Font Finder¢-----------¢¢Written by John E. (TEBSF)¢¢To follow on from 'Picture Ripper' in the last issue of TGR, I present 'Font Finder' to help you hunt down those fonts and save them in either raw or binary format.¢ The options are...¢*¢0 - DISK DIRECTORY¢¢Gives a directory of the files on drive 1.¢*¢1 - LOAD RAW FONT¢¢This will simply load in a normal raw (i.e. just font data) font from a DOS disk. For an example leave this issue of TGR in the drive and enter the filename FONT.¢*¢2 - LOAD BINARY FONT¢¢This is similar to LOAD RAW FONT except the first six bytes will be ignored.¢*¢3 - LOAD SECTORS¢¢Allows you to load a font using a sector load.¢*¢4 - FREEZER LOAD¢¢This option is only of use to people who own Digicomm's 'The Freezer'. If you do and see a game with a nice font that you wouldn't mind stealing then load 'The Freezer', load the game and when the font you wish to 'borrow' is on screen, freeze the file to a formatted disk. Now load 'Font Finder', insert the frozen disk and choose this option. All going well, it should load the font you wish. This won't always work (especially if DLI's have been used to show more than one font on screen) but it's worth a try!¢*¢5 - SAVE RAW FONT¢¢Simply saves the font to a DOS disk in raw format (i.e. just font data).¢*¢6 - SAVE BINARY FONT¢¢If you choose this option you will be asked for a PAGE number to start loading the font into. After doing this (and it is a legal entry) the font can be saved to a DOS disk.¢ Binary fonts are quite rare but can be especially useful from Turbo BASIC where a simple BLOAD and POKE 756,PAGE will load and display a font.¢*¢7 - SAVE SECTORS¢¢Will save the font to sectors.¢*¢SPACE TO SWITCH MODE¢¢Pressing SPACE will change the font display area from mode 0 (ANTIC $02) into mode 12 (ANTIC $04) and vice-versa.¢*¢NOTES¢¢Always make sure you have the DESTINATION disk in the drive before entering the filename/save sector else valuable data could be overwritten.¢
