Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) font?

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DC

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Jan 20, 2004, 1:49:17 AM1/20/04
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Can anyone tell me, with certainty, which font is used in the Win9x
BSODs?

Thanks.

Andreas Höfeld

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Jan 20, 2004, 8:16:16 AM1/20/04
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"DC" <dcm...@myrealbox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:slrnc0pjrd....@moosemeat.ca.INVALID...

> Can anyone tell me, with certainty, which font is used in the Win9x
> BSODs?

Yep. It is the text font wired into your video card.

Andreas

DC

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Jan 20, 2004, 2:53:04 PM1/20/04
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Andreas Höfeld wrote in <bujouq$9n9$04$2...@news.t-online.com>:

Okay.

So, there can be minor variances from one video card mfr to another in
this font? I seem to recall every BSOD I have ever had having the same
font, regardless of the system I was using. There must be a standard
that the video card mfrs use? If you know what it is called, I would
really like to know.

Thanks again.

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Lars Trebing

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Jan 20, 2004, 8:11:35 PM1/20/04
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DC wrote:

> Andreas Höfeld wrote in <bujouq$9n9$04$2...@news.t-online.com>:
>
>> "DC" <dcm...@myrealbox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:slrnc0pjrd....@moosemeat.ca.INVALID...
>>
>>> Can anyone tell me, with certainty, which font is used in the
>>> Win9x BSODs?
>>
>> Yep. It is the text font wired into your video card.
>

> So, there can be minor variances from one video card mfr to another

> in this font? [...]

Yes. There are two quite popular fonts, though: The "standard" hardware
font used by most card manufacturers, and the ATI font used by ... guess
who. ;) Besides that there is (almost) nothing.

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DC

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Jan 20, 2004, 10:14:03 PM1/20/04
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Lars Trebing wrote in <bukjk8$il2a4$3...@ID-184670.news.uni-berlin.de>:
> DC wrote:

>> Andreas Höfeld wrote in <bujouq$9n9$04$2...@news.t-online.com>:

>>> "DC" <dcm...@myrealbox.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>> news:slrnc0pjrd....@moosemeat.ca.INVALID...

>>>> Can anyone tell me, with certainty, which font is used in the
>>>> Win9x BSODs?

>>> Yep. It is the text font wired into your video card.

>> So, there can be minor variances from one video card mfr to another
>> in this font? [...]

> Yes. There are two quite popular fonts, though: The "standard" hardware
> font used by most card manufacturers, and the ATI font used by ... guess
> who. ;) Besides that there is (almost) nothing.

Thanks, but does this font have a name?

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Alan

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Jan 21, 2004, 5:39:21 AM1/21/04
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DC <dcm...@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<slrnc0pjrd....@moosemeat.ca.INVALID>...

> Can anyone tell me, with certainty, which font is used in the Win9x
> BSODs?

Have a look at <http://groups.google.com/groups?&th=1c4090c8fe6c04b3>

Alan

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Jan 21, 2004, 5:46:36 AM1/21/04
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DC <dcm...@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<slrnc0pjrd....@moosemeat.ca.INVALID>...
> Can anyone tell me, with certainty, which font is used in the Win9x
> BSODs?

This Truetype font
<http://www.dafont.com/en/search.php?nq=5&q=perfect_dos_vga_437>
was made to match the bitmap.

DC

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Jan 21, 2004, 1:59:12 PM1/21/04
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Alan wrote in <2a7ef8ef.04012...@posting.google.com>:

Interesting. Thanks.

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DC

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Jan 21, 2004, 1:59:47 PM1/21/04
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Alan wrote in <2a7ef8ef.04012...@posting.google.com>:

Just what I was looking for! Thanks!!!!

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gfddggv...@gmail.com

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Aug 31, 2018, 8:26:52 AM8/31/18
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Win 9x uses the font called Fixedsys. Win Xp all the way up to 7 uses Lucida Console, but slightly pixelated. Win 8 all the way up to 10 uses Segoe UI.

vojta bubela

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Nov 10, 2022, 10:02:40 AM11/10/22
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what about windows 10 Font bsod?

Ammammata

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Nov 11, 2022, 2:30:44 AM11/11/22
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vojta bubela wrote on 10/11/2022 :
> what about windows 10 Font bsod?

are you planning a prank to some friends? ;-)

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