Re: Apple II system font as truetype

[Kallikak <ken.wessen@gmail.com>]

On May 6, 8:50 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > Kallikak wrote:
>
> >> Yes I saw that - but its the 80 column font and so too narrow for my
> >> needs unfortunately.
>
> > What?  The fonts are identical, pixel for pixel, between 40 and 80
> > columns.  Only the dot clock frequency changes to fit more characters
> > on a line.
>
> OK, I think I see what you mean--you want a 2x "stretched" version of
> the font.  I'm surprised if there isn't a public domain "font stretcher"
> to do exactly that to any TT font...
>
> -michael
>
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There probably is, and you can also do it programatically after
loading the font, but the results are usually less than ideal.  But it
looks like there are a few options, so thanks for all replies.