ethan_r_dicks@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (04/10/90)
Here is the body of a message I recieved today. Since I had people inquiring about downloadable fonts, I thought I would post it. When I last checked, a RAM cartridge, with either IBM or MAC format disks with Helvetica and Times-Roman in various sizes, ASCII character set only (not many funny squiggles) was about $125! With that, I am going to see what it takes to convert Amiga fonts to be DeskJet compatible (unless someone else has already done that) Without further adieu... (posted on comp.atari.st from HP in Vancouver) You don't really need a program to download DeskJet fonts. I generally just do a binary copy of the soft font file to the printer. The only trick is first you must send an: Esc *c#D Where # is the soft font ID that is to be downloaded next. Hence I have a series of files named id1, id2, id3, id4 and so forth. Then I just copy id1 to the printer and then copy the soft font file. I do this all from batch files on my PC but I'm sure the atari lets you do binary copies. As long as you have an editor that lets you embed escapes you should have no problem. By the way, I do this on a PC because it is much faster than our HP supplied DeskJet download program (MS-DOS only of course) -- especially when downloading to a DeskJet+. Enjoy, -ethan -- Ethan R. Dicks | ###### This signifies that the poster is a member in Software Results Corp| ## good sitting of Inertia House: Bodies at rest. 940 Freeway Drive N. | ## Columbus OH 43229 | ###### "You get it, you're closer."