Re: Coding for IIgs?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

BluPhoenyx wrote:
>  To: Michael J. Mahon
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > > But right now I'm just trying to blit a CGA font to the screen, as 
> > > that's relatively simple.
> >
> > Right--a simple block font is no more complex than with any other
> > Apple II.  It's just the "GS fonts" that are hairy--and have arbitrary
> > heights and widths.
>
> It is possible though. Apex System builder, an 8 bit application can 
> display GS fonts on Hires, DHires and the GS screens. I have little 
> experience with the GS screens though. One might get a bit more info 
> looking at the font editor which should be in the Apex archive. Sadly, 
> Microgram didn't release the source to Apex as well.

It sure is possible--the Beagle Bros. Font Editor is an 8-bit app, and
eats GS fonts for breakfast!

I remember tackling GS font display many years ago, and after finding
documentation on the complex data format and writing about 15 pages of
code, I found that I was almost there.  The size and complexity of the
code deterred me from finishing, since the text display subroutine
would have dwarfed almost any application I would write!  ;-)

-michael

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