Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!apple!amdahl!kim From: kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Fast fonts... (AkA, FF ) Message-ID: Date: 22 Jan 89 03:24:21 GMT References: <8901180336.AA01749@jade.berkeley.edu> <27596@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <15096@cisunx.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Lines: 45 In article <15096@cisunx.UUCP>, ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) writes: > In article <27596@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> me128-aw@kepler.Berkeley.EDU (me128 student) writes: > >-> How ( if possible) can I get fast fonts to work with a 11-point font? > > If I can't, is there a program out there which can? > > The other program that I'm aware of is > Blitzfonts. In addition to the freely distributable 8 point version, > Hayes Haugen wrote versions for 9 points through about 16 points. > He promised to send you these versions in return for a shareware fee. > Unfortunately, he then decided to blow off the Amiga community, > apparently. Anyone foolish enough to actually send him a shareware fee > got nothing but a blank check for his generousity. > > But the 9-16 point versions of Blitzfonts do exist. Foolish person that I am, I sent in my registration fee ... $10, as I recall. In return, I got back a disk labled "BlitzFonts 1.1", which included versions of BlitzFonts for 8-16 point fonts. The 8-point version was supposedly improved over the freely redistributable one, and the 11-point version worked just fine (I never tried the versions for the other sizes). I dunno if you can still get a disk from him, but the last known address I have for Hayes is: Mantis Development 11303 S. Dogwood Ln. Edmonds, WA 98020 That was as of 04/18/87. Might drop him a line ... BTW, I still use BlitzFonts, as I never could get FastFonts to work with the fonts I prefer (slightly modified pearl). That's true for the two or three versions I got from Microsmith, as well as for the CBM distributed version. BlitzFonts has never had any problems. /kim -- UUCP: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25