Font file structure

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From: Steve Holaday
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 1990 15:00

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>>John Flanagan writes:
>>I am looking for documentation on the structure of Amiga font files.
>>I have the 1.3 RKM's, and while they do describe the contents of
>>the font contents file (the foo.font file), they do not describe how the
>>actual font bitmap file (the foo/number file) is layed out.

>Dan Watts writes:
>I've not seen a response to this request yet.  I also would like to know
>what the font file layout is as I'd like to design some of my own fonts.
>Does anyone know what the layout is? I'd like to use DPaintIII to design
>my fonts.  Is it possible to cut from here and generate a font file?

There was an excellent article in Volume 1 Issue 1 of the Amiga
Transactor (April 1988) on pages 59-62.  It was by Betty Clay
and was called "And What Are Little Fonts Made Of?".

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!pmafire!seh
From: seh@pmafire.UUCP (Steve Holaday)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Font file structure
Keywords: fonts structure
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Date: 3 Jul 90 15:00:16 GMT
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