![]() ![]() The last important reason is simply that the devs have more important things to worry about than a feature that they won't use themselves, isn't useful for games (DOSBox' primary purpose is to run games) and for which there exists an acceptable workaround as proposed by Qbix and explained by myself. To use something of different dimensions would force a change in resolution of the text display, which breaks all kinds of things in the emulation itself and in the programs that run in it. It doesn't use a font other than the pixels found in the VGA ROM. All DOSBox knows is that there are pixels. The cross-platform thing is an important one (DOSBox runs not only on Windows, but also on Linux, Mac OS X in its official releases and there are ports to many other systems such as Symbian, Windows Mobile and even Nintendo Wii - even if all those supported TrueType, all of them would use different methods of accessing the fonts, making it a developer's nightmare).Īnother important reason is compatibility. ![]() I'm just telling you why it's not going to happen. You're confusing the requirements of "many people" with your own. You have simply to select de desired one. They may be an option in the configuration file, in wich you can select TRUE TYPE font or System Font. PowerShell console - Properties PowerShell Properties - Font size This method has two downsides. You just have to click the PowerShell icon in the upper left corner of the console and then select Properties. There is no reason to be angry if developers add this option. If you don’t like the default font, you can easily change it through the Windows PowerShell properties. but many people today uses it (of would use it) it text font were more readable, like Lucida console. Kippesoep: I know that the font is this because of the emulation of CGA/VGA. For a resolution, I'd recommend multiples of the original resolution, which for textmode is 640x400 (which probably means you only have room for 1280x800) to get the best result, especially when using an output mode that scales without filtering (such as "ddraw" or "openglnb", possibly "overlay" depending on your drivers). ![]() The default output of "surface" doesn't allow scaling, so use something else, probably "opengl". Qbix's suggestion will work, of course, but may require some elaboration for you: You will need to edit the DOSBox configuration file and set "windowresolution" to the required resolution and choose an appropriate setting for "output". This would make many people really angry, including myself □ Also, Lucida Console is not likely to be available on the other platforms that DOSBox runs on (it doesn't just run on Windows). Changing it to something else, especially a truetype font would not strictly be compatible to those cards, which would defeat the purpose of the emulation. Amfm, the font is what it is because it emulates a real CGA/EGA/VGA card's font. ![]()
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