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From: mbe@dde.uucp (Martin Berg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re^2: MS Paint problem
Message-ID: <201@mother.dde.uucp>
Date: 9 Aug 89 13:18:50 GMT
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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'.
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