[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7127) [FS] Screen design

["Morgan Jones" <morgan.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >

>> However, there's heaps of nice looking Amiga Bitmap fonts,
>> including lots of freeware ones. Maybe there's a tool for
>> Linux/Windows that can convert Amiga BMP fonts to Windows BMP
>> fonts?
> 
> http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_86.htm#SEC240 suggestes
> TypeSmith.

I have TypeSmith but it can't load or save .FON files :-(

It can save .abf files (Adobe/Postscript bitmap fonts) though.  Is
this format any use?

> Note that a font which we use should also contain at least latin1
> and also a lot of other characters.

All Amiga bitmap fonts use the ECMA-94 Latin1 International 8 bit
character set.  Support for other alphabets is done by using a
seperate font.

     -Morgan