> Am 19.06.2025 um 22:19 schrieb tsiegel--- via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>: > > Does changing to 40 columns just use half the screen, or does it make the > font larger to accommodate?
It makes the font larger (like „double“) > If the latter, it might be a way to make the font larger. That I would have expected, but didn’t yet find a way how. > Only ever used 40 columns on apple II/E computers that only had 40 colomn > screens, never used it in dos where 80 column modes were available. > > > On 6/19/2025 5:31 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote: >> >> >>> On Jun 19, 2025, at 1:03 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user >>> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>>> How can I make the system font bigger? >>>> (e.g. setting the display to 20 lines instead of 25) >>>> I am using cga. >>> >>> Hmm. CGA. Not even EGA or VGA. In VGA, you would get: >>> >>> C:\>mode con lines=42 >>> Lines must be 25, 28, 43 or 50, or font size 8, 14 or 16. >>> If you have VESA, 30, 34 or 60 lines can be available, too. >>> >>> Given that CGA has 320x200 and 640x200 modes, you could >>> try to load some 8x14 or 8x16 font, but that would mean >>> only 12 or 14 lines. >>> >>> In addition, the CGA BIOS does not contain fonts larger >>> than 8x8, so you would have to use the DOS DISPLAY driver >>> to load the larger fonts. However, that driver probably >>> ALSO will assume that you only want 8x8 fonts and fail >>> to load the larger fonts. >>> >>> According to wikipedia, CGA only supports ROM fonts. >>> I guess it just does not have enough graphics RAM. >>> >>> You could only switch to a slow graphics mode and let >>> the BIOS render the text in software. Should work for >>> software which does not directly access text screen >>> buffer memory and only uses DOS or BIOS to show text. >>> >>> Regards, Eric >> >> As Eric said, I am fairly sure it is not really possible with CGA. >> >> However, on VGA there are tricks... >> >> You can load a font that has variety of lines for vertical height. >> From around 8 to around 30. It depends on hardware. I think >> 26 was about the maximum reliable height. >> >> Loading such a font does affect the total number of lines on >> the screen. >> >> To demonstrate, run PGME, go to the Eternal Menu and >> execute the Eternal Doc (BigText). It will temporarily load a >> larger font in text mode resulting in (I think) 80x15 text mode. >> >> However, you would still be in the default video mode and many >> programs will not check and assume it is 80x25. So, I would not >> recommend permanently installing a taller font for general usage. >> >> That being said, the VGA font has a lot of padding. Many years >> ago, I created a font and TSR to provide bigger text without >> Increasing the font size. >> >> It won’t help you because it requires VGA. But, if anyone else >> wants to give it a try, you can download it from GitLab at >> >> https://github.com/shidel/DustyTP7/blob/master/bin/LARGE.COM >> >> Interestingly, it won’t effect the font under any of the DOSBoxs. >> But, works fine on real hardware and the VMs I have tested. >> >> :-) >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freedos-user mailing list >>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
