| Re: Atari 8-Bit Font [message #328218] |
Tue, 05 April 2016 16:28 |
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Originally posted by: darkandspiky
On Wednesday, May 16, 2001 at 11:36:39 PM UTC+1, Mark Simonson wrote:
> As I mentioned a couple of days ago in a separate thread, the fonts are
> fixed now and available on my site at this address:
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> http://www2.bitstream.net/~marksim/atarimac/fonts.html
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> The erratic character mapping in the PC version is fixed. However, because
> of the way Windows handles fonts, not all of the ATASCII range can be
> emulated. Fortunately, all of the alphanumeric characters (both normal and
> inverse) are accessible. The characters that are affected are some graphics
> and control characters. Theoretically, it may be possible to make eight of
> these accessible using some very subtle tricks, but so far I've had no
> success. When and if I do, I will let everyone know.
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> (For the uninitiated, these are TrueType fonts for Macs or PCs which emulate
> the ATASCII characters set from the 8-bit Ataris making it possible to view
> and print Atari text files on modern computers.)
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>
> Mark Simonson
>
> Mac/Atari Fusion: Atari 8bit Resources for Mac Users
> http://www2.bitstream.net/~marksim/atarimac/
>
>> From: rhamiiton5@aol.comedy.com (RHamiIton5)
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>> Bless you, lad.
>>
>>> Mark Simonson marksim@bitstream.net replied:
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>>> Heh, heh... I can't believe I never noticed that. Since the Mac version
>>> works as it should in this regard, I always assumed the PC version did too.
>>> I'm just surprised it's taken this long for anyone to report this bug (and
>>> that's really what it is).
>> snip
>>> I will post it on my site and announce it here as soon as I make the fixed
>>> version. My apologies to all you Windows users for the inconvenience.
>>
>>
>> -Ron
>>
>> Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
>>
Can one use these fonts with Css3 on a webpage freely?
Thanks,
Miles
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