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Re: gem font spec?

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From: Frotz
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:26
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"gord armstrong" <gord.armstrong@canrem.com> writes:


]I'm writing a C/assembler program using bitmapped fonts for DOS and
]OS2. I would like to use GEM fonts.

]The GENUS GX TEXT manual (Appendix D) has some info on the GEM
]format but not any details. Would any one have the GEM font format
]specification or know where I can get it?

]Any help greatly appreciated.

You may have to ask BitStream for the information.  I forget at which
version we moved to BitStream Fonts, but if the fonts were created with
BitStream's Fontware, they are the source for the font files...  Sorry, 
I can't be more help, but this is pretty old stuff (at least internally).
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