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

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:49:49AM -0800, Morgan Jones wrote:
> 
> <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

Some outline fonts can contain bitmap versions for specific sizes. Can
you try this?

> 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?

Yes. I haven't found such converter however.

        Raimar

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