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Message: 19
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 15:22:23 -0000
From: "edovila" <edovila@vtr.net>
Subject: Re: Guide Astronomy Software and SYMBOLE.FON
Finally I solved the problem of the SYMBOLE.FON font not
supported by ODIN. I followed this suggestion but in a
differente way. I profited from the odin manual recently
placed in this site. In the ODIN.INI section called:
[Font Mapping]
y added a sentence:
Symbol=Symbol Set
Symbol Set is a OS/2 font. I found the internal name of
SYMBOLE.FON ("Symbol") by inspecting it with a binary editor.
There is a long name, which is the one that WINOS2 shows, and
a short name, which probably is the ones used to invoke it.
I restarted the program and there were the greek letters!
--- In odinusers@y..., "Gregory L. Marx" <gregory.marx@v...>
wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 02:56:21 -0000, edovila wrote:
>
> You could try finding a corresponding TTF font to use as a
replacement ...
> First I'd rename the physical TTF file to SYMBOLE ... and
see if that worked ...
> If not it means the program is looking for its internal
font name ... which means you'd need to rename the actual
font to whatever name
> SYMBOLE is reporting to the system ... You'd do this by
using a program that renames the actual TTF fontname ...
>
> I have a 16-bit Windows program that does this ...
> It's Shareware that only works on fontnames that begin with
A, B, or C unless purchased ...
> The workaround is to use a HEX editor and just change the
first character to "A" ... then use the rename program ...
> I've done this to rename the windows TTF font Tahoma into a
font named Warp ... I use it as a replacement in DLLs and
EXEs for Helv or
> WarpSans ...
>
> Using a HEX editor does wonders for improving different
OS/2 programs as far as what fonts are used for the UI ...
> If you need more info or a copy the windows TTF font
renamer just let me know ...
>
> Hope this helps ...
> Gregory L. Marx
>
> >Guide is an astronomy program which includes a Windows 16
and
> >a Windows 32 executable. The first runs pretty well in
WINOS2
> >but is very slow at displaying large images. I have been
> >trying the Win 32 version with ODIN since they were
> >available. Version 7 of Guide runs quite well, with the
only
> >exception that it labels stars with Roman in stead of
Greek
> >letters (alpha Centauri and so on...). By experiencing
with
> >the WINOS2 version I found that it uses a font named
> >SYMBOLE.FON whick is placed in WINOS2\SYSTEM. When I
renamed
> >the font, the WINOS2 version started replacing Greek with
> >Roman letters.
> >
> >Obviously when the 32 bit version tries to use the font,
it
> >does not find it installed. The problem is that OS/2 font
> >installer does not recognize .FON fonts, and that ODIN has
no
> >way (as far as I know) of installing fonts. Has anyone a
> >solution of bypass to this limitation?
> >
> >Guide home page is http://www.projectpluto.com/