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From: Bob I on 21 Dec 2009 10:10
I'd suggest installing a video card and driver that supports the native
resolution of the monitor.

FACE wrote:

> windows xp, sp2
> 16:9 display res.
>
> I have read the recent threads on this. They give no joy.
>
> I installed XP with a 4:3 monitor FWIW...........
>
> Now, at 16:9, squares are rectangles, circles are ovals.
>
> Obviously an aspect ratio problem.
>
> I have onboard video: device description VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP, currently
> at 1024x768 (4:3) for reasons explained below............
>
> 1280x768 is supported and is close enough (15:9).
>
> (That gives a ~6% skew I can live with. about 1" black strip borders on
> desktop of a 23" screen (specifically Acer x233h) -- circles appear round,
> squares appear square. Most apps (like Firefox) spread to full available
> screen but appear geometrically correct.
>
> BUT.............
>
> The system font assumes a minor to bad distortion depending on letters
> present -- best i can describe is that some letters are "squashed" or
> "folded", or in some cases appear to eyeball to be missing. -- Resultant
> problems in spacing. This font distortion carries over into apps........
>
> SO..............
>
> I am looking at changing vgasys.fon to be vgaoem.fon. So far as i can
> see, that is not a "click here" type change so i am wondering if that
> should give joy and I wonder what the font differences are -- proportional
> vs fixed, scaleable vs ??. etc......... ??
>
> AND..........
>
> Should I make the change in win.ini or sys.ini or ? and how. (Win.ini &
> hard editting the file [qedit] looks to be the best bet)
>
> OR...........
>
> Is there a better solution with materials/hardware at hand?
>
> Looking forward to your replies.................
>
> FACE

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