Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!gatech!psuvax1!news From: ghodsi@shire.cs.psu.edu (M. Ghodsi) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Re^2: MS Paint problem Message-ID:Date: 10 Aug 89 14:50:23 GMT References: <106580057@hpcvlx.HP.COM> <201@mother.dde.uucp> Organization: Penn State University Computer Science Lines: 50 In-reply-to: mbe@dde.uucp's message of 9 Aug 89 13:18:50 GMT on 9 Aug 89 13:18:50 GMT, mbe@dde.uucp (Martin Berg) said: #> References: <106580057@hpcvlx.HP.COM> #> Lines: 39 #> bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner) writes: >/ hpcvlx:comp.windows.ms / ghodsi@shire.cs.psu.edu (M. Ghodsi) / 2:43 pm Aug 1, 1989 / >The MS Paint that I am running does not draw perfect circles; it draws >ovals instead. Does any body know what the problem is? >thanks, >ghodsi@cs.psu.edu >---------- >Honest, it is drawing circles.... There is an option available that says whether the >drawing is formatted for the screen or for the printer. If you use the default (format >for printer) then each pixel is drawn as if it has the same aspect ratio of the printer >(since Paint simply displays the bitmap without any scaling, this is the only way they >can format it to use the printer's capabilities.) And since most printers (especially >laser printers) use square pixels while the displays still use rectangular pixels, >things don't look quite right. >--Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.hp.com) >HP Corvallis Information Systems #> Are you sure ? #> I have had this problem with Paint in Windows 2.03 and Windows/286 2.1: #> When I choose the circle an oval is draw (I'm able to change the shape #> with the mouse !). #> If I instead choose the oval I get a nice circle (on screen and printer). #> After I found out I just accepted this as a minor bug with an easy #> 'work-around'. Bill is correct (thanks Bill ). This happens when the default format is 'printer', if you change it to 'screen' the problem goes away. #> -- #> mbe@dde.dk | "The answer is 42" #> or | D. Adams #> ..uunet!mcvax!enea!dkuug!dde!mbe | ghodsi@shire.cs.psu.edu