michael9@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Michael Sullivan) (06/05/91)
I am in need of some rather large fonts for use in desktop publishing. That means that I can't just take a small font and enlarge it, as that produces the shaggies. Any suggestions as to where I might find some big fonts. BTW, by big I mean an inch to two inches high ( 100 - 200 points?). Suggestions welcomed! -- |uunet!garfield!michael9|'"Proof denies faith and without faith I am nothing,"| |michael9@odie.cs.mun.ca| says God. "But you have given us proof," says | |POB 756, Goulds, Nfld.| man, "Therefore you do not exist. QED." "Oh, my," | |A0A 2K0 | says God, and disappears in a puff of logic.' |
wbrand@krishna.shearson.com (Willy Brandsdorfer) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun5.022608.14245@garfield.cs.mun.ca> michael9@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Michael Sullivan) writes: > I am in need of some rather large fonts for use in desktop publishing. That > means that I can't just take a small font and enlarge it, as that produces the shaggies. > Any suggestions as to where I might find some big fonts. BTW, by big I mean > an inch to two inches high ( 100 - 200 points?). > Suggestions welcomed! Look for a font called Texas (~104 pts). I bought it from a pd distributer compusomethingorother. Part of a 2 set video font collection. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Brandsdorfer | UUCP: !uunet!shearson.com!wbrand Lehman Brothers | ARPA: wbrand@shearson.com 388 Greenwich St. | Voice: (212) 464-3835 New York, N.Y. 10013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
med@druco.ATT.COM (Myron E. Drapal) (06/08/91)
in article <1991Jun5.022608.14245@garfield.cs.mun.ca>, michael9@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Michael Sullivan) says: > Xref: drutx comp.sys.amiga.misc:3817 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:1405 > > Any suggestions as to where I might find some big fonts. BTW, by big I mean > an inch to two inches high ( 100 - 200 points?). > This may or may not help.... But, when I needed some large fonts for some video work I was doing, I used a MAC to generate the text I needed. The MAC desktop publishing program I used could even save to Amiga ILBM files, then used Apple File Exchange to get it to a MessyDos disk, and Voila... Note that this was for text used on a video screen, but I bet some wizard out there could figure out how to do the general case so that they could be used as standard Amiga fonts. Myron Drapal AT&T Denver med@druco.ATT.COM
eoo@let.rug.nl (Eize Oosting) (06/08/91)
In article <1991Jun5.022608.14245@garfield.cs.mun.ca> michael9@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Michael Sullivan) writes: > > I am in need of some rather large fonts for use in desktop publishing. That >means that I can't just take a small font and enlarge it, as that produces the >shaggies. > > Any suggestions as to where I might find some big fonts. BTW, by big I mean >an inch to two inches high ( 100 - 200 points?). > >Suggestions welcomed! > The only two fonts I have, which come close, are Coop - 88 cSwiss - 102 I think they came from a disk with vDraw on it. Wait a second, I'll check.... Nop, they are on the Tv*Text disk (among lots of other fonts, but not that big). I haven't found any other big fonts however. /\__________/\ /\___________________________________________________/\ / \ / \ | Letteren- | Marvin Minsky once defined Artificial Intelligence as: | | Faculteit | '... the science of making machines do things that | | R.U. Groningen | would require intelligence if done by men'. | | The Netherlands| | | | Does this include adding a device to the Mountlist? | | eoo@let.rug.nl | Eize Oosting | \ __________ / \ ___________________________________________________ / \/ \/ \/ \/
ottmar@ajberl.UUCP (Ottmar Roehrig) (06/10/91)
>In article <1738@gufalet.let.rug.nl> eoo@let.rug.nl (Eize Oosting) writes: >In article <1991Jun5.022608.14245@garfield.cs.mun.ca> michael9@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Michael Sullivan) writes: >> >> I am in need of some rather large fonts for use in desktop publishing. That >>means that I can't just take a small font and enlarge it, as that produces the >>shaggies. >> >> Any suggestions as to where I might find some big fonts. BTW, by big I mean >>an inch to two inches high ( 100 - 200 points?). >> >>Suggestions welcomed! >> > >The only two fonts I have, which come close, are > > Coop - 88 > cSwiss - 102 > >I think they came from a disk with vDraw on it. Wait a second, I'll check.... >Nop, they are on the Tv*Text disk (among lots of other fonts, but not that >big). > >I haven't found any other big fonts however. You're right. The complete set of fonts is available on a set of four disks called "Zuma Fonts" published by Zuma Group (the makers of TV*Text). I don't know exactly of they're still selling the fonts; got my copy surely two or more years ago! Ottmar = AtelierRoehrig, Ottmar Roehrig, Hamburg, Germany UUCP: ...!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!ajberl!ottmar "I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing..." Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Robin_Ritchey@mindlink.bc.ca (Robin Ritchey) (06/11/91)
Michael,
The best way to do this is to purchase a set of fonts from Gold Disk.
They are compugraphic fonts. They come with a program called CreateFont, this
program will make a font for you to any size you want, in several formats. The
formats are Amiga fonts, PDraw Fonts, Postscript fonts. I do not see where
there is any limit to the size. I cannot see any in the docs. The screen
resolutions that it can produce out to are Low Res, Med Res, Interlace, and
High Res.
I have used them in ProDraw and DPIII myself. I also use them in
ProPage alot! I have not gone hight that a 90 point font in DPaintIII
personally but I am sure it can be done.
Robin Ritchey - a46@mindlink.UUCP aka YellowQuill Layout and Design
14331 - 100 Ave., Surrey, B.C.
V3T 4Z2 Ph. (604) 585-0244