aehl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Donald J Aehl) (04/05/88)
I am interested in finding the location of the Apple IIgs System font
(Shaston 8 point I believe). I would like to be able to relocate it and
then save it to disk so that I can customize it, etc.
I have been unpble to locate the System Font's location within memory.
I have checked various RAM & ROM maps for the Apple IIgs, but I have been
unable to locate it. I even used the search routines in Bacnks $E0 and $E1
and $FE and $FF to find the word "shaston" yet nothing turned up.
I am assuming that the system font resides in ROM (either banks $FE or $FF).
Can anyone out there give me directions tv the system font?
Thanx in advance for any help...
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==============================================================================jsnow@esunix.UUCP (John Snow) (04/07/88)
In article <5478@uwmcsd1.UUCP>, aehl@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Donald J Aehl) writes: > I am interested in finding the location of the Apple IIgs System font You can easily use Quickdraw to find the system font's address for you. Simply write a simple program that starts up Quickdraw. This will install the system font as the current Quickdraw font. Then call the Quickdraw function GetFont. GetFont will return a handle to the system font. Dereference the handle and you have the absolute address of the system font in ROM. The reason you can't find any reference to the system font's address in the IIGS documentation is that is liable to move with each release of the system ROM. Using the above technique will always find the system font, no matter which system ROM you are using. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- John F. Snow UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!jsnow Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. Compuserve: 71550,1152 BIX: johnfsnow Salt Lake City, Utah