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Re: text converted into bar codes - tough reading !!



Ian,

I've tried many of them (KDE, Gnome, icewm ...) same problem with all of
them

Anyway.. Thanks very much! It helped as I will try to figure out how to
change those fonts Good lead!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian D. Stewart" <idstewart@compuvative.com>
To: "shamad" <sergemartha@hotmail.com>
Cc: "Ian D. Stewart" <idstewart@compuvative.com>;
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: text converted into bar codes - tough reading !!


> On 2002.05.11 08:57 shamad wrote:
> > Ian,
> > thanks! Please bear with me but how can I cahnge the font in command
> > line
> > mode? I'm sure it is very basic but I am (unluckily) style a GUI type
> > of
> > guy..
>
> Good question!  The changes I made were in Gnome (which only effects
> the GUI).  Only thing I can think of is maybe trying out different TERM
> settings.  Check out /etc/terminfo for a list of installed terminal
> types.
>
> Hopefully, someone who is a little more clueful will respond...
>
>
> HTH,
> Ian
> > Thanks - Serge
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ian D. Stewart" <idstewart@compuvative.com>
> > To: "shamad" <sergemartha@hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: text converted into bar codes - tough reading !!
> >
> >
> > > On 2002.05.11 04:31 shamad wrote:
> > > > With SID some of the fonts look like bar codes not all
> > > > As an eemple in the Gnome Control Center all text in the right
> > window
> > > > is
> > > > readable, in the left window unreadable (bar codes)
> > > > Interestingly, if  open a window ( bash.. whatever else) and move
> > it
> > > > over
> > > > the 'bar codes' suddenly they get converted in readble text.
> > >
> > > I ran into this problem with colored fonts using ISO 10681 (I think
> > > that's what it is).  I converted over to 8859-1, and the blocks went
> > > away.  Think it might have had something to do with the former being
> > a
> > > unicode font (i.e., 2 bytes v. one).
> > >
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Ian
> > >
> >
> >
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