Re: How could I use this font for xterm?

[Salvador E. T. <sal...@in...>]

Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:

>I find the type "Rom BIOS 8x15" very pleasing for my eye (AFAICS
>the default is Rom BIOS 8x16). Is there any way I could use such
>font from a normal xterm or linux console?
>
This font is really 8x16 passed for a simple algorithm to reduce the=20
height by 1.
The code is in the fontcoll.cc (TV) file, is=20
TVFontCollection::ReduceOne. That=B4s really simple, it just avoids=20
damaging things like g.
About Xterm: You have to convert the SFT file into a PCF file, I have=20
code to do the reverse ;-). I don=B4t know if the knowledge I put in that=
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code can be used to do this conversion. I didn=B4t consult the PCF=20
reference, just figured out things looking at the binaries. The code I=20
have is in the SETEdit package in the fonts directory: convpcf1.cc
Linux console: You have to setup a video mode using 8x15 characters, the =

editor can=B4t force it. Lamentably you=B4ll need a PSF or RAW font for=20
that. The TV example: examples/fonts/genraw.cc shows how to generate a=20
RAW file from an SFT file.
I have a project called "Bifed" that=B4s a font editor for TV, it works o=
n=20
any target supported by TV and if the font you are editing matchs with=20
the screen font size you can see the shapes of the edited font. This=20
program will have some conversion features, PSF is currently supported.

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