[LOGic] LOGic 8 & runaway font - Update

[Mel Martin]

I've noticed the same thing with Logic 6. Drove me nuts at first... but 
by selecting fonts and avoiding "bold" it's less of a problem. After a 
while, you stop noticing it...


Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO wrote:
> 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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