tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Tim Northrup) (02/23/88)
I recently bought a copy of EasyDraw 2.0 and I have some questions about GDOS and Fonts for this package. GDOS --> EasyDraw comes with version 1.1. Is this the most recent version? Am I allowed to redistribute it, or must it stay with the package (for instance, if I write something that uses GDOS can I send this version out with it)? Is there some other source for GDOS? Fonts --> Does EasyDraw use normal GDOS fonts? The documentation reads like this is true. If so, are there public domain fonts for publishing systems which will work with EasyDraw? From what I have read, Publishing Partner uses GDOS fonts, and there seems to be quite a few PD fonts and a PD font editor available for it. These should then work okay for EasyDraw, true? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. -- Tim "The Enchanter" Northrup ---------------------------- "She's strange, tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com or uunet!steinmetz!brspyr1!tim and I like it!" ==================================================== -- Cameo
lean@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Lean L. Loh) (02/24/88)
In article <2712@brspyr1.BRS.Com>, tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Tim Northrup) writes: > ..... > systems which will work with EasyDraw? From what I have read, > Publishing Partner uses GDOS fonts, and there seems to be quite > a few PD fonts and a PD font editor available for it. These > should then work okay for EasyDraw, true? > > tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com or uunet!steinmetz!brspyr1!tim and I like it!" > ==================================================== -- Cameo No, Publishing Partner does NOT use GDOS, and thank GOD for that. Deron (author of PP) uses his own scheme for the screen and printer fonts and has done a very good job. In PP, one can have say 6 different fonts loaded, and each font can be used from around 5 pt size to 144 pt size. All these take up about 30 K of RAM only. Try that with GDOS (which practically requires a different file to be loaded for each size) and you will need a Mega64 ST just to load all these fonts!! The new PP Professional may be using an even better font scheme (and the old ones are supposedly upward compatible). Since a few people have asked me, the upgrade from Publishing Partner 1.?? to Publishing Partner Pro is $55 (include handling/shipping) -- .., the Gods won't mind. CSNET:lean@sbcs.csnet Gordon Merrick. ARPA:lean%suny-sb.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa UUCP:{allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax}!sbcs!lean