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On 5/25/2011 7:42 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>>>> FYI:
>>>>> http://cygutils.fruitbat.org/mintty-font-test/
>
> Ok, I redid the screenshots, but this time I made sure to cat the
> xgraphics file again after changig the font.

This is really valuable, Chuck!  I'd already independently settled on 
Deja Vu and Lucida Console already based on ad hoc testing, but these 
test results give me a objective foundation for that opinion.

(Why Lucida Console given its deficiencies compared to Deja Vu?  It's 
more vertically compact, allowing more lines in a window for a given 
point size, and I don't seem to have any programs here that need the 
missing glyphs.)

If random list members can nominate others for gold stars, I so do. :)

It might be good if this xgraphics file you have were distributed with 
mintty in the doc directory, so others can repeat the test on their 
system with other fonts.

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