Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 17:29:57 +0000 (   )
From: "Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in>
To: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
Cc: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Fonts in Allegro
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On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:

> Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> > JH writes:
> > >I was just wondering how to create font files which are to be used with
> > >Allegro 2.2, please e-mail me if you know how,
> > 
> > There are lots of GRX format .FNT files in the libgrx distribution. 
> Please don't get me wrong Shawn I'll just point a detail here:
> 
> That's only an opinion, and I really like the bitmaped fonts of Allegro, but we 
> need some way to support proportional packed fonts (1 bit per pixel).


I would like to suggest the computer modern roman fonts that come in 
packed (.pk####) format. The format and the packing algorithm are simple 
and I would be happy to give you c functions that I am writing for my dvi 
viewer. Of course I have not used the Allegro fonts so I do not 
understand very well the issues involved. But if you are looking for 
proportional bitmapped fonts that come packed, cmr are one of the best. 

Thanks