Anthony W.Henry wrote:
One thing I'd add is that using Delphi it's possible (although not trivial) to
embed a .fon as a resource in an executable. I don't know the extent to which
this can be done using (in particular) Lazarus on Windows or on Linux.
I imagine the easiest way is bin2obj an
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 13:19 +, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> Anthony W.Henry wrote:
>
> > I really don't have to worry about the few Kilobytes
> > it will add to the program file :). Anyone know any good
> > GPL'd or Public Domain bit fonts ?
>
> Remember that you can easily preprocess it w
Anthony W.Henry wrote:
I really don't have to worry about the few Kilobytes
it will add to the program file :). Anyone know any good
GPL'd or Public Domain bit fonts ?
Remember that you can easily preprocess it with RLL. I'd expect a bitmap fount
to be very compressible.
Google for "Pro
On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 15:32 +, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>
> >> The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
> >> to be root ?How do I make the 16 bit segment/offset address
> >> into a 32 bit pointer to access these fonts ?
> >
> > This fon
On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 11:47 +0100, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 17 January 2008 01:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
> > > to be root ?
> >
> > Yes. Yes.
> >
> > "
On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 11:48 +0100, Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
> On Thursday 17 January 2008 01:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
> > to be root ?
>
> Yes. Yes.
>
> "/dev/mem" should be the raw memory device (where even the BIOS "image"
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > a fallback text output method if font files aren't available.
> >
> > The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
> > to be root ?How do I make the 16 bit segment/offset address
> > into a 32 bit pointer to access these fon
Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
to be root ?How do I make the 16 bit segment/offset address
into a 32 bit pointer to access these fonts ?
This font is not accessible. Linux does not allow direct hardware
access unless you write a
On Thursday 17 January 2008 11:47, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
> > On Thursday 17 January 2008 01:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
> > > to be root ?
> >
> > Yes. Yes.
> >
> > "/dev/mem" sho
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Vinzent Hoefler wrote:
> On Thursday 17 January 2008 01:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
> > to be root ?
>
> Yes. Yes.
>
> "/dev/mem" should be the raw memory device (where even the BIOS "image"
> can be re
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A task I used to do regularly when programming in Turbo Pascal
> was to read the BIOS Rom Font.I first picked this up to make
> "Splash" Screens for Text Mode programs that wrote out big
> several lines high using the character it was made of
>
On Thursday 17 January 2008 01:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The question. Is this font accessible from linux; do I have
> to be root ?
Yes. Yes.
"/dev/mem" should be the raw memory device (where even the BIOS "image"
can be read from), but this device which is only accessible to root.
> Ho
A task I used to do regularly when programming in Turbo Pascal
was to read the BIOS Rom Font.I first picked this up to make
"Splash" Screens for Text Mode programs that wrote out big
several lines high using the character it was made of
F P CCC
FPP C
F
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