Author: Ralph Patriquin
Date: 13:45:16 01/03/03
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On January 02, 2003 at 22:46:13, John Merlino wrote: >On January 02, 2003 at 21:42:56, Ralph Patriquin wrote: > >>My final question concerns the appearance of the Chessmaster 9000 GUI itself. >>I'm running it on Windows XP Home Edition, and the Chessmaster font doesn't >>look right. For instance a command in the drop down menus will have letters >>squished together and spacing between letters that is too large, all in the >>same word. Has anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it? I'm bummed >>because Chessmaster is known for its pretty interface, but mine looks sad. >> >>Thanks for any and all help, >> >>Ralph Patriquin > >I can only comment on this last problem. I'm pretty sure that you are having a >problem that is mentioned in the CM9000 ReadMe: > >16. Chessmaster may have visual problems if you have "Large Fonts" selected in >your video properties. If text in menus and dialogs appears "wrong" to you, or >some text or buttons appears to extend past the boundaries of a window, you >might check to see if you have "Large Fonts" selected, and change it to the >Windows default setting, which is "Small Fonts". You can check this setting by >going to "Control Panel -> Display -> Settings Tab" and pressing the "Advanced" >button. There will be a combobox entitled "Font Size", where you can see your >system's current setting. > >If that does not describe your problem, then please feel free to send me a >screenshot. > >jm John, I had indeed read that, but on my machine the combo box is "DPI setting:" with choices "Normal size (96 DPI)", Large size (120 DPI)" and "Custom setting...". Right now it's set to Normal size. Perhaps the above settings are for Windows 98? I have XP Home. In any case changing these doesn't seem to help. I will take you up on your offer and send you a screenshot. Thanks, Ralph
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