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Article #4242Re: Font file structure
From: Gregory Stelmack
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 23:42
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 23:42
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In article <803@ki.UUCP> dwatts@ki.UUCP (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. Since no one responded to the earlier one, I'll throw in what small info I have. "Amiga Graphics Inside & Out" by Abacus, p. 407 mentions that fonts are stored in a packed array, as if each character were drawn next to each other in one long line, i.e. the resulting "bitmap" has a height equal to the font height and a width equal to the sum of the widths of the individual characters. Other than this, I have no info... -- Greg Stelmack -- Email: stelmack@sol.csee.usf.edu or stelmack@sunrise.ec.usf.edu -- USmail: USF Box 1510, Tampa, FL 33620-1510 -- Amiga: the only way to compute!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!ziggy!sunrise!stelmack From: stelmack@sunrise.ec.usf.edu (Gregory Stelmack) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Font file structure Summary: A partial answer Keywords: fonts structure Message-ID: <34@sunrise.ec.usf.edu> Date: 5 Jul 90 23:42:19 GMT References: <803@ki.UUCP> Reply-To: stelmack@sunrise.UUCP (Gregory Stelmack (CS)) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.tech Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: University of South Florida, Tampa Lines: 15