Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 09:26:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Andrew Deren <aderen AT eecs DOT uic DOT edu>
To: Perry Cameron Kratz <umkratz AT cc DOT umanitoba DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Getting fonts for use with Allegro grabber util
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Look at the allegro home page, there is program done by Shawn to do just
that convert *.ttf to *.pcx if you do not know allegro web address it
is:http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/

On 24 Jan 1997, Perry Cameron Kratz wrote:

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