[net.micro.atari] Character sets

zimmermn@UIOWA.CSNET (zimmermn) (11/25/85)

Before I invest in a 520St or Amiga, I
need to know if you can define your own character  sets and how fast do the 
corresponding characters appear on the screen.
Do you have to load in the entire frame
from disk to keep text screens
composed of smaller or larger than normal characters?
In essence, is their a display list mechanism or do you have to create those larger
characters?

zimmermn@uiowa          CSNET or
ccsmszwy@mvsuia         BITNET.

info-atari@ucbvax.UUCP (11/28/85)

For Amiga:  (not my organization, not inpartial)
1) You can define your own character sets.
2) The speed is comprable to the built in rom sets for characters of
	about the same size and shape (fixed pitch)
3) any size font is allowed.
4) partial fonts (<256 characters) are allowed and encoraged.
5) to output text in your font you:
	AddFont(texffont);
	OpenFont(textatribute);
	Text(rastport, string, chat_count);

A font editor is not yet available from Commodore-Amiga.
		--Bruce.