Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:32703 comp.sys.atari.st.tech:761 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!beta.its.bt.co.uk!jvt From: jvt@its.bt.co.uk (John Trickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: GEMINI & FONTS Keywords: GEMINI G+DOS Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 90 11:30:08 GMT References: <291@aldetec.oz.au> <1990Nov19.112149.16794@ioe.lon.ac.uk> Sender: news@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (News with an UZI) Organization: BT Applied Systems, Birmingham, UK Lines: 23 In article <1990Nov19.112149.16794@ioe.lon.ac.uk> teexand@ioe.lon.ac.uk (ANDREW DAWSON) writes: >In <291@aldetec.oz.au> clive@aldetec.oz.au (Clive Salvidge) writes: >>Can some cleverer person tell me why the GEMINI console window fonts work >>under AMCGDOS but are garbled when I try to use G+DOS?? > >I can't quite remember the specifics, but it's something to do with the fact >that GDOS fonts can be in Motorola or Intel format (there's a flag in the font >header somewhere to say which). AMCGDOS seems to support fonts in both formats, >but both GDOS and G+PLUS only support Intel format fonts. > >The Gemini font used in the console window is probably in Motorola format. > >You may be able to fix this with some kind of utility, or assign the same >font id that the console font uses to a different font. I can confirm the Gemini fonts are in Motorola format. I haven't tried it, but I've just got Fontkit3+ from the ST Club which should be able to do the conversion. It's a good thought as it may solve my problem of having to switch GDOS's for Timeworks as the print fails under AMCGDOS. -- John Trickey || ..!mcsun!ukc!axion!its G4REV @ GB7SUT Voice: +44 21 333 3369 #include