Re: Font problems with DECpc 433 Mach 32 chipset

Why not just set the ATI video driver to the "small fonts" option?

-Dave-

In article <56hoj6$909_at_niamh.indigo.ie>, michael_at_occam.ie says...
>
>I'm looking for some help with a font problem. If you feel I have
>posted inappropriately I ask for your tolerance, as I am unsure as to
>where my problem lies.
>
>The problem is with an Oracle-based in-house application running in
>Windows 3.1 on a DEC 433DX DT system with integrated (on-board) ATI
>Mach 32 using the latest video driver.
>
>The client runs an Oracle-based application on over 150 of these
>computers on a LAN. The application use MS Sans Serif font at 800x600
>resolution. The ATI driver (set for Large Fonts) makes text too large
>for form text boxes at this resolution, and is therefore unuseable
>(the text flows outside of the text boxes). The MS Win 3.1 generic
>800x600 driver does not have this problem. Nor do numerous other
>graphic card/driver combinations the client has tried.
>
>The client does not want to replace the ATI, because it is local-bus,
>and any replacement card would be ISA. The client cannot easily use
>another font in the application - as this would involve a complete
>recompile. Nor is the generic MS driver a solution, because it's
>slower and causes problems under another terminal emulation package
>they run.
>
>We have tried switching off various features (txtengine etc.) in the
>ATI driver - without success.
>
>We have tried overwriting the ATI 800x600 sans serif font with the MS
>generic equivalent, also without success.
>
>THe client urgently needs a solution to this problem.
>
>Any suggestions or direction (by e-mail) would be greatly appreciated
>
>
>Michael.
>
Received on Sun Nov 17 1996 - 00:00:00 CET