ssh client affecting fonts?

[Eric]

Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> Eric wrote:
>
>> hello,
>>
>> for some reason, when i do a 'make config' on a port, the border that 
>> used to be solid lines is no longer that way (at least when using 
>> SecureCRT). However, when i use putty, it looks as expected (and it 
>> used to in SecureCRT)
>>
>> a screen shot is here:
>>
>> http://mikestammer.com/private/portconfig.png
>>
>> does anyone know what the heck is causing this only in SecureCRT?
>
> So what terminal type is set when you use SecureCRT?  putty will use 
> something like xterm or vt100 both of which will display make config 
> correctly, but a setting for a dumb terminal or no setting will look 
> more like your screenshot.
>
> --Alex
>
>
i have tried xterm, linux, ansi, etc all with the same result. i also 
tried different fonts in secureCRT to no avail.  Putty is using xterm 
and courier new.  weird

Eric