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FROM:
Thomas Lynch
21208 Nashville
Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818)709-2988
NOTES:
5 April 1990 update: Major update to correct basic fault with bitmap
rotation.
SUBJECT:
Font covversion program. Convert portrait soft fonts for HP LaserJet
compatible laser printers to landscape format. The program works
through Intuition or through CLI; the format through CLI is:
[path]portolan [path][portrait font file] [path][new landscape]
All C-code module source is provided except MicroSmiths getfile.o
requester.
DETAILS:
Working with WordPerfect and a laser printer, I found many requirements
for use of landscape soft fonts. On a PC where I work, SoftCraft
provided such a tool. Porting these fonts to the Amiga was a time
consuming process. Hence the need for such a program on the Amiga.
The character rotation module [bitmap()] provides landscape bitmaps
for each character. A typical conversion time is 20 seconds for a
12 point font.
The program works with font format defined by HP and described in
the LaserJet II Printer Technical Reference Manual. Certain HP Fonts
such as Helvetica have strange endings that can cause program crashes.
The program has been "bullet proofed" to allow conversion of the
Helvetica font in a graceful manner.
The basic program accessed through CLI was straight forward to code.
The Intuition version used MicroSmiths file requester getfile.o.
This requester program has problem with large number of filenames
(as was the case on my system hard drive); continued testing caused
system guru's until problem was found. User BEWARE.
The code was developed with Lattice 5.04
Please contact me if there are any problems.