archbold@bluemoon.uucp (Archie Jaszcz) (12/05/90)
I know OPUS spreadsheet has probably been discussed here on
numerous occasions, but I got some problems and there might be people out
there willing to help
Problem is this: At first, I created my assign.sys file and used
regular screen fonts for the printer. FontWid would bomb on me because
for some strange reason FatSpeed would screw it up.
After I wouldn't run FatSpeed everything would go OK, and when I
tried to print a chart, Opus would tell me that there are differences in
font widths and I should report it. It wouldn't do the chart afterwards.
Today my bro got some (supposedly) real printer fonts with
matching screen fonts. I was able to load the supposed printer fonts with
GEMFED, so I don't really know what the difference is (?). Anyway, when
trying to print a chart, the same thing would happen (Opus would tell me
that the opus.wid contains names of files which are not width compatible.
Has anybody had this problem? How do you solve it? I tried
AmcGdos, GdosPlus, and good'ol GDOS 1.2...
If more info is needed to determine how to solve the problem, I'll
provide it.
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archbold@bluemoon.uucpdavidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu (12/05/90)
With regard to Opus 2.2 ... There appears to have been a problem in the GDOS font definitions for the Courier (aka 'typewriter') fonts. Evidently the font descriptor indicates it is a 9-point font, while the font title indicates is is a 10-point font. Two fixes were suggested: (1) modify the font file using a hex editor or (2) removing mention of the Typerwriter font style from ASSIGN.SYS. I chose the latter, and the font-width program supplied with Opus had no problems since. (The GDOS fonts I have were probably from WordUp ... I have the original Atari release via the Toolbox for Personal Pascal, and have had DEGAS Elite and other sorts of GDOS fonts and drivers from various software packages since, so I no longer can be sure where the fonts are from...) -- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu