hess@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Caleb Hess) (06/29/90)
Does there exist a PostScript font containing the PC graphics characters for line drawing? We would like to be able to do screen dumps from a PC by simply using a matching font, rather than having to recreate the graphics.
woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) (06/30/90)
In article <49247@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, hess@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Caleb Hess) writes: > > Does there exist a PostScript font containing the PC graphics characters > for line drawing? We would like to be able to do screen dumps from a PC I believe that if you have MS-WORD 4.x (i think) and Certianly 5.0, there is a font built into the prolog. I think that Wordperfect also has one built in. Most of the newer wordprocessors that support line-drawing should have one in the preamble. for MS word, look at the postscript .ini file... Cheers Woody
spage@cup.portal.com (S spage Page) (07/01/90)
Microsoft Word for the PC defines a LineDraw font with only the line drawing characters in it. Several graphics converters can print text screen capture on PostScript printers. To do this they need an IBM PC character font. I know Hijaak has one. Also TOPS NetPrint for the PC (may be obsolete with Tops 3.0) has some kind of Epson/IBM PostScript font in it to handle graphics from PC programs. Oh, you wanted something free?! Sorry, can't help you... =S Page read William Gibson's books NOW!
vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com (venu.p.gopal) (07/02/90)
In article <49247@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> hess@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Caleb Hess) writes: > >Does there exist a PostScript font containing the PC graphics characters >for line drawing? We would like to be able to do screen dumps from a PC >by simply using a matching font, rather than having to recreate the >graphics. You don't have to write your own - there is PC screendump to postscript program available called Screen-to-Postscript (SCRtoPS). It will capture text images including all PC graphics characters in text mode i.e. using fonts, not graphics mode. It also does capture graphics modes -CGA,EGA, VGA etc. and will convert color to grayscale for EGA/VGA/SuperVGA. The output may be sent to the printer port or saved as an encapsulated postscript file. The program is sold by Offe Enterprises - the number is (708)-357-6679 and costs $49.95 plus $5 shipping (plus 6.75% tax in Illinois. There is a discount of $10 for pre-paid orders). The address is 1163 E. Ogden Ave., #705-131, Naperville, IL, USA 60563). I believe a capture+post-processing program to capture the "attributes" (read colors/blinking) also and convert them to different foreground/background shades/thicknesses with a built-in editor to select the mapping is also available for a higher price. The nice thing about SCRtoPS is that it captures text in text form and takes up only 10K of memory as a TSR. Resulting files will read into Venutura and Word Perfect too. The graphics files do not use any run length encoding and tend to be big. Venu P. Gopal UUCP: ..!att!cbnewsc!vgopal Internet: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com