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  • F Fahad Sadah

    I'm pretty sure that everyone here knows that the Add New Font dialog in Vista is identical to the one in Windows 3.1. For those that don't...[^] Microsoft fixed this in Windows 7. How? By removing the whole damn fonts dialog. How long would it have taken them to make a new one?

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    Dan Neely
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    was is in vista64 or just vista32? Since the dialog was unchanged I have to wonder if it still used win16 APIs and was just yanked from the 32bit version now to make it consistent.

    Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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    • P PIEBALDconsult

      What font do you use for programming?

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      Mladen Jankovic
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      Punchcards maybe? :)

      [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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        John M. Drescher wrote:

        People still add fonts to their windows systems??

        What are you supposed to do after torrenting 100001_warezed_fonts.rar :rolleyes:

        Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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        Uros Calakovic
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        Run a virus scan.

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          Whatever is default.

          John

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          Judah Gabriel Himango
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          Try Consolas[^]. (Unless you've turned off ClearType.)

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            Was it broken?

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            Judah Gabriel Himango
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            Technically, no. Visually, yes. It was one of the highest rated UI feedback items[^]. People don't like ugly UIs. Programmers have a hard time learning this.

            Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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            • J Judah Gabriel Himango

              Try Consolas[^]. (Unless you've turned off ClearType.)

              Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              (I'm hoping we don't get into a "best font for programming" debate yet again.)

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                Run a virus scan.

                In January you said "Money in April" - That was two years ago! B. Python

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                Dan Neely
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                Nit picker. :doh: OK, what would you if you were a w4r3zd00d after torrenting 100001_warezed_fonts.rar.

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                  (I'm hoping we don't get into a "best font for programming" debate yet again.)

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                  Judah Gabriel Himango
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                  I use Wingdings, personally. If you use another font, then I'm better than you.

                  Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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                  • M Mladen Jankovic

                    Punchcards maybe? :)

                    [Genetic Algorithm Library]

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                    John M Drescher
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                    Mladen Jankovic wrote:

                    Punchcards maybe?

                    Ahh, cassette tapes were as far as I go back..

                    John

                    modified on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:11 PM

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                    • D Dan Neely

                      Nit picker. :doh: OK, what would you if you were a w4r3zd00d after torrenting 100001_warezed_fonts.rar.

                      Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                      Forget where I put it and start over?

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                        Nit picker. :doh: OK, what would you if you were a w4r3zd00d after torrenting 100001_warezed_fonts.rar.

                        Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                        Uros Calakovic
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                        Shift + Del. I don't allow unauthorized font installation - three fonts should be more than enough for any serious work anyhow. :-\

                        In January you said "Money in April" - That was two years ago! B. Python

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                          Shift + Del. I don't allow unauthorized font installation - three fonts should be more than enough for any serious work anyhow. :-\

                          In January you said "Money in April" - That was two years ago! B. Python

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                          Wingdings, Wingdings2, Wingdings3, APL?

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                            Wingdings, Wingdings2, Wingdings3, APL?

                            Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                            Uros Calakovic
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                            dan neely wrote:

                            Wingdings3

                            Yes, and sometimes also MSSansSerif.

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                            • J Judah Gabriel Himango

                              I use Wingdings, personally. If you use another font, then I'm better than you.

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                              PIEBALDconsult
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                              I write with Andale Mono, then change it to Wingdings to obfuscate the code. :-D

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                                Technically, no. Visually, yes. It was one of the highest rated UI feedback items[^]. People don't like ugly UIs. Programmers have a hard time learning this.

                                Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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                                Mark_Wallace
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                                Sure, but it was replaced by adding functionality to the Fonts folder itself. Me, I kinda like it when I find that stuff I used years ago is still part of the package. E.g. open a command window (even in Vista), and type edlin daftasa.bat or edit daftasa.bat. Now, if they'd only put that expanding down arrow back into Word...

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                                  I write with Andale Mono, then change it to Wingdings to obfuscate the code. :-D

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                                  Fahad Sadah
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                                  Unless you are using Word as an IDE, and saving your code as .doc, .docx, or .rtf, formatting is not saved with your code. (and even if you were coding .doc, .docx or .rtf in Word, I would have to be reading your code in Word for the 'obfuscation' to work.

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                                    was is in vista64 or just vista32? Since the dialog was unchanged I have to wonder if it still used win16 APIs and was just yanked from the 32bit version now to make it consistent.

                                    Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

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                                    Fahad Sadah
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                                    I never thought of that! I tried it on a 64 bit Windows 7. I'll check on a 32 bit 7 now.

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