The Font Options property page of the Display Options property
sheet is used to select a session display font and to configure additional
font options. From the BlueZone menu bar, click or right-click in the session window and select Display
Options. Click the Font tab.
- Font Selection
- The Font Selection group is used to select a session display font.
Options include:
- Name: Displays the currently selected font
name.
- Style: Shows the currently selected font
style.
- Size: Displays the currently selected font
size or ‘A’ if the font has been auto-sized by BlueZone. See Font
Options below for information on auto-sizing the session display font.
- Change: Click to change any of the features
listed above.
- Options
- The Options group is used to configure additional display font
properties. Configuration options include:
- Auto-Size Font: If enabled, the size of
the font is calculated based on the size of the session window. If
this option is enabled, the Auto Size Session Windows option is disabled.
- Auto-Size Session Window: If enabled, the
size of the session window is calculated based on the selected font
size. If this option is enabled, the Auto Size Font option is disabled.
- Blinking Characters: Used to set the blink
speed of blinking characters displayed in the host screen. When the
Blinking Characters track bar control has the keyboard input focus
then the Sample group displays a sample of the currently configured
blink rate.
- Row Spacing: Used to set the distance in
pixels between lines of text in the session window. If Auto-Size
Font is selected then this setting can affect the Font Size.
- Column Spacing: Used to set the distance
in pixels between characters in the session window. If Auto-Size
Font is selected then this setting can affect the Font Size.
- Border Size: Used to set the border width
in pixels. The Border (if set to a number greater than 0) is an equal
space that goes all the way around the BlueZone display window. Left
side, top, right side and bottom. You don't actually see a border,
you see the space created by the border size setting. If the size
is set to zero, screen data starts at the extreme edges of the display
window. Increasing the size of the border places that amount of space
in pixels between the edge of the display window and the screen data,
equally around the entire screen.
- Default: Used to set all of the controls
in Options group to their default values.
- Fixed-Aspect Ratio (%): When selected along with Auto-Size
Font, BlueZone keeps the font width proportional to the font height. When
Auto-Size Session Window is cleared, BlueZone centers the host
screen.
- Font Smoothing: Controls the rendering and appearance of the font
edges.
- System Default: Uses the font smoothing settings of the
system.
- Off: Disables all smoothing. The font is displayed with sharp
edges.
- Regular: Enables regular anti-aliasing font smoothing. The font
is displayed with smooth edges.
- ClearType: The font is displayed with smooth edges and is
thinner.
- Sample
- The Sample window shows how the currently configured font settings
will appear in the display session.
Note: As a general rule, BlueZone works best with the bitmap
font called New Renex Terminal. You can of course, choose any other
Windows font you like.