¢¢¢¢¢ Atari to Daisy-Dot Font Converter¢ ¢ By Robert Lee¢ ¢ C Version By Roy Goldman¢ ¢ Released June 18, 1987¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ INTRODUCTION¢ ¢ The Atari to Daisy-Dot Font Converter greatly expands¢ the number of fonts available for use with Daisy-Dot. Any¢ standard 9 sector Atari 8x8 font can be converted to¢ Daisy-Dot format, with options for double height and/or¢ double width.¢ ¢ ¢ PROGRAM DESCRIPTION¢ ¢ This program was written in Lightspeed C. A runtime¢ package has been appended to it so it can be used with¢ almost any DOS, including SpartaDOS, MyDOS, SmartDOS, and¢ DOS 2.5. It works on older 400/800 models as well as the¢ XL/XE models. Execute the program in the same manner you¢ would run a standard machine language file.¢ ¢ You are first prompted for the name of the Atari font¢ to read from. Pressing 1-8 will show a disk directory.¢ This is the only prompt from which a directory is¢ available. Upon entering the filename, the entire font¢ will be read into memory.¢ ¢ The next two prompts allow for any of the four¢ possible combinations of single height, double height,¢ single width, and double width. Double height and single¢ width is the most practical combination. Note that using¢ double width or double height results in lower resolution¢ than fonts designed specifically for Daisy-Dot. However,¢ you can always edit the font from Daisy-Dot and smooth out¢ the rough spots.¢ ¢ Finally, enter the filename of the Daisy-Dot¢ destination font. If the file can be opened successfully,¢ the conversion process will begin. You are shown which¢ character of the total 91 characters is being converted.¢ The illegal values 155 and 13 are converted to 153 and 9¢ "on the fly." Once the conversion is done, the font is¢ written to the destination filename.¢ ¢ Once the process is complete, press 'Q' to exit to DOS¢ or any other key to run the program again.¢ ¢ If you have any questions or comments, I can be¢ reached on CompuServe (72347,3705) and GEnie (RGOLDMAN).¢ ¢¢¢¢¢::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
