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diff --git a/sys/gio/fonts/README b/sys/gio/fonts/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8b657b76 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys/gio/fonts/README @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ + +FONT Generation Utilities (August 1997) +---------------------------------------- + +This directory contains utilities for building font tables for the GIO +system executables. For reference we include here the font tables for +the standard and greek fonts currently installed in the system: + + font.com standard text font (Roman) + greek.com greek character font + +These table were built from the Hershey stroke data using the following +files: + + mkfont.c task to build font table + hershey.dat Hershey stroke data table + +Once compiled the MKFONT task can be used to build the table with a command +such as + + % mkfont < romant.txt > font.com + +Note that by default the tables are created with a "chr" prefix for the +index, width, and character tables in the .com file. When building a new +Greek or other symbolic font these should be changed appropriately. + + +Addition input files for fonts supplied here include: + + futural.txt Futura (light) + futuram.txt Futura (medium) + gotheng.txt Gothic (english) + gothger.txt Gothic (german) + gothita.txt Gothic (italian) + greekc.txt Greek (complex) (current greek.com) + greeks.txt Greek (simple) + math.txt Math symbols + meteor.txt Meteorological symbols + romans.txt Roman (simple) + romant.txt Roman (Times) (current font.com) + scripts.txt Script text font + timesr.txt Times-Roman |