TinyTERM 4 automatically adjusts its font size for the number of lines and columns required in the available space. The default TERM font is a bitmapped font, though, which means sometimes the letters don’t fit smoothly into their spaces. They appear to overlap or just display too close to each other. There are a few ways to improve this:
- Change the size of the available window space. The easiest way to do this is to resize the TinyTERM window. But if the window is already maximized, there are still things you can do.
- Turn the tool bars on or off. From TinyTERM’s View menu, you can turn on or off several items:
- Ribbon Bar, the buttons across the top of the window
- Status Bar, the line of indicators at the bottom of the window
- Menu Bar, the standard Windows menu items at the top
- Session Bar, the session buttons just above the Status Bar
- Address Bar, which shows the connection address (this is automatically turned off when you turn off the Ribbon Bar)
- Vertical Scrollbar, which is available on the right side in some versions of TinyTERM
- Change the display font. To do this, open the Session Properties and go to the Fonts tab. Click on the Term font to highlight it, then click the Down button once to make it second in the list. TermCS1 will move to the top. It’s a TrueType font, so it scales much better to different window sizes.
TinyTERM 4.31 and higher also have improved font scaling, particularly in 132-column mode.
CR 276, 132-column scaling
CR 352, font cut off on right at TinyTERM start
CR 682, Ribbon Bar must be on
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