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1280 x 1024 and text size...

DToolanDToolan Posts: 11
edited 2011-08-20 08:05 in Propeller 1
I have been searching the forums regarding 1280 x 1024 VGA and came across the 1280x1024TileDriver Demo (with Lincoln.txt displayed). The text rendering with this demo is 80 col x 32 rows. Is there a way to decrease the text size to increase columns & rows?

The reason I ask is that I use the 1024x768 HiResText right now which provides 128 col x 64 rows. The native resolution on the LCD screens I am using is 1280 x 1024. Using the native resolution would provide for sharper text but I don't want to lose half of it by only being able to display 80 col x 32 rows.

I don't really understand how the internal font is scaled using HiResText vs the TileDriver.

Comments

  • Toby SeckshundToby Seckshund Posts: 2,027
    edited 2011-08-20 00:27
    Not that I profess to know anything about the way that the various VGAs work on the Prop, I know that one of the 1024 x XXX drivers actually belts out 512 x XXX and signals by the sync polarities, this conserves memory and yet allows the 1024 monitors to hit onto their native resolution. On 1280 this would lead you to using 640.
  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,876
    edited 2011-08-20 08:05
    I think that HiResText doesn't use the ROM font, but has a font embedded in the code...

    My guess is that it can't be scaled to any higher resolution. But, I could be wrong...

    The 1280x1024 does use the ROM font.
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