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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 keesan AT cyberspace.org wrote:

> I fixed this problem by changing from -fn 10x20 to -fn fixed or -fn
> linux8x16.  These are smaller, however, and do not fill the whole window
> (even when I run at 640).  What other fonts should I try?  There is no
> linux10x20.   What I have is usable, no big deal.  10x20 might not be a
> good default for bl2.
>
fonts are a huge and complex issue under Linux.  I think there are some
font how to's that might help.  I'm still sorting these things out myself,
so can't be of much help.  I do know that there is a 9x18 fixed font: have
you tried that one? (i.e., -fn 9x18 -fb 9x18bold)  100 dpi as opposed to
75 dpi fonts might be an issue here as well: I understand the system uses
whichever it finds first in the font path specified in XF86Config.
>
> I tried to set up WORD 5.5 for DOS and the printer driver installation
> does not work.  Setup is supposed to produce drivers ending in .prd from
> the files in .pr$ (created when you run the downloaded .exe) and does not.
> How do I convert these myself?  We were going to give a disk to the friend
> with the broken Windows and ended up giving her Works instead today.
>
The .exe file just inflates the contents.  To install things, you have to
run setup.exe within the folder where stuff was inflated.  Then, the dir
"word" is created and all contents further inflated and installed, with
legitimate extensions.  Sounds like maybe you didn't run the setup.exe,
but only the wd55_ben.exe executable.

James