Hi Jerome, > FDI itself can switch display font’s and for reasons I don’t > feel like going in to at the moment, it does not use > the codepage system. It uses transient bitmapped text mode > fonts...
Does that mean FDI can only work in graphics mode? If it does work in text mode, then why does it re-invent DISPLAY and MODE? I suggest to make FDI able to at least use existing fonts from DISPLAY data files, either on the fly or using a set of pre-made converted files, although using DISPLAY itself seems easier :-) > Create a normal flat bitmap font file with the entire character set Already exists: Take the one from the DISPLAY codepage data file. > 1) Provide a V8F font file. I do not know VBPower Tools, but you already suggest a converter. Having to confirm 216 times sounds very tedious for known fonts. > 2) Include a TXT file. This file should contain information > regarding the origin, licensing and any other important info All fonts used by DISPLAY are free for your intended use :-) Regarding the final conversion of the text from UTF8 to a DOS codepage of your choice: The free open source tool "recode" is able to do exactly that, even for multiple files in one run :-) Regards, Eric _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
