F
FACE
windows xp, sp2
16:9 display res.
I have read the recent threads on this. They give no joy.
I installed XP with a 4:3 monitor FWIW...........
Now, at 16:9, squares are rectangles, circles are ovals.
Obviously an aspect ratio problem.
I have onboard video: device description VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP, currently
at 1024x768 (4:3) for reasons explained below............
1280x768 is supported and is close enough (15:9).
(That gives a ~6% skew I can live with. about 1" black strip borders on
desktop of a 23" screen (specifically Acer x233h) -- circles appear round,
squares appear square. Most apps (like Firefox) spread to full available
screen but appear geometrically correct.
BUT.............
The system font assumes a minor to bad distortion depending on letters
present -- best i can describe is that some letters are "squashed" or
"folded", or in some cases appear to eyeball to be missing. -- Resultant
problems in spacing. This font distortion carries over into apps........
SO..............
I am looking at changing vgasys.fon to be vgaoem.fon. So far as i can
see, that is not a "click here" type change so i am wondering if that
should give joy and I wonder what the font differences are -- proportional
vs fixed, scaleable vs ??. etc......... ??
AND..........
Should I make the change in win.ini or sys.ini or ? and how. (Win.ini &
hard editting the file [qedit] looks to be the best bet)
OR...........
Is there a better solution with materials/hardware at hand?
Looking forward to your replies.................
FACE
16:9 display res.
I have read the recent threads on this. They give no joy.
I installed XP with a 4:3 monitor FWIW...........
Now, at 16:9, squares are rectangles, circles are ovals.
Obviously an aspect ratio problem.
I have onboard video: device description VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP, currently
at 1024x768 (4:3) for reasons explained below............
1280x768 is supported and is close enough (15:9).
(That gives a ~6% skew I can live with. about 1" black strip borders on
desktop of a 23" screen (specifically Acer x233h) -- circles appear round,
squares appear square. Most apps (like Firefox) spread to full available
screen but appear geometrically correct.
BUT.............
The system font assumes a minor to bad distortion depending on letters
present -- best i can describe is that some letters are "squashed" or
"folded", or in some cases appear to eyeball to be missing. -- Resultant
problems in spacing. This font distortion carries over into apps........
SO..............
I am looking at changing vgasys.fon to be vgaoem.fon. So far as i can
see, that is not a "click here" type change so i am wondering if that
should give joy and I wonder what the font differences are -- proportional
vs fixed, scaleable vs ??. etc......... ??
AND..........
Should I make the change in win.ini or sys.ini or ? and how. (Win.ini &
hard editting the file [qedit] looks to be the best bet)
OR...........
Is there a better solution with materials/hardware at hand?
Looking forward to your replies.................
FACE