Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/28/07:09:47
From: | "Michael B. Wright" <Mikey AT Nxus DOT com>
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Re: Getting fonts for use with Allegro grabber util
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Date: | 26 Jan 1997 13:58:49 GMT
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Organization: | Tallahassee Free-Net
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Message-ID: | <01bc0b89$729195a0$0100007f@Mikey>
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Perry Cameron Kratz <umkratz AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca> wrote in article
<5c9hhq$6fu$1 AT canopus DOT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca>...
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> I am having problems with fonts. The grabber help says you can put fonts
> into a *.dat file from a *.pcx or libgrx FNT file. Fine. But, does this
> mean I have to design my own fonts from scratch with a paint program, or
> is there a way to get the *.ttf files that come with windows or
> wordperfect into a pcx file easily.
> Or, is there a place I could download a dat file that has a lot of fonts
> in it and just use that?
Although not directly related to Allegro(which Is IMHO phenomenal,
thanks Mr. Hargraves!) The DJGPP source distribution for Pov-Ray3.0(consult
your favorite search engine for URL&mirrors) has some simply increadible
font tools, which utilize Windows TTFs. I believe you could probably get
some exellent ideas there. Check it out!
-Greets
Michael Wright
Mikey AT Nxus DOT com
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