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

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

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

>>>> 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?
>> > 
>> > Could you convert an amiga bitmap font to this format and send it
>> > to me? I will try if the freetype library can read it.
>> 
>> Attached. Incidentally the font (if you can view it) is one that I
>> made myself. Let me know if you like it. It's 12 pt bold and I have
>> a unbold version of it too. I will shortly be trying it out in my
>> layouts.
> 
> No I can't open it nor can I find a converter. In what other formats
> can TypeSmith save?
 
Outline Fonts:
     
     Truetype
     Compugraphic Intellifont
     DMF 
     IFF RFF
     Postscript Type1
     Postscript Type3
     
Bitmap Fonts:

     Adobe ABF
     Amiga Bitmap
     Softlogik Bitmap (Typesmith-specific I think)

In other words nothing particularly useful when it comes to Bitmap
fonts.

Apparently though, ABF fonts are the binary version of a BDF font and
Freetype can read BDF fonts.  Perhaps there is a ABF <> BDF converter
somewhere?

     -Morgan