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

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Raimar Falke wrote:

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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >
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> On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 01:49:49AM -0800, Morgan Jones wrote:
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> > <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >
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> > >>>> 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
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> Some outline fonts can contain bitmap versions for specific sizes. Can
> you try this?
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> > 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?
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> Yes. I haven't found such converter however.

http://pfaedit.sourceforge.net

Perhaps this would work? It seems to handle a lot of font formats...

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa