Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!spdcc!merk!alliant!rosenkra From: rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Refreshing window text rapidly Message-ID: <2018@alliant.Alliant.COM> Date: 22 Jun 88 05:43:30 GMT References: <935@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> Reply-To: rosenkra@alliant.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz) Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Littleton, MA Lines: 18 ---- In article <935@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> kibo () writes: -> I need a way faster than v_gtext -> to display text in my choice of point sizes (6 to 16)... I wouldn't mind -> being limited to positioning the characters on an 80x24 grid or anything, -> but I do need to be able to make then smaller. (Cconws() always seems to -> make 16-point ones...) you can actually replace the system fonts with your own without too much difficulty. the pointers to the fonts can be accessed via line-A and you can easily switch these pointers on the fly, perhaps even controlled by your own control sequence (maybe like nroff "." commands if you like). the bios/gemdos char output routines (i think) look for the default system font and just draw the current char. that's how you can make your ST kinda look like a mac (with "Chicago" font...). -bill ...!rutgers!mit-eddie!alliant!rosenkra