furlani@broadway.UUCP (John L. Furlani) (01/14/89)
I'm trying to display assorted greek characters that are not in the general IBM PC character set. Does anyone have information about either creating new characters or using some sort of software package that already does this. Any information you can provide will be of help. In Advance, Thanx, john. ____________ "Who are 'they'? 'They' say things all the time." John L. Furlani The University of South Carolina, Columbia SC (...!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!broadway!furlani)
mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) (01/15/89)
[poster wants to display Greek language characters] You can do this with the Duke Language Toolkit (at present EGA-only) available from: Humanities Computing Facility, Languages Building, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27706 919 634-3637. They download characters to the EGA board and also a corresponding set to certain printers. Also contains a font editor. Don't remember cost, but it is very modest. M Volow, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705
cahn@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Pam Cahn) (01/16/89)
In article <197@broadway.UUCP> furlani@broadway.UUCP (John L. Furlani) writes: > > I'm trying to display assorted greek characters that are not in the >general IBM PC character set. Does anyone have information about either >creating new characters or using some sort of software package that already >does this. > Software available for screen font editing depends on hardware. Here's what I'm aware of (certainly not everything available). Software for the EGA: Duke Toolkit (price of diskette/mailing) available from Duke University (no longer supported?) Jeffrey William Gillette THe Divinity School Duke University Durham, NC 27706 BITNET: DYBBUK@TUCCVM (possibly outdated) Hardware/Software: Hercules-Plus Graphics Adapter: (~$180 mail order) Comes with FontMan, their font editor to use with the RamFont mode of the Plus card (NOT usuable on a non-plus card or non-plus compatible). Everex Evergraphics Deluxe Adapter: (~110 mail order) Comes with EverFont, their font editor. This is a Hercules-Plus clone card. Cheaper than Hercules. These cards/software allow you to create special screen characters. It does NOT mean you can use your special font with any software package. Some word processors override your loaded screen font, others have special support for these cards that work ok, others say they support Herc Plus RamFont, but what they mean is they load their own ramfont and prevent you access to your font within their program (MS Word, for one does this). I have personal experience with the Herc-Plus card and the Everex Evergraphics card. I've tested them with a variety of software. If you have additional specific questions, feel free to contact me. Pam Cahn BITNET: cahn@uhccux INTERNET: cahn@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu