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| 458.1 | | VINO::BHAMILTON | Buzz Hamilton | Thu Apr 27 1989 14:43 | 13 |
| DEGAS Elite uses GEMDOS for graphic device support. There are lots
of GDOS fonts in the Public Domain. GEnie has them, the ABACUS library
has them. There is a convertor program with DEGAS Elite which will
take old DEGAS fonts and make them GDOS font files.
Modifying the ASSIGN.SYS file is the key to installation. You might
have to modify the Font files to avoid FONT ID duplication.
Once you have the font files and an appropriate ASSIGN.SYS file
you select the new fonts by double-clicking in the font window.
(See previous note in this file - I've forgotten the number already)
43?
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| 458.2 | Fonts for the Memory | UKCSSE::KEANE | | Fri Apr 28 1989 03:28 | 21 |
| Hello
re .1
As an avid user of GDOS !, I am interested in aquiring extra Fonts.
Unfortunately I have no access to GENIE or ABACUS. Has anyone any
public domain GDOS fonts on the net, or would be willing to make
available for a time. I am especially interested in high res screen
fonts and the matching printer fonts (24 pin) 150 DPI or greater. I
have already purchased the EASYDRAW 24 pin additional font package and
was very disappointed, as the package only contained Swiss and Times in
a few point sizes, and a LQ800.SYS driver, although I was told it had
a NEC driver.
On a slightly different topic, I see that there are rumours that ATARI
are going to produce a package of scalable OUTLINE fonts that will run
on GDOS. Has anyone heard anything more definate on this ??
Regards
Pat Keane.
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| 458.3 | Access to ABACUS library | LEDDEV::WALLACE | | Fri Apr 28 1989 11:28 | 25 |
| Attached is a list of a few font related entries in the ABACUS library.
Let me know which (if any) of these are of interest to you and we
can either exchange floppies or I can upload them to the VAX depending
on what all you want.
What I've heard about the scaleable outline fonts is that the support
is being added to GDOS. Meaning you'll need to get a new version
of GDOS (and new fonts) when it comes out.
Ray
\FONTS\ 16K A variety of DEGAS fonts: Classic, Daisy, Fat, Gramma,
Kungfu, Stencil, Woodcut [Tom Hudson]
\FONTCONV\ 25K Converts DEGAS fonts to GDOS Degas Elite fonts
\EASYDRAW\ 39K Software associated with the EasyDraw program
\EXDRAWFT\ 64K Monochrome fonts created by GEMFED, for inclusion into
ASSIGN.SYS (for Easy Draw).
\PP_FONTS\ Nine screen and printer Puplishing Partner fonts.
(I didn't know if PP fonts are GDOS fonts)
\FONTEDIT\ 259K GEM based GDOS font editor compatible with EasyDraw
\FONTS\ 54K and fonts to go with it.
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| 458.4 | | TRILGY::MESSENGER | Badness comes in waves. | Fri Apr 28 1989 16:02 | 3 |
| Are you aware that there is a product called "Fontz!" which will
convert Macintosh and Amiga fonts into GDOS format?
- hbm
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| 458.5 | Where's my typewriter ? | UKCSSE::KEANE | | Tue May 02 1989 06:25 | 23 |
| RE .3 and .4
Thanks for the info.
I saw a survey of FONT editors in the UK in which FONTZ was reviewed
against JackFont and FONTPLUS I bought the Fontplus utility. Guess
what it wont do!!!
Re your kind offer regarding the A.B.A.C.U.S. disks, do you know if any
of the fonts are 24 pin printer fonts?. I have the basic SWISS and
TIMES which I purchased as an EASYDRAW upgrade, I am looking for some
exotica !!
The other night I sat down to use FONTPLUS to modify up a printer font
to increase the DPI, after three hours I had edited the lower case a.
At this rate the Atari will have crumbled into dust, and we will all be
using wristwatch sized voice actuated processors, before I finish a
font! It also severly limits the vocabulary I can use, aaaaaaa .....
Cheers
Pat K.
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| 458.6 | "PP fonts please" | MOVIES::FORSTER | | Tue May 02 1989 11:28 | 9 |
| Ray,
please could you upload the Publishing Partner fonts. I don't
believe these are GDOS, but are some sort of outline font.
Thanks.
Dave.
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| 458.7 | I dunno, I just work here :-) | LEDDEV::WALLACE | | Tue May 02 1989 13:38 | 5 |
| Sorry I don't know anything more about these fonts than what the
description says. I don't have Degas Elite or Publishing Partner
to try them on.
Ray
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| 458.8 | The Fonts are now online | LEDDEV::WALLACE | | Wed May 03 1989 12:14 | 27 |
| Some of the font files I listed in .3 are now available from,
LEDDEV::DISK$USER9:[WALLACE.PUBLIC.ST]
The files are,
FONTS.ARC
FONTCONV.ARC
FONTEDIT.ARC
PP_FONTS.ARC
For the PP_FONTS on the library disk take up almost a whole SS disk
so I chose to only include one font in the archive I uploaded. The
font in the ARC is BROADWAY and includes .FNT (hi rez screen font)
and .PFT (printer font). I won't list all of the fonts on the disk
but I will list all of the ones that include BOTH the screen font
and the printer font,
WILKES (hi rez and printer)
COLUMBIA (hi rez and printer)
HUDSON (high rez, med rez, and printer)
SATURN (high rez, med rez, and printer)
UNIV_RMN (high rez, med rez, and printer) This is suppose
to be the same style as other ROMAN fonts but
with "nicer curves".
If you are interested in the full PP_FONTS disk or the FONTEDIT
disk (this another that fills a SS floppy) send me MAIL and we'll
work something out.
Ray
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