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Title: Amiga High Res Screen Fonts
Post by: mpiva on December 17, 2004, 11:20:17 PM

   I finally got a decent monitor and graphics card to run a 1024x768 Workbench.  Problem is the fonts I was using before are too small.  I don't feel like wading through the multitude of Amiga fonts to find one I like, nor do I have the time.  So I thought I'd ask people's opinions to narrow down my selection.

   Anybody have some recommendations for some screen fonts that will look nice on a 1024x768x24 display?

Title: Re: Amiga High Res Screen Fonts
Post by: Robert17 on December 18, 2004, 12:01:38 AM

Have to tried going into Prefs - Fonts and adjusting the size from there?

Robert

Title: Re: Amiga High Res Screen Fonts
Post by: blobrana on December 18, 2004, 02:19:53 AM

Hum,
i think he means
Xhelvetica /13 workbench font
XEN.font/13 systen default
Xhelvetica/13 screen font

(i personaly have a Dark screen (http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/blobrana/cont/computer.html), so i use white fonts...)

Title: Re: Amiga High Res Screen Fonts
Post by: Hyperspeed on December 18, 2004, 03:00:00 AM

Depends on how big your monitor is too I suppose.

The original Topaz font wouldn't look so bad on 1024x768 I would have
thought, since Xen fonts on a 14" monitor at 1024x768 would be quite
whispy.

The fonts in the MagicWB package from SASG are nice like XHelvetica 13
and don't look too arty/medieval/cartoony.

Remember to switch the Prefs/Fonts - 'Mode' toggle to TEXT and not
TEXT & FIELD so that you don't get a background for your fonts and
they appear transparently on the screen.

Use System/FixFonts occasionaly to update your FONTS/ drawer to let it
know added/deleted typefaces.

And don't try using intellifont or anything, I think Workbench
supports it with the 'bullet outlines' but this would be really slow.

:-)

Title: Re: Amiga High Res Screen Fonts
Post by: mpiva on December 18, 2004, 05:41:34 AM

Quote

Robert17 wrote:
Have to tried going into Prefs - Fonts and adjusting the size from there?

Robert

   Duh... I know HOW to do it.  I have been using an Amiga since 1985.  Questions is: what are some good fonts?

  I was using XEN, XHelvetica, XCourier, etc before but I don't like how they look in HighRes... too thin for Title Bars, Icons, Buttons, etc, especially over textured backgrounds.  TitleShadow helps with window title bars but that's it.  Also, I've just spent a lot of time configuring MUI with some really nice background textures.  Looks great but thin fonts sometimes can be hard to read on a texture, especially on high resolution screens.  I need something that will stand out more but still looks nice.

Title: Re: Amiga High Res Screen Fonts
Post by: blobrana on December 18, 2004, 02:38:55 PM

Hum,
i find that when i sit closer to the monitor, it seems bigger.

Have you checked out     Aberdeen Fonts (http://us.aminet.net/text/font/index.html), and wbfont.lha