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- From: rvg@marketgraph.xs4all.nl (Ruud van Gaal)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Want to use Truetype fonts on the Amiga?
- Keywords: Truetype
- Message-ID: <2b25ldy60.alamito@marketgraph.xs4all.nl>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 96 11:37:43 DST
- Reply-To: rvg@marketgraph.xs4all.nl
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- I have always found the number of available fonts on the Amiga to be on the
- low side, to say the least, and have seen too many ugly fonts for this
- lifetime.
-
- That said, I created 2 programs which enable converting Truetype fonts from
- the MS-DOS platforms (Windows) to the Amiga. 1 on the PC to select and create
- a small file to export to the Amiga, and 1 on the Amiga to read in the file
- and convert it to an actual font. Thankfully the Amiga font system allows
- near-perfect conversions of Truetype fonts, and I'm happy to say that I now
- have more than a thousand fonts to choose from on the Amiga. They look better
- than the CG fonts, and are mostly free of usage rights.
-
- If there is enough interest in these programs, I might release it to the
- public. 3 things:
- 1. Is there indeed interest for these programs?
- 2. What would be the best way to publish it?
- 3. Would this be nice to supply to AT, or do they already support truetype?
-
- Responses please also via email, since I tend to miss news responses thanks
- to the enormous amount of 'Re: 680X0 -> PPC translator' and 'Re: AB3D II
- beats Quake...' neverending threads. No flames please. Too many arguments
- already on this group.
-
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- Ruud van Gaal
- MarketGraph Visual Automation
- E-Mail : rvg@marketgraph.xs4all.nl
- DoomShell 4.5 homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jwkorver
- "...Works fascinates me. I could sit and watch it for hours..."
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