pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) (01/22/91)
I have a problem. I turn on overscan and interlace on my workbench, giving me lots of room for windows. Forget about the flicker. But the font topaz 8 is no good for interlace. So, I want a higher font. Well, I put a SetFont Topaz 11 in my startupsequence, and that works allright. But I want an even higher font, say 16 pixels high. And this font must be fixedwidth. So, I load the trusty program Fed in, which came with my amiga supplied on the Extras disk. But all my efforts are in vain - when I begin to edit a font, and then save it, it is scrambled. If I load it again, or use it in DeluxePaint, or sets it with setfont, all I get is all mixed up graphics. Hardly any of the graphic elements in the font remains visible, and the width of the characters seems to be random. I have tried in many ways, both starting from scratch, starting with a prop. font and with a fixed one, and with one whose height is already 16. But it won't work. So, what am I doing wrong ? and Is there any public domain, fixed width, high and thin fonts, or what ? Thanks (?)
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (01/22/91)
In article <1991Jan22.042316.5834@daimi.aau.dk> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes: >I have a problem. I turn on overscan and interlace on my workbench, giving me >lots of room for windows. Forget about the flicker. But the font topaz 8 >is no good for interlace. So, I want a higher font. Well, I put a >SetFont Topaz 11 in my startupsequence, and that works allright. But I want >an even higher font, say 16 pixels high. And this font must be fixedwidth. > So, I load the trusty program Fed in, which came with my amiga supplied >on the Extras disk. But all my efforts are in vain - when I begin to edit >a font, and then save it, it is scrambled. If I load it again, or use it >in DeluxePaint, or sets it with setfont, all I get is all mixed up graphics. >Hardly any of the graphic elements in the font remains visible, and the >width of the characters seems to be random. In my experience I get very good results with Fed. But if you create an additional size for an else existing font, then you should run FixFonts from your System drawer before using it. This helped me in some circumstances where some fonts wouldn't work at all. (I haven't experienced garbage like you described.) As far as I remember there are fonts on some Fish disk which are double height, thought for use in interlace only. The advantage to a bigger normal font is that these letters have the same width as in non-inter- lace, but appropriate height for interlace. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) (03/01/91)
>In article <5292@vela.acs.oakland.edu> hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) writes: > > Does anyone know of any FTP sites with large collection of >Bitmapped Fonts for the Amiga? I want to expand my library, but can't >seem to locate any. > > ---Moriland There is a program on a fish disk called TEXF that converts TeX fonts (many are freely available at ftp sites) to Amiga fonts. You might want to look into that, considering how many TeX fonts there are out there. -- ben@epmooch.UUCP ben%servalan.UUCP@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu {chinet,uokmax}!servalan!epmooch!ben (Ben Mesander)
hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (03/02/91)
Does anyone know of any FTP sites with large collection of Bitmapped Fonts for the Amiga? I want to expand my library, but can't seem to locate any. ---Moriland -- | hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu | __ | | | __/// Viva Amiga! | | Founder Of: Evil Young | \XX/ | | Mutants For A Better Tomorrow | "Single Tasking: JUST SAY NO!" |
mlb17270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Matthew Lee Brown) (03/03/91)
>>In article <5292@vela.acs.oakland.edu> hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) writes: >> >> Does anyone know of any FTP sites with large collection of >>Bitmapped Fonts for the Amiga? I want to expand my library, but can't >>seem to locate any. >> >> ---Moriland What proved to be mose useful for me was a program (on a fish disk I believe) which converted Apple Macintosh :-( fonts to Amiga :-) format. I managed to get dozens a good clean presentation fonts this way. Hope this helps, Matt
bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury) (03/04/91)
mlb17270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Matthew Lee Brown) writes: > >>In article <5292@vela.acs.oakland.edu> hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moril > >> > >> Does anyone know of any FTP sites with large collection of > >>Bitmapped Fonts for the Amiga? I want to expand my library, but can't > >>seem to locate any. > >> > >> ---Moriland > > What proved to be mose useful for me was a program (on a fish disk I > believe) which converted Apple Macintosh :-( fonts to Amiga :-) format. I > managed to get dozens a good clean presentation fonts this way. > > Hope this helps, > Matt What would help more would be the number of the Fish disk and name of the converter! <grin> Does anyone know what this program is called and if it's located at ab20 for FTP? I've been looking for this program for a while now. -- Bob The Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" ============================================================================ InterNet: bobl@graphics.rent.com | Raven Enterprises UUCP: ...rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!bobl | 25 Raven Avenue BitNet: bobl%graphics.rent.com@pucc | Piscataway, NJ 08854 Home #: 908/560-7353 | 908/271-8878