Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!sharkey!tygra!dave From: dave@tygra.Michigan.COM (David Conrad) Subject: Re: TP-Question: 8*16-Bitmap-font in graphicmode ? Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing System, Detroit, MI Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 07:13:26 GMT Message-ID: <1991Jun14.071326.11411@tygra.Michigan.COM> Keywords: TP graphic mode pixel-font References: In article zahn@mira.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de (Corvin Zahn) writes: >Hello, >in the turbopascal graphicmode there are a lot of vector-fonts, but only one >small (8*8)-pixelfont. Does anyone know, how to get another (bigger, e.g. 8*16) >font onto the screen? > The only way I can think of is to design the font yourself and use getimage and putimage (and store the images to a file), but then you need a routine which translates a string into the correct series of putimage's (i.e. write your own outtext). This isn't an insurmountable task, but it is rather annoying that Borland provided no way to create bit-mapped fonts. Does anyone (Duncan?) have a better solution? -- David R. Conrad dave@michigan.com -- = CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Computer Conferencing and File Archive = - 1-313-343-0800, 300/1200/2400/9600 baud, 8/N/1. New users use 'new' - = as a login id. AVAILABLE VIA PC-PURSUIT!!! (City code "MIDET") = E-MAIL Address: dave@Michigan.COM