Color Fonts Layout?
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Hi –
I'm looking for the difference between normal Amiga fonts and colorfonts.
Obviously the colorfonts must have multiple bitplane sections, but I can't
quite figure out how the extra info is laid out.
Anyone know? Thanks!
kevin
Kevin,
I wrote an article about that for AmigaWorld about a year and a half or
two years ago. It explained all the differences between the bitmap fonts
and color fonts. It was written in a manner quite similar to the bitmap
fonts article I did for TRANSACTOR, and which is now available here in our
Fonts directory in AmigaUser. I don't remember all the differences
without looking them up again, but there is an extra structure for the
color, and I believe an extra table or two, in addition to the extra
bitplanes. I have a copy of the article on disk, but I don't think I'm
free to upload that. I'm not sure AmigaWorld's copyright agreement would
let me do that.
I looked at some of my stacks of magazines and didn't spot the one. If I
remember correctly, it had a cartoon of Mickey Mouse on the front cover.
Betty
Many thanks, Betty!
Your article posted in AmigaUser was what got me started 🙂 It was quite
clear and easy to understand.
Unfortunately, I suspect that I don't have that AmigaWorld issue myself,
but the reference is greatly appreciated!
best – kev
Kevin,
This may be obvious (ie. not what you're looking for) but you can
find the 'struct ColorTextFont' (and related) structures in the
graphics/text.h include file.
– Keith
Thanks Keith! Alas, my stuff is too old (1.3 RKMs) to include the color
text font structures.
kev