[LOGic] LOGic 8 & runaway font - Update

[Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO]

This phenomena isn't restricted to LOGic 8; it's been happening since at
least LOGic 6 that I know of. There is some kind of incompatibility between
the dialog box generator Dennis is using and this feature of Windows font
management. I solved the problem not by turning off font-smoothing but by
selecting fonts for this program that aren't affected by the problem. I'm
using System 9-pt and 10-pt Bold in my LOGic screens now. This is a
hard-bitmapped Windows screen font rather than a TrueType or Type 1 font,
and therefore doesn't need to get "smoothed". It's very sharp and readable.
Check it out.

Bill W5WVO


N8GLS, Brad wrote:
> Thanks Bob,
>
> I figured not everyone was seeing this as there would have been a
> bunch of posts about it.
>
> Got me thinking though and found that this is related to Clear Type
> being selected for smoothing screen fonts in Windows XP (Pro here).
>
> If I select "Standard" instead of "Clear Type" the problem goes away.
> The text isn't as "smoothed" as I would like but it certainly
> eliminated the "runaway" font.
>
>
> N8GLS, Brad
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROBERT CARROLL [mailto:w2wg at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:37 PM
> To: n8gls at arrl.net; 'LOGic Reflector'
> Subject: RE: [LOGic] LOGic 8 & runaway font
>
> Not seeing it here.
> Bob W2WG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of N8GLS
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:29 PM
> To: LOGic Reflector
> Subject: [LOGic] LOGic 8 & runaway font
>
>
> Is anyone experiencing some text in the Info, Spot Log, and Other
> QSO's windows becoming bolder with each passing second ?
>
> I run my screen resolution so high that as each second ticks away the
> text gets bolder and bolder almost to the point of not being able to
> read it anymore.  Except for the Info form, it is not in any data
> entry field. Here's what I'm seeing running away;
>
> Info form - ALL field text labels AND data fields, except text labels
> on buttons NOAA, Wx Underground, and Prefix Form.
>
> Other QSO's form - Only text labels Match Portable/Mobile and Call.
>
> Spot Log form - Only text labels Show All, Announce, Display Lock, and
> Record Lock.
>
> This is interesting...in the case of the Other QSO's and Spot Log
> forms, if its an active window it doesn't occur.  In the case of the
> Info form it occurs regardless of whether or not its the active
> window.
>
> Perplexing..
>
> 73 de N8GLS, Brad
>
>
>
>
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