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GDOS font format

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From: RY04
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1989 12:46
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in article <0317891715.KSR|CLJ@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU>                     00000100
has been asked for the format of GDOS fonts.                            00000200
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here it is:                                                             00000400
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typedef struct                                                          00000600
{                                                                       00000700
  int   font_id;             /* number of font, standard is :           00000800
                                01 - SYSTEM                             00000900
                                02 - SWISS                              00001000
                                14 - DUTCH                              00001100
                                15 - TYPEWRITER                */       00001200
  int   point;               /* size in point mesurement       */       00001300
  char  name[32];            /* name of font. In the first              00001400
                                16 chars there is written the           00001500
                                name itself, in the rest there          00001600
                                is written the typeface        */       00001700
  unsigned int first_ade;    /* first character in font        */       00001800
  unsigned int last_ade;     /* last character in font         */       00001900
  unsigned int top;          /* difference topline<->baseline  */       00002000
  unsigned int ascent;       /* difference ascent<->baseline   */       00002010
  unsigned int half;         /* difference halfline<->baseline */       00002020
  unsigned int descent;      /* difference descentl<->baseline */       00002030
  unsigned int bottom;       /* difference bottoml<->baseline  */       00002040
  unsigned int max_charwidth;/* max char width                 */       00002050
  unsigned int max_cellwidth;/* max cell width                 */       00002060
  unsigned int left_offset;  /* left offset for cursive        */       00002070
  unsigned int right_offset; /* right offset for cur           */       00002080
  unsigned int thicken;      /* factor for bold                */       00002090
  unsigned int ul_size;      /* thickness of underline         */       00002091
  unsigned int lighten;      /* mask for lightened style       */       00002092
  unsigned int skew;         /* mask for cursive style         */       00002093
  unsigned int flags;        /* Bit 0 : default system font             00002094
                                Bit 1 : use "horizontal offset          00002100
                                        table                           00002200
                                Bit 2 : Intel format (0) or Moto-       00002300
                                        rola format (1). GDOS           00002400
                                        fonts MUST be in Moto-          00002500
                                        rola !!                */       00002600
  unsigned int *hor_table;   /* pointer to "horizontal offset           00002700
                                table"; in a file the offset            00002800
                                to its beginning              */        00002900
  unsigned int *off_table;   /* pointer to "character offset            00003000
                                table"                        */        00003100
  unsigned int *dat_table;   /* pointer to font image         */        00003200
  unsigned int form_width;   /* width of font image           */        00003300
  unsigned int form_heigth;  /* height of font image          */        00003400
  FONT_HDR    *nextfont;     /* pointer to next fontheader              00003500
                                (in a font file not used)     */        00003600
  unsigned int font_seg;     /* so called "ATARI DATA FLAG" ??*/        00003700
} FONT_HDR;                                                             00003800
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I hope this will help you...                                            00004000
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                                  Valli                                 00004200
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From: RY04@DKAUNI11.BITNET
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Subject: GDOS font format
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Date: 20 Mar 89 12:46:34 GMT
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