- Windows' TrueType Terminal Fonts
Terminal ("Command Window") Fonts
Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista allows you to use both Raster
and
TrueType
fonts in Terminal windows and
"DOS Boxes". (Windows 3.1/95/98/Me
cannot use TrueType fonts in
MS-DOS Boxes.)
Raster (bitmap) fonts can also produce better results - provided they include a
wide range of character sizes.
(TrueType
fonts, while scalable, maintain a fixed aspect ratio. This makes it difficult to
match Terminal window and screen sizes unless the font is available in different widths.)
The Raster fonts included with Windows often contain just
one character size and are not optimised for screen use.
A flexible Raster font - like our HVDOSBox
font - is usually the best solution. It produces clearer text and
has many pixel sizes that allow you to maximise
command windows at any screen resolution. (See
"Maximum Terminal Size in UXGA Screen".)
While Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
allows you to use TrueType fonts in
Terminal windows, very few of the fonts it includes are actually
"Command Window" compatible. (See "Necessary Criteria for Fonts to Be Available in a Command Window".)
Even fewer produce clear screen text and implement the full OEM PC-8 character set.
HVTerminal - A Hi-Visibility Windows' Terminal TrueType Font
HVTerminal
is a "Command Window" compatible OEM Codepage 437
monospaced
TrueType font. It can be used under
Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista and provides
Terminal windows with the sizing flexibility of a scalable font in three different aspect ratios.
Click
on the image below to see this font used in a Windows XP
Terminal running a
MS-DOS version of
PROPLAN.
The Licensed version of the
HVTerminal suite provides the
HVFont
in three different widths -
Normal,
Narrow and
Wide - and in a normal width
Light version for those who prefer a less dense and bold font.
The Evaluation version
includes the same font files with every third alphabetic character replaced by a hollow box.
Click here to download an Evaluation version of the
HVTerminal package.
Click here to purchase one of
PROCON's HVFont packages.
