From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Fonts and colors Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: References: <88ence$5tu$1 AT zingo DOT tninet DOT se> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 X-Trace: /bNDCzAk9XRee8QVqUZ2dYdGY62/2IE9xDwOiqFSsMV2fryNvOfedCVP0xLpdq7PHBUJ+qiBgEr9!l+WeVTVmK5yq51GsPXPECPw/rVColPRrmD3sWwdLEfH83iRfVsT5Z3xw5Aay8oeW9lyQ+6+c92e1!HmI7sTU= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:30:25 GMT Distribution: world Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:30:25 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:38:03 +0100, "Marcus" wrote: >I wonder how colors works. I mean, 32 bits is 4294967296 different colors >but only 16777216 are used (24 bits). Can anyone explain this to me Essentially, the digital-to-analog converters (DACs) in a typical video card convert 8 bits per channel (R, G, B) to analog. The leftover 8 bits (32 bits/word - 24 bits/pixel) is often used as a transparency channel. >or show me a page that explains it. Go to Google.com and look up "alpha channel" >Then I wonder what's the best way to type fine text in VESA mode >(with different width). Allegro can use PCX fonts created with a TrueType-to-PCX converter. Get Allegro and TTF2PCX from http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/ >Can I use FreeType or is it any better >or more simple avaible? FreeType could be illegal to use. I didn't see a cease and desist letter; FreeType.org is just being cautious. -- Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ Comment on story ideas: http://home1.gte.net/frodo/quickjot.html AOL is sucks! Find out why: http://anti-aol.org/faqs/aas/ View full sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your .sig to prevent the spread of .sig viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/