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- GLFONT 2.1 03.09.92
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- ABOUT
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- USAGE
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- GLFONT requires iff.library to operate. This library is used for
- saving each character in the font.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- CREDITS
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- 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.
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- GRASP is a product of Microtex Industries, Inc. It's a sort of
- slideshow animation program on PClones.
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- Christian A. Weber's iff.library is used for saving each character
- as a brush.
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- This program may be distributed freely, as long as no more than
- Fred Fish type costs are asked for it.
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- CONTACT INFO
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- If you have suggestions or problems, I can be reached at:
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- John Bickers
- 214 Rata St
- Naenae 6301
- New Zealand
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- Or: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz
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