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From: johno@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Orr - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Bitmapped font scaling?  AmigaMail!
Message-ID: <22729@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 27 Jun 91 13:56:23 GMT
References: <1124.2867637f@vger.nsu.edu> <14290@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1129.286894b2@vger.nsu.edu>
Reply-To: johno@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Orr - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1129.286894b2@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
>In article <14290@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas) writes:
>> In article <1124.2867637f@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:

>> 
>> [Snort removed]
>
>
>What happens when the font is
>generated... is this font saved to disk?  

No, but it still should be in memory as long as you don't do anything
to flush it out.


> What is the result code from the requestor?   

The AslRequest() functions return a zero if the user clicked "Cancel"
or if the function failed for some reason.

>How does the user abort the generation if it is not what he wants?

The user can't abort the *generation* of a font because asl.library is
not scaling the font.  Asl.library doesn't know anything about where
fonts come from, it just blindly asks diskfont.library (or
graphics.library) for whatever font the user clicked on.  If the user
asks for a 999 point font called aintgotno.font, asl will ask
diskfont.library for that font.  Asl has no control over what
diskfont.library or graphics.library does.  If diskfont.library finds
that font but not that size, it'll try to scale it.

>
>I am not flaming, but I feel the AmigaMail article left out some
>interesting details.
>

Most of the details you are asking about have to do with the
diskfont.library and graphics.library.  


--John