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I can use all the help I can get.
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I had the same problem. Here's the font. If I would just read, my life would be a lot easier. Have to put it in an archive to upload. :angry:
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Here's the font. If I would just read, my life would be a lot easier. Have to put it in an archive to upload. :angry:
This is why I rely on you guys for things like this.
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Wow, all this blossomed from that Large Screen Courier glitch. :ohmy:

Nice ideas there on the wavy message. Now Herr D sir, figure out how to get the text to follow the contours of the page...now that would be something to behold. B)
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The Energizer Bunny thread... I ran across another small issue with the 2nd scenario in the Brigade Scenario Pack, "The First Shot". The location graphic writes over the Large Courier Screen for both D and RB. Now way to tell if it's just me.

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No prob on your end, that's the way it is, and will be on my end, because I prefer the large courier screen. Could make it a bit smaller to address this issue, but nah...not that big of a concern.
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That was my feeling too. Just thought I'd point it out.
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I like the direction we're moving in for the appearance of the courier messages. A good friend of mine is the librarian (and also a ranger) at Gettysburg National Military Park. I'll be seeing him this Friday on a Gettysburg Anniversary Battlewalk tour he's giving at 10 AM.
I'll be at the PA Monument for a majority of the weekend. Do you know of any other battle walks being done over the weekend?
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I'll try to remember to ask him about the appearance of the field orders he's seen from the battle.
Yes ,AJ – it would finally give us a general idea about the color of said messages.

But, it is still good to keep experimenting around with the various shades.
While the current font isn't too bad (better than a typewritten look), something like a 19th century handwriting font like "Lamar Pen" would look more accurate and is still an easy to read font.
I would think that that would be Hard-Coded, but that is just a guess!
Wow, all this blossomed from that Large Screen Courier glitch.
I guess that this would fall under the category of problem-solving-modding.
Nice ideas there on the wavy message. Now Herr D sir, figure out how to get the text to follow the contours of the page...now that would be something to behold. B)
It would be nice if there were a way of adding two spaces after each sentence, that should move the letters over to the right, probably not do-able!
I ran across another small issue with the 2nd scenario in the Brigade Scenario Pack, "The First Shot". The location graphic writes over the Large Courier Screen for both D and RB. Now way to tell if it's just me.
I can probably fold down that corner of the sheet for you, if you like, once I finish with this, !

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