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28 New Amiga Fonts.
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This file is named NEWFONTS.DOC. It is file number 1 of 58.
It describes and documents, 15 large (14x16 Pixels) and 13 small
(7x8 Pixels) new fonts for the Amiga. These fonts are in the
standard format dictated by the ROM Kernal Manual. As such, they
are fully compatible with Deluxe Paint, Notepad and any other
program which makes use of the Amiga font capabilities.
*** SEE NOTE at the eahoool pixels as wide letters, such as
'M' or 'W'. In many cases this won't look too bad, but
certain letter combinations may look a little funny. (For
example, the word 'WIMP'.
File number 2 (of 58) is named NEWFONTS.PIC. It is an IFF
(DPaint or Slide Show format) picture that illustrates
samples of all 28 new fonts. By downloading this
file first, you can see examples of all the fonts to
decide which ones you want to download for yourself.
the actual fonts themselves. Each font
requires two files. They are named as follows:
FONTxxA
FONTxxB
where xx is a numeric index between 01 and 28. In a table
below I have equated these index numbers with the font
names as shown in NEWFONTS.PIC.
The 'A' file will need to be renamed to xxxxxxx.font
in the fonts directory on your workbench diskette.
Similarly, the 'B' file will have to be renamed to
case, xxxxxxx is the name of a directory
you have created in the fonts directory of your workbench
diskette. In both cases, xxxxxxx will be replaced by the
actual name of the respective font. For example,
outline.font & outline/8 (or outline/16). The numbers 8
and 16 become the actual file name for the font file, 8
being used for the small fonts and 16 being used for the
large ones. To further clarify what may not be clear by
now let me offer the ffan example, you must
first download the two font files, FONT01A and
FONT01B. Then from CLI do the following commands.
MAKEDIR DF0:LARGE ** Do only once **
MAKEDIR DF0:SMALL ** Do only once **
** See Note Below **
MAKEDIR DF0:SMALL/BYTE
RENAME(or COPY) FONT01A to DF0:SMALL/BYTE.FONT
RENAME(or COPY) FONT01B to DF0:SMALL/BYTE/8
Following is and the names of the fonts that go with them. Numbers 01
thru 13 are the small fonts and numbers 14 thru 28 are the
large fonts.
INDEX # FONT NAME SIZE
------- --------- ----
01 BYTE 8
02 COLOSSAL 8
03 COUNT 8
04 FLOW GOTHIC 8
06 OUTLINE 8
07 PINOCCHIO 8
08 PUDGY 8
09 ROMAN 8
10 SHADOW 8
11 SKINNY 8
12 SLANT 8
13 STOP 8
14 APPLE 16 ***
15 ASTRA 16
16 BOLDTYPE 16
17 BROADWAY 16
18 COUNTDOWN 16
19 CYBER 16
20 EXPANDED 16
21 FRANKFURTER 16
22 NINETY'S 16
23 OUTLINE 16
24 PINBALL 16
25 ROMAN 16
26 SCRIPT 16
27 SLOPE 16
28 TYPEWRITER 16
I suggest that rather than keeping all 28 fonts in one
directory(usually named FONTS) you put all the large
ones in a directory called LARGE(or big) and the small
ones in a directory called SMALL(or little). The reason
for this is that not all programs will handle a pull-down
menu item with 28 entries in it. I haven't tried Deluxe
Paint, but that many entries causes Notepad to freak-out.
Anyhow, if you do split them you will have to assign fonts to
the proper directory before starting-up DPaint or whatt be using the fonts. You can do this from CLI
with the following command:
1. ASSIGN FONTS: DF0:LARGE or...
2. ASSIGN FONTS: DF0:SMALL
Even though I did not convert these fonts with proportional
spacing, kerning, etc., these features could still be added
by an enterprising individual who was willing to spend the
time. To do this though, he would need the assembler sources,
an assembler and a knowledge of how Amiga fonts aaAmiga
dealer and the ROM Kernal Manual, respectively. The first
may be obtained by leaving a message to me on my home board.
Bill Fischer
Casa mi Amiga BBS
Jacksonville, FL
(904) 733-4515 (300 or 1200 baud)
*** NOTE: only the 13 small fonts are included in this file. We
(the Amiga Forum Sysops) have been unable to locate ttn upload of the
missing fonts! ***
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