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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

2113.0. "18 pt. Times font messed up since VMS V5.3 installed" by DOPEY::DICKENS (What are you pretending not to know ?) Tue Jan 23 1990 12:04

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Note 659.0    18 pt. Times font messed up since VMS V5.3 installed    No replies
DOPEY::DICKENS "What are you pretending not to know ?"  10 lines  23-JAN-1990 11:59
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Ever since I installed VMS V5.3 on our workstations, the 18 pt. Times font
does not print correctly on the screen in DECwrite.  The spacing is all messed
up.  Other sizes of Times or other fonts look fine.  I imagine this is a 
DECwindows problem and not a DECwrite problem, so I will post this in the
DECwindows conference too.

Has anyone else seen this problem ?  Can anyone tell me which file may be
clobbered? ?

						-Jeff

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2113.1	Font file could be messed up	STAR::VATNE	Peter Vatne, VMS Development	`Tue Jan 23 1990 14:19`	10
	Assuming that you are using 75 DPI fonts, and also that you are not using the bold, italic, or bold italic versions of the 18 pt. Times font, then the file you should check is SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.75DPI]TIMES_ROMAN18.DECW$FONT. You should be able to compare this file with a good font file from another workstation. If the files are not the same, copy the font file from the other system, and reset the server by logging out and in again. If you don't have access to another workstation, you can always try re-installing the font files by running SYS$UPDATE:DECW$TAILOR.
2113.2		DOPEY::DICKENS	What are you pretending not to know ?	`Thu Jan 25 1990 09:39`	1
	Thanks. I'll give it a try.
2113.3	Bad DECwindows font file?	SARAH::RAMSHAW		`Mon Jan 29 1990 15:30`	12
	There does seem to be a problem with this font file i.e. sys$common:[sysfont.decw.75dpi]times_roman18.decw$font The size of the space character went from 4 pixels in V1.0 (DECwindows) to 11 pixels in V2.0. The space width in the bold font is still 4 pixels under V2.0. I have successfully fixed the problem by copying the V1.0 font file to my workstation. Is this a reasonable thing to do? Will DECwindows V2.0 work properly with a V1.0 font file? Martin Ramshaw (DECwrite developer)
2113.4	Please QAR this	STAR::VATNE	Peter Vatne, VMS Development	`Mon Jan 29 1990 16:34`	4
	If you think the font file TIMES_ROMAN18.DECW$FONT is broken, and not just a bad copy from tape, I suggest you QAR this. I know of no reason why you can't use V1.0 font files with the V2.0 server.