| Re: Widget Columns (RE: X-windows fonts) [message #300] |
Thu, 20 February 1992 06:31 |
thompson
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Registered: August 1991
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In article <1992Feb20.012538.1@rcb.stsci.edu>, deutsch@rcb.stsci.edu writes...
> ...I found that on the VAXstations the font is not proportionally spaced,
> but rather all spaces are actually half-spaces (i.e. all characters have the
> same width except spaces, which are half width.) I fixed this by having the
> display software (tediously) search though each line and replace all spaces
> with two spaces. This made the table columns line up properly. I think....
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case on the Sun workstation.
One person suggested setting up font aliases, which is a good idea, but only
practicle on a small number of machines. I'm more interested in coming up with
a solution that doesn't require special intersession by the system manager.
That's my idea of an "open" system.
I can't imagine why Sun and DEC would use font names that are so close, but
still different from each other. Is there really a standard set of fonts?
And, if so, which system is the one that's not going by the standard?
Bill Thompson
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