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> The only environment that came close to having decent typography (apart from Windows and OS/2) was DesqviewX but I don't know if I knew anyone who ran it.

DV/X included Adobe Type Manager as standard. ATM was initially a optional extra, and although very common on Classic MacOS it was rarely seen on Windows 3.x.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Type_Manager

Quarterdeck was proud of it because DOS windows under DV/X could be resized to smaller than the original console size -- this is in the era of 72dpi monitors, remember, when 640x480 was a common resolution -- but remain readable.



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