From: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu (Tony O'Bryan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Getting fonts for use with Allegro grabber util
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 17:08:10 GMT
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On 24 Jan 1997 05:32:42 GMT, umkratz AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca (Perry Cameron Kratz)
wrote:

>
>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?

I use the Windows paint program to place a font on the screen, save it to a BMP,
convert it to a PCX, then import it into Grabber.