[net.micro.atari16] Fonts

UC.BRI%DEEP-THOUGHT@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Brian Totty) (02/27/86)

	Does any one out there know how to use the 6x6 system font
in GEM programs?  I tried using vst_font with all types of values,
but I kept getting back the standard 8x8 font.

	In a similar question, is there a font editor available?  And
even if not, if I create a font in the proper format, what do I have to do
to load and use it?

					Thanks,


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fxl@AIDS-UNIX (Franz Lanzinger) (02/27/86)

I believe that changing the height will work, by using something like
vst_height(handle, height, &dummy1, &dummy2, &dummy3, &dummy4)
with height=6.  I've tried this with height=4 and you still get the
6x6 system font.  I also would like a pointer to any font editors,
especially one which will work with TOS in ROM.

	Franz

neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris) (02/28/86)

In article <12186590486.9.UC.BRI@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU>, UC.BRI%DEEP-THOUGHT@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Brian Totty) writes:
> 
> 	Does any one out there know how to use the 6x6 system font
> in GEM programs?  I tried using vst_font with all types of values,
> but I kept getting back the standard 8x8 font.

Use vst_point and set the point size to 1.  It will use the next larger font,
which will be the 6x6 font you need.

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