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EPFONTS.LBR
Alan Laughton ( Member 679 )
Beinτá ß heav∙ use≥ oµ Graphiπ Wordbeσ fo≥ ß yea≥ o≥ so¼á ╔á havσá pu⌠ ì
togethe≥á man∙ differen⌠ font≤ anΣ downloadeΣ somσ froφ thσ BB«á ¿ Seσá Thσ ì
CATCHE╥ Deπ 8╢ )« ╔ no≈ havσ ß ChalkboarΣ witΦ Electriπ PaintbrusΦ anΣ fel⌠ ì
i⌠á woulΣá bσ gooΣ t∩ usσ m∙ W┬ font≤ witΦ EP«á A≤ the∙ arσ a⌠ thσá moment¼ ì
the∙ arσ incompatable« S∩ ╔ se⌠ ou⌠ t∩ ove≥ comσ thi≤ problem« ╔ coulΣ havσ ì
writteε ß prograφ probabl∙ t∩ d∩ s∩ bu⌠ endeΣ u≡ usinτ thσ inbuil⌠ Monitor« ì
Thi≤ wa≤ thσ procedurσ ╔ followeΣ :-
1. Boot up a ZCPR II or a CCPZ CIAB bios disk on your 128k Prem. 'Bee.
2. Type in: GET 100 FILENAME.FON <cr> ; Load file at 100H
3. Go to the Monitor with a RESET & M.
4. Type in: A 100 <cr> ; To Alter memory
5. Type in: 08 10 0E 00 08 10 & then press ESC ; File header
6. Type in: M 300 180 600 <cr> ; Block move data down
7. Type in: G 0 <cr> ; Warm boot to CP/M
8. Type in: SAVE 13 FILENAME.EPF S <cr> ; File saved
I⌠á i≤ importan⌠ tha⌠ yo⌡ boo⌠ u≡ ß ZCP╥ I╔ o≥ CCP┌ CIA┬ bio≤ disδá a≤ ì
thσá 128δ bio≤ doe≤ no⌠ allo≈ yo⌡ t∩ returε t∩ CP/═ witΦ ß warφá boot«á Thσ ì
heade≥ informatioε wa≤ founΣ b∙ examininτ thσ file≤ oε thσ E╨á distributioε ì
disk« It≤ makeu≡ is║
1st & 2nd Byte - Size of cursor block printed to EP screen
3 rd Byte - Row number were Underline will go when being used
4 th Byte - Zero. I do not know why.
5th & 6th Byte - Size of cursor block used to calculate data for
each character.
E╨á fon⌠á file≤ ha≤ datß informatioε startinτ witΦ <SPACE╛ througΦá t∩ ì
<DEL╛á o≥á ASCI╔á characte≥ 3▓ t∩ 12╖ only«á Thσ blocδ movσá iεá <6╛á abovσ ì
overwrite≤ mos⌠ oµ thσ characte≥ ░ t∩ 3▒ data.
An EP font file made from a G/Wordbee font is made up as:
Byte Number
-----------
0 to 5 File header indicating size of data blocks
6 to 7F Not used by EP. Zeros or other numbers.
80 to 67F 16 bytes of data for each of the 96 characters.
The EPFONTS.LBR file is made up of the following files:
DATA70-1.EPF BOLD .EPF TYPE .EPF
TYPE-UP .EPF SCRIPT .EPF EMBOSSED.EPF
PLUMPY .EPF STOP .EPF OUTLINE .EPF
CURSIVE .EPF CPM .EPF SMALL .EPF
ESPERANT.EPF RUSSIAN .EPF FRENCH .EPF
GREEK .EPF MACEDON .EPF VIETNAM .EPF
Unti∞á aε edito≥ prograφ i≤ madσ availablσ fo≥ writinτ E╨á font≤á thi≤ ì
approacΦá b∙á convertinτá Graphiπ Wordbeσ font≤ i≤ abou⌠ al∞á onσá caεá do« ì
Electriπá PaintbrusΦ i≤ ß fantastiπ prograφ ¿ ste≡ asidσ BeeArtistiπ )¼á i⌠ ì
jus⌠ need≤ ß fe≈ morσ utilit∙ program≤ t∩ suppor⌠ it.