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Article #640Re: How to a print *really* big letters?
From: Timo Salmi
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 20:11
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 20:11
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In article <phil.702787613@adam.adelaide.edu.au> phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) writes: >I need to be able to display a large character (one of the standard ASCII >set) in the middle of a VGA display. >This does not sound like it should be too difficult, but up to now, I have >not been able to find a way to do it, without having to define all of the >character set myself. >I was hoping to be able to use TurboPascal6.0, but the font support is only >vector, so while I can draw big characters, they are not solid - which I >require for my application. >I have already grepped through the simtel archive, and cannot find anything >like this. The fonts can be found at a certain memory location. As far as I can recall I have a pointer about it in my Frequently Asked Questions Turbo Pascal section. 104992 Mar 16 13:25 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsfaq27.zip Also see (but no source available): garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsdemo15.zip Demonstrations by Timo Salmi Filename Comment Date Time -------- -------------------------------- ---- ---- BIGCHAR.EXE Draws large characters on screen 09-07-90 19:49:32 BIGTIME.EXE Date and time in big characters 09-07-90 19:49:38 PLOTDEMO.EXE (P)lots of different functions 08-19-88 07:41:08 TSDEMO.INF Document 09-08-91 08:40:06 TSDEMO.NWS News announcements about tsdemo 09-08-91 08:23:30 TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi 07-30-91 23:11:54 TURBDEMO.EXE Turbo Pascal graphics demo 09-08-91 08:18:46 VAASA.INF Info: Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa 02-02-90 11:52:54 ---- ------ ------ ----- 0008 159432 123454 23% ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.87.1 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: How to a print *really* big letters? Message-ID: <1992Apr9.201124.21777@uwasa.fi> Date: 9 Apr 92 20:11:24 GMT References: <phil.702787613@adam.adelaide.edu.au> Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland Lines: 39