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Creating Fonts for GEOS.
There are two kinds of fonts for Geos: bitmap and vector (outline). Sans and Mono are examples of vector fonts. Jsys and Notepad are examples of bitmap fonts. VECTOR FONTS There are a couple softwares that will convert True Type or Adobe Type 1 fonts to Geos format. A company named Ancer Technologies (Atech), now out of business, produced a font converter named AllType that would convert from Type 1 or True Type directly to Geos format. AllType is hard to find, but last I heard it was available from the Download SuperStore on Prodigy or from Softdisk at 1-800-831-2694. Micrologic, located in Emeryville CA, makes two software products that may be used to convert Type 1 fonts to Geos format. You need both More Import and More Type. 1. More Import (MI) will import Type 1 fonts to MicroLogic's own proprietary format. MicroLogic's More Fonts package includes MI starting with version 3.0. Owners of earlier versions of More Fonts or folks who own More Type (see below) can purchase MI directly from MicroLogic. 2. More Type (MT) will export fonts from MicroLogic's own proprietary format to Geos format directly... or to NimbusQ (URW Generic) format, which the Geos Nimbus Font Converter will then convert to Geos format. The Geos Nimbus Font Converter will convert NimbusQ fonts to Geos format. It's available as part of Geoworks version 1.2 desktop software, known as Ensemble or Quick Start. FontMonger, a Windows-based font conversion program, will convert fonts to a NimbusQ format that the Geos Nimbus Font Converter will recognize and will then convert to Geos format. I've seen some public domain cyrillic fonts converted to Geos format on BBSs, online services, and at Internet sites -- but the quality of PD fonts isn't usually very good. BITMAP FONTS Bitmap fonts are used for screen display, but not for printing. I don't know the details about how these are created...