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- LOADER
-
- Loader is a program which lets you replace the existing system font with
- another. One sample font, SLASHER.FED, is included.
- Run loader from the desktop. A file selector box will appear, and it
- will prompt you for the font to load. Select the font, and when you return
- to the desktop the font you have chosen will be the new system font.
-
- NOTES:
- 1. Loader is "Hook" into the system. When it is done, it will
- stay in memory. For this reason, run it right after you boot
- the machine. If you call loader from any other program, then
- GEMDOS may lose track of the memory reserved by the application
- from which you called it.
-
- 2. Loader is not a well behaved application. It depends heavily
- on the current verion of GEM. I'm working on a better behaved
- version now.
-
- 3. Some programs which do their own text I/O will still have the
- system font.
-
- 4. Font are in the .FED format. FED is an excellent font editor
- which is available (at the very least) on BIX. I am working
- on a conversion to standard GEM .FNT format now.
-
- 5. Proportionally spaced fonts will install and work, but GEM
- doesn't like them. It expects 8 pixel wide characters.
- Oh well...
-
- 6. Right now, loader will only install in GEM in high-resolution
- mode. Sorry, color people. I'll fix it as soon as possible.
- The supplied font is 8 x 16 high res. N.B. Any font which you
- install will still work in the TOS screen mode.
-
- 7. Any comments, questions?
-
- Greg White
- Box 2754-College
- Middlebury, Vt 05753
- (802) 388-3711 ext 6033
- Compuserve #73657,277
- GTWHITE on BIX.
-
- 8. If there is any demand, I can upload the source code.
-
- 9. Coming soon: A command line interface that uses the fonts!
-
- 10. If you create any nice fonts, I'd love to see them. Drop me a
- line.
-