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GLFONT 2.1 03.09.92
ABOUT
GLFONT is a program that converts a GRASP font into a number of
brushes, one for each character in the font. GRASP fonts have a
filename extension of .FNT or .SET.
GLFONT is one of the four programs in the GL 2.1 distribution. The
others are the librarian GLIB, the player GL, and the .PIC/.CLP
converter PIC2HL.
USAGE
GLFONT requires iff.library to operate. This library is used for
saving each character in the font.
GLFONT takes a single argument, the name of the font you want
extracted. It displays the contents of the font's header
structure, then extracts each character to a file in the current
directory. Each file has a name like "glfont.NNN", where NNN is
the decimal value of the character. For example, the 'A' character
will be saved to "glfont.065", because 65 is the decimal value of
an upper case A.
The purpose of extracting the data like this is to allow you to
either create an Amiga font from the brushes, or use each brush
with a drawing program to create fragments of text. For example,
the letters E, H, L and O can be combined to create a new brush
that reads "HELLO". This brush can then be used with CLOAD and
CFADE to replace the unsupported FLOAD and TEXT commands in MS-DOS
GL files.
I have successfully created an Amiga font (roman/8) from ROMAN.FNT
using Interactive Softworks' Calligrapher 1.05. It is a rather
labor intensive process.
CREDITS
GLFONT is written by John Bickers using SAS C 5.10a. The original
version of this program (and particularly the decoding of the GL
font format) was by Francis A. Gardner.
GRASP is a product of Microtex Industries, Inc. It's a sort of
slideshow animation program on PClones.
Christian A. Weber's iff.library is used for saving each character
as a brush.
DISTRIBUTION
This program may be distributed freely, as long as no more than
Fred Fish type costs are asked for it.
CONTACT INFO
If you have suggestions or problems, I can be reached at:
John Bickers
214 Rata St
Naenae 6301
New Zealand
Or: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz