[ros-kernel] Font Rendering Issues

[Filip Navara]

Alex Ionescu wrote:

>It's very clear that we have some major font rendering issues, which cause
>mostly kerning and hinting to be messed up (example, VMWare Install Dialog
>or Run Dialog)... however, it seems that anything that uses MS Sans Serif
>(Start Menu, First-Install Setup) shows just fine.
>
>Until we fix the rendering issues with other fonts (example MS Shell Dlg),
>would it be a bad idea to have our graphics code to use MS Sans Serif at all
>times (well mostly for MS Shell Dlg & co). This would make sure that the
>fonts look watchable until a fix to the rendering is made. It's an ugly
>patch sure...but it would make ROS more usable for now.
>
>What do you all think?
>  
>
Just add this:
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows 
NT\CurrentVersion\SysFontSubstitutes","Helv",0x00000000,"Bitstream Vera 
Sans"
to the end of bootdata/hivesft.inf. Then the fonts should look 
"normally", the effect of unreadable fonts you see is the automatic font 
substitution.

- Filip