Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!usc!merlin.usc.edu!castor.usc.edu!aliu From: aliu@castor.usc.edu (Terminal Entry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Changing text clarity on a c-64 Message-ID: <4699@merlin.usc.edu> Date: 10 Aug 89 10:44:06 GMT References: <1989Aug10.072328.5711@plains.NoDak.edu> Sender: news@merlin.usc.edu Reply-To: aliu@castor.usc.edu (Terminal Entry) Organization: Programmers in Shock, Inc. Lines: 24 In article <1989Aug10.072328.5711@plains.NoDak.edu> ncperson@ndsuvax.UUCP (Brett G. Person) writes: >Is there a way to increase the size of the >text and increae the readability of the screens? It certainly is possible to use larger text on the 64 with relative ease. Compute's Gazette once had a little program that let you use double-width text on the 64. Not sure what issue, tho. In case you want to write your own routine, it would go like this: Duble width text: Define the normal A letter as the right half of 'A' letter, and the REVERSED A letter as the left half of the A.. So, when you would be using the new font, to type a double-width A, you'd type A+RVS[A]... When you choose to use either double height or double width, you loose the "reversed" text option. When you choose to use double height/double width, you have to give-up something else, such as maybe lower-case letters. 2x2 s the most you can do with a regular font. By using raster interrupt, you can use larger fonts, but that gets tricky.