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 ====== Perfect Text Mode in VGA ======
-Ever wondered why VGA text mode had at times, ugly looking graphics characters? Most all VGA boards by default ran with a font glyph size of 9x16 pixels, however, the 9th row of pixels was just a duplicate of the 8th row.
+Ever wondered why VGA text mode had at times, ugly looking graphics drawing characters? Most all VGA boards by default displayed text at a larger font glyph size of 9x16 pixels, while remaining compatible with the earlier text font at 8x14 pixels. While this added clarity to text by creating higher resolution text, due to the compatibility requirements, it was a botched attempt, since the 9th row of pixels was just a duplicate of the 8th row. In some cases, it made graphical text mode applications look weird. Here's an example of what a wall of 50% gradient characters looks like in VGA:
-This added some clarity to text, but made graphical text mode applications look weird. Here's an example of what a wall of 50% gradient characters looks like in VGA:
 {{ :guides:pics:text_mode_setup_vga.jpg?400 |}}
-To correct for this, you can run a text mode utility called, you guessed it, Text Mode by Jason Hood. It is a great freeware utility, which allows for programming your VGA adapter to display a wide variety of text modes. To set up your computer to run in 8x14 pixel mode, run TM as follows:
+To correct for this, you can run a text mode utility called, you guessed it, Text Mode. It is a great freeware utility, which allows for programming your VGA adapter to display a wide variety of text modes. To set up your computer to run in 8x14 pixel mode, run TM as follows:
 <code>tm -f 14,2</code>

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