## Font question

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tgray
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### Font question

I've noticed with certain complex numbers (and maybe others), the classic and new fonts display differently. Try the following in ALL display mode:

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.1
LN
LN
The new font shows

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834.E-3 i3.14E0
while the old font shows

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8.34032445248E-1 i3.
I have my font size at the second largest setting. Other sizes display differently between the two fonts as well. I think the two smallest font sizes display the same with both fonts.

What is the reasoning behind this? I feel like the display truncation that the new font uses is more useful.
Dave Britten
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### Re: Font question

That's peculiar. Your first (new font) example just looks likes ENG 02 display mode. I tried reproducing this on mine, but couldn't. I was thinking maybe it remembered which display mode you had selected for each font, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
grsbanks
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### Re: Font question

Thanks for the report. We're looking at it.
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grsbanks
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### Re: Font question

The bug has been found and fixed. This will work as expected in V3.1, which is imminent. Keep an eye on the "Firmware Update announcement" section of this forum.
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