From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Getting fonts for use with Allegro grabber util
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 22:26:51 +0000
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>I am having problems with fonts. The grabber help says you can put fonts
>into a *.dat file from a *.pcx or libgrx FNT file. Fine. But, does this 
>mean I have to design my own fonts from scratch with a paint program, or 
>is there a way to get the *.ttf files that come with windows or 
>wordperfect into a pcx file easily.

As of about two weeks ago, there is indeed such a way. Go to 
http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/links.html, and download
ttf2pcx.zip.

>Or, is there a place I could download a dat file that has a lot of fonts
>in it and just use that?

There are a lot of fonts bundled with the GRX library (get the fonts zip
from GRX version 1, or from my web page). My work-in-progress version of
Allegro can also import BIOS format 8x16 fonts, and there are a lot of
those around on the net...

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