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Article #230Vector fonts & PC: device
From: Michael Jansson
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1989 10:25
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1989 10:25
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Hello, world! (Just couldn't resist to use that famous phrase ;-)
I'm just beginning to working on vector fonts for Amy. Before I get too deep
into this work I like to know if anyone has done this before. My plans are
to use a fast method of drawing curves to render the fonts, which (of cause)
should be compatible with other kinds of vector fonts on other machines.
The algorithm is fast because it uses no floats and matrix and is able
to draw a curve with a suitable roundness and a suitable roughness.
This makes it possible to draw fast and rough (the roughness is acceptable
when for example doing FAST animations), or slower and fine and choose how
round the curve should be.
Does this sound interesting? Has it been done before?
My next question concerns file devices, and is dedicated to a friend of mine
who is in need of a PC-DOS device. He would like to use this device in
AmigaDOS, i.e. be able to mount a PC: device and then be able to use it from
CLI and WB. Programs like Dos2Dos works fine, but it can't be used in that
way. Is there some PD or SW or commercial program that those this? If it
does not exist: Is it hard to write a new trackdisk device? (I guess it is,
but you Gurus out there could probably give my friend good advice!)
My friends name is Mikael Karlsson and can be reached at micka@slaka.UUCP .
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!kth!sunic!liuida!micja From: micja@senilix.ida.liu.se (Michael Jansson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Vector fonts & PC: device Keywords: Fonts, Devices. Message-ID: <1287@senilix.ida.liu.se> Date: 28 Jun 89 10:25:21 GMT Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden Lines: 32