Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!sdcrdcf!ism780c!ico!cadnetix.UUCP!childs From: childs@cadnetix.UUCP (David Childs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: looking for Amiga fonts Message-ID: <852@cadnetix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 13:25:26 EDT Article-I.D.: cadnetix.852 Posted: Fri Sep 11 13:25:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 20:28:46 EDT References: <1106@vu-vlsi.UUCP> <633@sugar.UUCP> <1448@gryphon.CTS.COM> Organization: Cadnetix Corp., Boulder, CO Lines: 33 Keywords: fonts, rant and rave, long, gibberish. Summary: font/point sizes In article <1448@gryphon.CTS.COM>, richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >In article <633@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >>PS: Peter the pedant strikes again: The Amiga "8 point" font is NOT an "8 >>point" font. It's an "8 pixel" font. ..point size is a measure of chars/inch POINT SIZE IS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>and depends on such variables as the size of your monitor. On an >>Amiga monitor the "8 point" font is about 8 or 9 point, and the "9 point" >>font is about 6 to 7 point. > Huh ? Whats this ? 8 is really 8 or 9, but 9 is really 6 or 7 ? > You found a new branch of font mathematics here ? > Is 5 really 2 or 7 depending on whether its raining ? > A 'Point' is 1/72 of an inch, and there are roughly 72 dpi on my monitor. A 'Point' is an inch. A pixel (dot on the screen) is 1/72 of an inch on a monitor with 72dpi. A one 'point' font fits one character per inch. An 8 point font fits 8 characters per inch. His new branch of mathematics is called division. Divide the number of PIXELS per inch by the number of PIXELS per character give the point size of the font. Therefore, on a 72dpi monitor 8 is 9, 9 is 8, 10 is ~7. On an unrelated topic. Bryce Nesbitt writes "...either the Commodore-Amiga/ Metacomco assembler or the new Metacomco Macro Assembler is a prerequisite for any Amiga assembly work." (Amiga World - Sept/Oct 1987) Is this true? Bryce? Do these assemblers come with something that the other assemblers don't have? I need to know soon, so I can buy one right away if necessary. Thanks for your time. I hope I'm not wrong about the point size stuff. David Childs Cadnetix Corp. (303) 444-8075 childs@cadnetix.UUCP seismo!hao!ico!cadnetix!childs "The Amiga held the people in awe, much the same as IBM PC's don't" - DWC