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SETFONT v1.02 21 March 1994, J. Elliott ================================================================================ SETFONT.COM is a CP/M program which will run on an Amstrad PCW or CPCº series computer or on a Sinclair Spectrum +3, under the CP/M operating system in each case. It is a Character Set Manager and it has been designed to handle many types of PCW/CPC/Spectrum screen character sets. It will convert between different types, allowing you to print the characters on the printer, make them self-loading and even use them in LocoScript. Or you can use it to combine characters from as many different fonts as you want. º: CPC operation untested. The command line is: A>SETFONT filename.ext {/option /option ...} or A>SETFONT /H or A>SETFONT The first command will load or save a character set according to the options (listed below). The second will print a Help screen explaining the options. The third variant will enter a multiple command mode (like PIP does). You can use the syntax -option instead of /option if you want to. There are seven main file types: 1. Amstrad CP/M - holds all PCW/CPC characters, or one of the two Spectrum +3 character sets. 2. Spectrum +3 CP/M - holds all Spectrum characters. 3. Spectrum +3 +3DOS - holds only those characters which can be redefined under +3DOS, nos. 32-127. The file has a +3DOS header record so that it can be loaded without using the COPY...TO SPECTRUM FORMAT command. On the Spectrum, characters are taken from one of the two character sets. 4. PRINTIT - holds characters 32-224. See below for a full explanation of the PRINTIT format. 5. EMS (or EMT) - the file you boot your computer from contains a character set. This set will either be in format 1 or 2, depending on which computer you have. SETFONT can extract or change this "hidden" character set. 6. Stop Press - But only those Stop Press fonts with the right lettering size (eg HITEC-70). 7. MasterPaint - But only those MasterPaint fonts with the right lettering size (eg STANDARD, ORLEANS). Amstrad computers cannot save the Spectrum +3 CP/M format; otherwise, all formats are usable on all computers. There now follows a detailed guide to the available options. The /B and /E options: ---------------------- These options specify a range of characters to be changed. The entire file will still be loaded but only the specified characters will be used. /B specifies the first character to change. /E specifies the last. Both these options are inclusive. If a /B or /E option is omitted, the start or the end, respectively, of the font will be used. The options are formed /B:n or /B=n (and the same for /E). If a colon is used in the option, the character chosen is from the "large" set on a Spectrum +3. If an = sign is used, the "small" character set is the one used. On a PCW, both of these affect the same character set. The number n after the colon or = sign is from 0-255 (see your manual for a list of character numbers). The /B and /E options can only be used when loading. They are ignored when saving. Note that while the other options (/F, /Z etc.) control how the font file is loaded from disc, these options have nothing to do with the type of disc file loaded; it just specifies how much to use. If you tell it to change characters outside the range of a particular file, SETFONT will do the best it can. For example, if you are loading with /F:+ (see below) and you use /B:0 /E:64, only the characters 32-64 will be changed, since only these were in the disc file. You cannot load short files like this; /B:32 /E:127 is not a substitute for /F:+. It may have a similar effect, but the disc file loaded from would have to be a full 2k/4k one, not a +3DOS one. If a /B or /E option is used twice, the second option is used. If the number in a /E option is lower than that in a /B option, the second option is ignored. Examples: 1. /B:32 -Loads from (large) character 32 to end. 2. /E=64 -Loads from start to (small) character 64. 3. /B:65 /E:90 -Loads (large) characters 65-90 (A-Z) 4. /B:65 /E=90 -PCW/CPC: As (3) above. Spectrum: Loads all large characters from 65 and all small characters before 90. 5. /E:64 /B:65 -Second option is invalid. (Large) characters 0-64 loaded. 6. /B:65 /E:64 -Second option is invalid. (Large) character 65-end loaded. The /F option: -------------- The /F option selects a different file format. The syntax is /F:x or /F=x The /F:x is the standard version while /F=x gives extra options on the Spectrum. Option File format on PCW/CPC File format on Spectrum ___________________________________________________________________________ none All characters in 2048 byte All characters in 4096 byte PCW file. Spectrum file. /F:+ Characters 32-127 in a 768 Large characters 32-127 in a byte +3DOS type file with 768 byte +3DOS type file with a +3DOS header. a +3DOS header. /F=+ As /F:+ above Small characters 32-127 in a 768 byte +3DOS type file with a +3DOS header. /F:A All characters in 2048 byte All large characters in 2048 PCW/CPC file. byte PCW/CPC file. /F=A As /F:A above All small characters in 2048 byte PCW/CPC file. /F:C Characters 32-126 in a Large characters 32-126 in a MasterPaint font file. MasterPaint font file. /F=C As /F:C above Small characters 32-126 in a MasterPaint font file. /F:E All characters in a start- All characters in a start-of-day of-day type file. type file. /F=E As /F:E above *Large characters only in a start- of-day type file. /F:P Characters 32-224 in PRINTIT Large characters 32-224 in font file. PRINTIT font file. /F=P As /F:P above Small characters 32-224 in PRINTIT font file. /F:S Characters 33-125 in a Stop Large characters 33-125 in Press font file. The letters a Stop Press format file. have to be the size of those in HITEC-70. /F=S As /F:S above Small characters 33-125 in a Stop Press format file. /F:? This option is different. It is only useful when loading, since /F=? what it does is to guess the font format from the disc file. It is useful if you have a file with a name like MYFONT.BIN and you don't know which format you saved it in. It cannot recognise EMS type files because they don't have a fixed format. * Note that /F=E above restricts the font to LARGE characters, not small ones. The references to start-of-day files need some explaining. When you first turn on, CP/M is booted from a file called ???CPM3.EMS or ???CPM3.EMT. This file contains a font, the location of which is different for each EMS/EMT file. The /F:E option is used to discover where this font is, and then load it or save it. When you are saving in this format, it is ESSENTIAL that the EMS/EMT file: a) Exists. Unlike all other options except /F:C, this one modifies rather than replaces the destination file when saving. b) Contains a recognisable font. Essentially, this means that character no. 0 must not have been changed if this file has been modified before. The /F=E option is so that the Spectrum +3 can use Amstrad PCW/CPC .EMS type files, which only contain the "large" font. A good rule of thumb is to use /F:E if you are working with files from your sort of computer and /F=E when you are dealing with files from different computers. When you are using MasterPaint (/F:C) fonts, you should be aware that: a) When saving, the file being saved to must exist. Like /F:E, this modifies the destination file rather than writing a new one. b) The supplied MasterPaint fonts are saved in language 1 (French). To compensate for this, use the /L=1 option (see /L below). The /H option: -------------- /H overrides all other options and prints a helpscreen. The /I option: -------------- This inverts the font you're loading or saving (if /B or /E is being used while loading, only the bit being loaded is inverted). Syntax is /I. The /L option: -------------- The /L option is formed in two ways: /L:n tells SETFONT which language the computer is currently using. /L=n tells SETFONT which language the font file should be in. In both cases n is a number from 0-7. If only one of these options is present, the other is assumed to be 0. If neither is present, no language changes are made. Examples: /L:4 - File in language 0 (USA; assumed); Computer in language 4 (Danish) /L=6 - File in language 6 (Italian); Computer in language 0 (USA; assumed) /L:1 /L=3 - File in language 3 (UK); Computer in language 1 (French). This option can only be used when the computer is using the device CRT as its output (the main screen). If console output is being diverted (eg ECHO OFF) the language will not change. The /M option: -------------- /M provides Multiple command mode options. They are only valid in multiple command mode and are ignored otherwise. See the multiple command mode section for a detailed description. The /S option: -------------- If this option is present, the computer will save the font to a disc file instead of loading from one. The following options behave differently: /B and /E: No effect. /Z: See /Z below. The /U option: -------------- This option tells the computer to use a different user area (PCW users may know these as "groups") from the current one. The syntax is /U:n - for example, to use area 12, add /U:12 to the command line. The /Z option: -------------- The /Z option is concerned with the "header record" - an extra 128 bytes at the beginning of the file. When loading, /Z informs the computer that such a record is present. This is used with character set files saved under operating systems which automatically add a header record, such as +3DOS. If you are using the /F:+ or /F=+ options, this option is selected automatically. This can also sometimes be used on self-installing character sets (eg CHARSET.COM) if they were made using the /Z option above, the obsolete program SELFLOAD (supplied with SETFONT v1.0), and some other helpful font editors. If they weren't you'll soon find out - you'll either see a mess or the wrong characters, perhaps with different top and bottom halves! When saving, /Z causes the font to be saved with self-load code at the beginning. The file specified should be a .COM file; then when you type its name, it will load by itself. You should only set this option with standard or Amstrad (/F:A) fonts - none of the other special formats. - * - The Multiple Command Mode: ========================== The multiple command mode is entered by typing SETFONT. You will see: SETFONT v1.02 Multiple Command Mode Type /H for help SETFONT> Type your command just as you would from the A> prompt, except that there is no need to have SETFONT in front of it. If the command begins with a : (eg :NEWFONT.FNT /F:S /S) then it is a "conditional command" and will not be executed if the last SETFONT command has failed. Eg: SETFONT>NEWFILE.BIN /F:? Font file not found: NEWFILE.BIN SETFONT>:NEWFILE.UDG /F:S (Nothing happens) SETFONT> but SETFONT>NEWFILE.BIN /F:? Guess: +3DOS format. Character set loaded. SETFONT>:NEWFILE.UDG /F:S (Loads font) Character set loaded. SETFONT> The /M options operate as follows: /M:E has an "Else" action. It reverses the status of the conditional command; so if "success" was reported it becomes "failure" and vice versa. /M:+ tests whether the computer is a PCW/CPC or a Spectrum +3. "Success" is reported if the computer is a +3; otherwise "failure". Similarly, /M:C reports success if the computer is a CPC and /M:P reports success if a PCW is being used. A /M option should be treated as a command all by itself: SETFONT>FILE1.UDG File not found: FILE1 .UDG (Failure) SETFONT>/M:E (ELSE changes to success) SETFONT>:M:FILE2.FNT /S /F:P (Saves font) SETFONT> SETFONT>/M:+ SETFONT>:PLUS3.BIN /F:+ (If +3) SETFONT>/M:C SETFONT>:CPC.UDG (If CPC) SETFONT>/M:P SETFONT>:PCW.FNT /F:S (If PCW) SETFONT> If the command begins with a ; it will be ignored. So: SETFONT>;Hello! will do nothing. - * - Explanation of PRINTIT (/F:P /F=P) ================================== PRINTIT is a PD program which prints text files on Epson-compatible printers in different fonts. PCW-World supply it in volume U/102. To print a file using a font saved with SETFONT, use: A>SETFONT myfont.fnt -S -F:P A>PRINTIT -Fmyfont.fnt textfile.asc "True" PRINTIT fonts have characters designed on a 16x8 grid. When SETFONT converts them to an 8x8 grid for screen display, detail is lost. This does not happen with fonts saved in PRINTIT format by SETFONT, because they never had the extra detail anyway. To print LocoScript files with PRINTIT, set them up for 15 pitch and save them as Page Image ASCII. PRINTIT will only work on the Spectrum if (i) you use the RS232 printer socket or (ii) you cut a wire in the printer lead (see CP/M manual, p64) - * - Possible errors/problems are: ============================= 1. "File ????????.??? exists, delete (Y/N)?" -The file you are trying to save to is already on disc. Press Y to delete or N to abort. 2. "Read error : ????????.???" -There are several reasons for this: 1. The file is too short. You may need to use the /F:? option. 2. There is no diskette in the drive. 3. The diskette is corrupted (e. g. a bad sector) 3. Characters are unrecognisable; they all look like random dots. -Either: 1. You are trying to load something that is not a character set. If you have saved a RESET.UDG file then type SETFONT RESET.UDG; otherwise reboot or try SETFONT xxxCPM3.EMx /F:E to read the font in your boot file (you won't be able to see what you're typing, so be careful). 2. Perhaps you have loaded a Stop Press file without the proper /F:S option, or a MasterPaint font withwout /F:C. Try reloading with /F:?. 4. Characters appear, but they are wrong - eg Prompt reads 1. or QN -You are loading a file without the correct /F:+ or /Z options set. Try reloading with /F:? to discover what type it is. 5. "Requires Amstrad PCW/CPC or Spectrum +3." -You are trying to use the program on the wrong computer (e. g. an Osborne). 6. "Write error on file ????????.??? - Disc may be full" -There are several reasons for this problem: 1. The diskette really is full. 2. The directory is full. 3. There is no diskette in the drive. 4. The diskette is corrupted (e.g. a bad sector) 7. "This file is password protected." -You are trying to load, erase or otherwise access a password-protected file. Type in the password and press RETURN. 8. "Cannot erase file:????????.??? - File may be protected." -There are two possible reasons for this error: 1. The diskette is read-only. 2. The file is read-only. 9. You get two "squashed" characters in the one space, one above the other. -You have loaded a normal font with the /F:P or /F=P option set. 10. You get the top or bottom halves of double-height characters. -You have loaded a PRINTIT font without the /F:P or /F=P option set. You will also get this if you have tried to use a self-loading font saved with the /F=P or /F:P options; self-loading fonts can't compensate for this the way that SETFONT does. See also (13) below. 11. The characters look faint and/or have lines missing. -You have either: 1. Loaded a "true" PRINTIT printer font (as opposed to those saved by SETFONT). These have to be compressed for screen viewing, and detail will be lost. 2. Loaded a font with narrow outlines. Turn the brightness up or go into inverse video with PALETTE 63 0. 12. "Out of memory." -You need to have free memory up to D100H in the TPA for this program to run. If there is not enough memory (e.g. you are using SID and some large RSXs) then you will have to clear some. 13. You get just the top left-hand corner of a character. -You have loaded a Stop Press font which is bigger than 8x8 in size. The only Stop Press font which will load with /F:S is HITEC-70 or one you saved yourself. Examples: ========= 1) A>SETFONT RESET.UDG /S - will preserve the standard character set, so that you can restore it without resetting your computer. You are strongly recommended to do this. 2) A>SETFONT SETFONT>M:CHARS.BIN /F:+ /S - Save intermediate +3 font to M:CHARS.BIN SETFONT>B:OTHER.UDG - Load full font B:OTHER.UDG SETFONT>M:CHARS.BIN /F:+ - Load M:CHARS.BIN over this. SETFONT>B:MYFONT.UDG /S - Save combined font to B:MYFONT.UDG SETFONT> Result: a new file MYFONT.UDG containing the characters SPACE to ~ from those already in the computer and all others from the file B:OTHER.UDG. Do not confuse this with (6) below. This one will create an intermediate file on drive M: containing characters from SPACE to ~ (plus ú and ñ) 3) A>SETFONT C:USA.HED -U:6 -L:1 -Z - will load USA.HED from group 6 of drive C:, remove the +3DOS or self-loader header record and select the French language. 4) G>SETFONT D:RUNME.COM /S -Z /F:A - will save a .COM file to drive D: containing only the characters used on the PCWs and CPCs. If you then type D:RUNME that character set will load itself. 5) K>SETFONT H:PRINTER.FNT /F=P /S - will save a font suitable for PRINTIT to drive H:. On the Spectrum +3, the characters saved will be from the small font. 6) SETFONT <M:GRAPHICS.BIN /S - save current font as M:GRAPHICS.BIN <L:SERIF.UDG - load L:SERIF.UDG <M:GRAPHICS.BIN /B:128 /E:159 - load (large) graphic characters from <;Next bit only on +3 - Comment M:GRAPHICS.BIN </M:+ - IF the computer is a +3... <:M:GRAPHICS.BIN /B=128 /E=159 - THEN load small graphics chars as above. <L:SERIF2.UDG /S - Save the whole lot to L:SERIF2.UDG < This example is part of a .SUB file. It combines fonts as in (2) above, creating a new file L:SERIF2.UDG containing the graphic characters which were in the computer at the start and other characters from L:SERIF.UDG. Unlike (2), the intermediate file on drive M: (GRAPHICS.UDG) contains ALL the characters formerly in the computer. 7) A>SETFONT B:TINY.FNT /S /F:S - will save the character set between ! and } to disc in a form that can be read by Stop Press. 8) O>SETFONT F:UNKNOWN.BIN -F:? - will try to load the file F:UNKNOWN.BIN, guessing which format it is in from the size of the disc file. 9) P>SETFONT SETFONT>A:J20LOCO.EMS /F=E - load the LocoScript v1.20 boot file. SETFONT>:B:SCRIPT.BIN /F:+ - IF it was OK, load B:SCRIPT.BIN over it. SETFONT>:A:J20LOCO.EMS /F=E /S - IF that was OK, save back to the SETFONT> LocoScript file. Result: This will superimpose the +3 font B:SCRIPT.BIN on the LocoScript 1 start-of-day file A:J20LOCO.EMS. Because character 0 has not been altered, it will be possible to use the /F=E option on this file again. /F=E is being used because JnnLOCO.EMS files do not contain the small characters. 10) H>SETFONT SETFONT>BOLDFONT.COM -Z -F:A - Loads selfloading (large) BOLDFONT.COM SETFONT>-M:+ - IF using a +3... SETFONT>:MINIBOLD.COM -Z -F=A - THEN load selfloading (small) MINIBOLD.COM SETFONT>A:S10CPM3.EMS -F:E -S - Save it all to the +3 CP/M v1.0 boot file. SETFONT> Result: Similar to (9) above, but please note: 1. BOLDFONT.COM and MINIBOLD.COM are self-loading character sets. MINIBOLD.COM is designed for the Spectrum +3 "small" characters and only loads on the Spectrum. 2. -F:E is used rather than -F=E. This only makes a difference on a Spectrum and is being used here because the Spectrum SxxCPM3.EMS files do contain small character sets. 11) J>PIP JOINDUP.CAR=STANDARD.CAR[O] - Make a spare .CAR type file ready to J>SETFONT accept a new font. SETFONT>JOINDUP.UDG - Load a normal file JOINDUP.UDG. SETFONT>JOINDUP.CAR /F:C /S - Save this font into the spare .CAR file. SETFONT> Result: A new MasterPaint file is created, containing the characters from JOINDUP.UDG. Note that it was actually created by the PIP command, and the font was then placed in the existing .CAR file. 12) G>SETFONT SETFONT>ORLEANS.CAR -L:3 -L=1 -F:C - Load a (French) MasterPaint font. SETFONT>ORLEANS.FNT -L:3 -L=0 -F:S -S - Save as a (USA) Stop Press font. SETFONT> - This example takes place on a PCW configured to use language 3 (UK), hence the -L:3 on every line. The example converts the MasterPaint "Orleans" font to Stop Press form. 13) C>SETFONT SETFONT>HITEC-70.FNT /F:S -U:2 - Loads a Stop Press font in group 2. SETFONT>HITEC70.FNT /F:P /S -U:1 - Saves as a PRINTIT font in group 1. SETFONT> Result: Converts the Stop Press "HITEC-70" font to a PRINTIT font. ________________________________________________________________________________ Other programs supplied with SETFONT: ===================================== (ALTER.COM and SCRCHED.COM documented separately) CONVERT.PL3 ----------- A Spectrum +3 program. Run by typing LOAD "CONVERT.PL3" from +3BASIC. It is menu driven; the menu is like those in ALTER. Its purpose is to convert between fonts and screen files, in case you prefer using a screen designer to edit your font rather than ALTER. The three main options are: 1) Screen to headed CP/M. Will convert a font printed out on the screen to a CP/M type file which should be loaded using the /Z option. 2) Any CP/M to screen. Will convert a PCW or Spectrum type character set to a screen file. If you loaded a PCW type set, the "small" character set will be either blank, or the one you used last time. The option takes some time to get going but this is entirely the fault of +3DOS and nothing to do with me. 3) +3DOS to screen. Will convert a +3DOS font file to a screen file. For compatibility, this uses the screen printout of the default character set. It asks for RESET.SCR but you can use any character set as the base for this conversion. If you haven't got a suitable screen to superimpose the +3DOS character set on, then you are given the option of converting a CP/M character set to a background screen. CONVERT.PL3 will only work on the Spectrum +3. To edit a character set as a screen on a PCW, see note 9 below. FONTSBR.BAS ----------- A subroutine that runs under MALLARD BASIC. It should be MERGED with your program - it occupies lines 40000-40200. The POKES that must be made before use are listed in REM statements inside. It is useful if you only wish to redefine one or two characters, or convert programs from other computers which use UDGs. ________________________________________________________________________________ Compatibility with other character set programs, and miscellaneous information: =============================================================================== 1. In general, programs (including ALTER.COM and SCRCHED.COM) don't like files with headers, +3DOS type character sets, EMS files, or other unusual formats. Load these with SETFONT first, if they are SETFONT formats, or with their own program if they aren't, and save them as standard files using SETFONT. Fonts in the PRINTIT (/F:P), STOP PRESS (/F:S) and MASTERPAINT (/F:C) formats should only be used with their own programs or SETFONT. 2. As far as I know, the SETFONT suite are the only CP/M character set programs that run on the Spectrum. 3. If you use character designers which don't save a 'plain' binary file, and you want to use a SETFONT option on them (eg convert them to a PRINTIT font) load the character set their way and save it with SETFONT. 4. SETFONT v1.0 had two support programs SELFLOAD.COM and PRINTFNT.COM. These are now included as part of SETFONT.COM. 5. Some other programs only like fonts with a .UDG filetype. 6. The LocoScript 1 screen characters can be loaded or saved with the /F:E option. 7. The LocoScript 2 and 3 screen characters are stored in the file SCRCHAR.JOY. Its main character set can be loaded with SETFONT and the /F:+ option, but to edit it you should use SCRCHED.COM (supplied with SETFONT v1.01). The LocoScript 2/3 start-of-day files (JnnnLOCO.EMS) cannot be used with /F:E. 8. Editing a font as a screen on the PCW: a. PCWDRAW (PCW-World G/103) picture files can be loaded by SETFONT. b. Newsdesk International format files can be loaded by SETFONT. c. .PCP (MasterPaint) or .SPC (Stop Press/MicroDesign) files can be loaded by SETFONT but are inverted; load with /I. d. .G (Fleet Street Editor) files should be loaded with the /I and /Z options set. In all of the above cases, the file saved by the program will be longer than is required. Load it with SETFONT and resave to save memory. Loading fonts into the programs: a. PCWDRAW will load a font happily. b. Stop Press will load the font as a canvas, but unless you save it from SETFONT with /I it will appear in inverse video. The rest of the screen will be filled with copies of bits of the font. c. I don't know what the other programs mentioned above will do about loading PCW fonts. You may have to use "Graphics Transfer" to change the fonts to a recognisable format. - * - Spectrum +3 users: I have said already that the +3DOS format file contains only those characters which can be redefined under +3DOS. The Spectrum +3 manual at no point mentions that it is possible to redefine characters other than the UDGs, although a hint may be obtained from the description of the CHARS system variable (p195 of the +3 manual). Some programs (like +3 PAW) come with a selection of fonts in this format. To load a +3DOS font, go to +3BASIC and type: CLEAR 48383 LOAD "font.bin" CODE 48384 POKE 23606,0:POKE 23607,188 This unfortunately puts the top 16k of the computer off limits. This is necessary since if the font is stored in banked memory, you cannot use the +3BASIC editor. If you are confident that your program will never need the attentions of the editor, begin it with: 1 CLEAR 64599 2 LOAD "font.bin" code 64600 3 POKE 23606,88 4 POKE 23607,252 To go back to using the standard font, use POKE 23606,0:POKE 23607,60 ________________________________________________________________________________ Technical information: ====================== Standard characters are bitmapped in the following format: Byte 0 = top line. Byte 1 = second line. . . . Byte 7 = last line. The Spectrum +3 "small" characters use bits 7..3 only. Set bits 2..0 to 0. PRINTIT characters have 16 lines, 0..15. When saving, SETFONT converts by mapping the top line of the screen character onto the top two lines of the PRINTIT character, the second line of the screen character onto lines 3 and 4 of the PRINTIT character, etc. When loading, SETFONT uses the odd-numbered lines of the PRINTIT character to make up a screen character. STOP PRESS characters are designed on a larger grid; the font is sent to the top left-hand corner of this grid to create a small font similar in size to the AMSTRAD or HITEC-70 typefaces. MASTERPAINT characters are saved in a strange format. When saving, SETFONT requires a file to modify (rather than generating a new one). This file should usually be a copy of STANDARD.CAR. SETFONT uses the USERF function in the BIOS jumpblock to determine which computer it is resident in. It conforms to the CP/M 3 conditional batch system; if there is an error (with 2 exceptions, listed below) it sends the "Failure" code to the BDOS. If the next CCP line is preceded by a colon (:) it will not be executed if SETFONT has failed. The exceptions are: 1. "Requires Amstrad PCW/CPC or Spectrum +3." Since this could be called under lower versions of CP/M, it is best not to use a CP/M 3 only call. 2. If the "delete (Y/N)?" question has been answered "No." The CCP prompt is returned to but no failure code is sent. GETERL users: SETFONT sends the following codes: 0000: OK. FF01: Can't erase file. FF02: File not found. FF03: File too short. FF04: General read error. 0005: The "Erase Y/N" question was answered "no." FF06: General write error. FF07: Wrong password entered. FF08: Out of memory. FF09: Couldn't find a font using the /F:E option. FF0A: MasterPaint font was the wrong size. Assembly of SETFONT.Z80: ------------------------ The program has been written to assemble with the Microsoft M80 assembler (PCW World supply it on disc L/107). The .REL file produced needs no additional modules to be linked with it. - * - Documentation by John Elliott, 21 March 1994. All trademarks acknowledged.