2's text
> mode and VIO fonts. Anyone who's ever compared a Windows
"DOS" window with
> an OS/2 VIO window will know what I mean. I also have a suite of font
> managers and fonts for DOS.
>
> --
> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
> "New interface closely resembles Presentation Manager,
> preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
>    -- Advertisement on the box for Microsoft Windows 2.11 for 286

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