w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (10/26/89)
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From: Robert Bloom AMCICP-IM 3775 <rbloom@apg-emh1.apg.army.mil>
I have uploaded an update of my SIGNS program to SIMTEL20 directory
pd1:<msdos.printer>.
ISIGNS50.ARC Make banners (down page) & signs (across page)
SIGNS is a program to make banners (large letters rotated 90 degrees
and printed vertically down the page) and signs (large letters printed
horizontially across page). Written in TurboPascal v5, SIGNS allows
lots of options: input from keyboard or file, output to screen,
printer or file, change height and width of output, printer control,
and more; all with an screen oriented menu.
The font used to create the letters is taken from an external HP
LaserJet-compatible soft font file (portrait). Fonts up to 150x150
dots (~30 pt) are supported. A separate program, MkFntNdx, is used to
generate the an index to the font file. Two soft font files and
associated indexes are included.
One option is 'bit-blocks,' each dot in the character of the original
font is transformed into a graphics mode dot on the printer; it's
interesting to see characters scaled for the LaserJet's 300 dpi by 300
dpi printed in Epson single density graphics at 60 dpi by 72 dpi!
SIGNS is supplied with source code - to recompile it, TurboPascal v5.0
or later is recommended.
Bob Bloom
46 Broadleaf Drive
Newark, DE 19702
(rbloom@apg-emh1.apg.army.mil)
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Thanks, Bob!
--Keith Petersen
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