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    From Android8675@VERT/SHODAN to All on Thu Sep 17 11:16:07 2020
    Is there a specific setting when dialing into sbbs using a UTF-8 terminal like PuTTY? I remember dm had approximations of UTF<>ANSI characters or something. I don't know if that's a Syncterm only thing, but in putty a lot of the ansi characters are blocks.

    Colors look sweet, but can I get some help with the putty settings, or just settings in general I need to look at?

    EDIT: Crud, fixed it. I was using a font (fixedsys) that didn't have all the characters. Switched to Lucinda Console and everything looks PURDY! *Ha-yuk*

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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Android8675 on Mon Sep 21 16:11:31 2020
    On 9/17/2020 11:16 AM, Android8675 wrote:
    Is there a specific setting when dialing into sbbs using a UTF-8 terminal like PuTTY? I remember dm had approximations of UTF<>ANSI characters or something. I don't know if that's a Syncterm only thing, but in putty a lot of the ansi characters are blocks.

    Colors look sweet, but can I get some help with the putty settings, or just settings in general I need to look at?

    EDIT: Crud, fixed it. I was using a font (fixedsys) that didn't have all the characters. Switched to Lucinda Console and everything looks PURDY! *Ha-yuk*

    I'd suggest downloading Fira Code, Inconsolata or Cacadia Code. Fira
    Code is the most complete in terms of character coverage, but
    Inconsolata and Cascadia Code have nicer looking latin characters imo.

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