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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: fonts under mswindows
Message-ID: <8482@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 15 Oct 89 23:03:51 GMT
References: <31875@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
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In article <31875@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, kipnis@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Kipnis) writes:
> I am trying to come up with a FIXED_SIZE font under ms-windows on an
> EGA system s.t. that 80 characters will take up less than the complete
> width of the screen.  I tried using CreateFont function, but it doesn't
> seem to create FIXED_SIZE fonts that are less than 10 in height ==> takes
> up the whole screen.  How easy would it be to create my own font using
> Font Editor, and what's the difference between *.fnt and *.fon files
> (*.fnt are created with the Font Editor) and how do I use fonts from
> the above formats, I created *.fnt file, but I could not figure out
> how to load it, nor could I load some sample fonts from *.fon format
>
After you create a .FNT font file, you must link it with a simple header file to
create a .FON file which is really a .EXE file in disguise. The process is quite
simple, and is described in the Software developers' Kit. I've created a couple
of fonts, including a Symbol font (to match that in Postscript printers). You
shouldn't have too much trouble creating a 9 pt font which wouldn't occupy the
full width of the screen. Isn't there an 8 pt Courier version that you could
use?

regards,
Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
Monash University               |  fax:    +61 3 565 3409
Clayton, Vic. 3168. Australia.  |