Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Want to know about font file format Message-ID: <5200001@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Feb 90 10:39:37 GMT Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #N:ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:5200001:000:846 Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil Feb 26 01:28:00 1990 Are there any references that describe the formats of files that contain character fonts. I realize there may be many different formats (as there are certainly different ways to describe fonts). I am designing a terminal program for a PC using VGA in graphics mode. I would like to include the capability for a user to import any font they may get (purchased, over the net, etc.) and I would need to know what the conversion program is going to get in the way of a font file. If one of the formats in inherintly appropriate for my terminal program, I may even adopt that format as the one my program uses (perhaps allowing me to use other font conversion programs if any exist). While I intend to get back to this newsgroup to read replies, email answers would be appreciated anyway. Thanks. --Phil Howard, KA9WGN--