[Xastir] Map Fonts

[Dexter N Muir]

> From: Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Map Fonts
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> Not sure what a "balloon" font is.  The default is a courier-like font, IIRC.
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> I suspect what you are seeing is the font outline/background. Look at
> the map display prefs and see if there's a menu for station text
> background none/outline/gray/black , or something along those lines.
> Sorry, working from fuzzy memory here and I don't have an xastir box
> handy.
>
> -j
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> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Den <DenS1950 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I am running Xastir on a Raspberry Pi and am very impressed except for the
>> map station font. It is almost impossible to read the 'balloon' letters. I
>> have no experience with rPi fonts and could use a little help pick something
>> that is easy to read. A simple 'stick', non-balloon, font like Arial would
>> be great.
>> Thanks for your help.
>> W2DEN
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Me too, and yes it's outlined font. My preference would be just BOLD. 
There's no option for 'plain' or 'bold' in that menu, why on earth was 
that ignored with the change of default? + + + Re-do from start + + + , 
Out of cheese error ...