Re: Windows ME fonts
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- Subject: [mg45448] Re: Windows ME fonts
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve1 at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:31:13 -0500 (EST)
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"John Fultz" <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote in message news:bt8oev$c2g$1 at smc.vnet.net... > On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:54:37 -0500 (EST), Steve Luttrell wrote: > > I have a problem with Mathematica 5 and Windows ME. After running for a > > while the fonts in the notebooks displayed on screen become garbled. A > > while > > later various other screen fonts (e.g. icon labels, etc) become garbled. > > This problem does NOT occur with Mathematica 4.2.1. I have tried various > > settings for the display (i.e. screen resolutions and colour depths) but > > nothing seems to help. > > > > Has anyone else had this problem? Even better, has anyone got any > > suggestions how to work around it. I would rather not go through the > > hassle > > of upgrading to Windows XP. > > > > -- > > Steve Luttrell > > West Malvern, UK > > This is a known issue in Mathematica 5.0.0 for Windows. Wolfram tech > support is aware of the issue and can provide an update to fix the problem. > Anybody experiencing this problem should contact them at > support at wolfram.com. Don't forget to include your license number. > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > I have contacted technical support and downloaded version 5.0.1, which removes all of the font problems that I was having. What a relief! -- Steve Luttrell West Malvern, UK