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Subject: Re: ALLEGRO 2.1 Fonts
Date: 29 Jun 96 14:57:57 +0200
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In article <31d46ca9 DOT 0 AT 128 DOT 230 DOT 2 DOT 153>, GImP <kzh1+@pitt.edu> writes:
> 
> Alright, I downloaded ALLEGRO 2.1.  After FINALLY getting it
> installed (for some reason it needed files that I didn't have,
> but that's not my point).  Anyways.  I'm reading in the docs
> that it's possible to import GRX .fnt files.  I've never heard
> of this format, but I decide to try to find a few, because it
> would be a lot easier than making a PCX file.  So I found a
> few.  However, GRABBER.EXE reported that there was an error
> in the .fnt header.  Hmmm....  So I try more.  Same thing.
> I tried a LOT, from many different sources.  Is this a bug in
> GRABBER.EXE, or am I just using a wrong format or version?
> 
Firstly, all the files needed for Allegro 2.1 are in the .zip file. I had no
problems making the library.

Re GRX fonts, they are in the GRX 2.0 beta, and GRX 1.13m1 releases, with some
extra fonts in the TWS windowing library (available on x2ftp). I remember there
being a .zip file containing only fonts for GRX 1.13, but I don't know the zip
name.

The grabber works fine with all the fonts I've tested (I contributed the GRX
font reading code for Allegro, so I made sure to check it out!), so I don't
know what's up. I assume you are loading them correctly, so your .FNT files
must either be corrupted, or some new format.

Send me one of your font files (or a few in a zip) via email and I'll see
what's going on.

Adios
Mark Wodrich.