rgoodman@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Ron Carl Goodman) (01/13/87)
[] Does anyone know how to access the mini fonts used in icons? I can't seem to find anything in my GEMDOS book. Ron rgoodman@cit-vax.(arpa,bitnet,uucp) -----------------------------------
minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) (01/14/87)
In article <1483@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> rgoodman@cit-vax.UUCP
(Ron Carl Goodman) asks how to access the 6x6 font used in
icons. I would suspect that you could use the vst_font()
call to select the font (sorry, I don't know its index), and
then v_gtext() to output text. I haven't tried this, though.
If I did, I would try fonts 1, 2, 3 to see if any do anything
interesting.
What you *can't* do is to "convince" the bios that you are using
the 6x6 font with low-level text output (Cconws()). The bit
banger that puts the font characters into the screen area "knows"
that fonts are 8 bits wide. A week or so ago, I posted code that
will force the bios to use a home-made font as the "system" font.
See that posting for the gory details.
Martin Minow
decvax!minowrgoodman@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Ron Carl Goodman) (01/14/87)
... In article <7@decvax.UUCP> minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) writes: >In article <1483@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> rgoodman@cit-vax.UUCP >(Ron Carl Goodman) asks how to access the 6x6 font used in >icons. I would suspect that you could use the vst_font() >. . . >Martin Minow Unfortunately vst_font(handle,font) puts my monochrome ST into 40 column mode. Yes, that's right, these are BIG characters. Which is nice and all, except that I need tiny letters. Not only that, but I don't believe you can even get out of that mode for outputting with g_text(). I tried sending values for font of -10 thru 15 and they all put you in big mode and none takes you out! IT must be possible though, I mean they are there in the icons in desktop, right??? Ron ----------------------------------- rgoodman@cit-vax.(arpa,bitnet,uucp)
holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) (01/16/87)
In article <1496@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> rgoodman@cit-vax.UUCP (Ron Carl Goodman) writes: > I tried sending >values for font of -10 thru 15 and they all put you in big mode and none >takes you out! IT must be possible though, I mean they are there in the >icons in desktop, right??? The font used is font 1, defined as the system font. A call like: int i; vst_point(handle,1,&i,&i,&i,&i); will set the font to the smallest possible size. -- ....!ucbvax!hplabs!amdahl!drivax!holloway My balogna has a first name, it's Jimbob. My balogna has a second name, it's Boltwangle. But it prefers to be called Jim.