[fpc-pascal] Accessing ROM BIOS Font in Linux.

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Anthony W.Henry wrote:

>  I really don't have to worry about the few Kilobytes 
> it will add to the program file :).   Anyone know any good
> GPL'd or Public Domain bit fonts ?

Remember that you can easily preprocess it with RLL. I'd expect a bitmap fount 
to be very compressible.

Google for "Programmer's fonts" etc., there's plenty around; otherwise look to 
see what's bundled with things like FreeDOS. If you like I'll send you my 
favourite as a .fon file- I might have it in other formats but have limited 
time to look for things. Please mail me direct (see below) if you want a copy.

One thing I'd add is that using Delphi it's possible (although not trivial) to 
embed a .fon as a resource in an executable. I don't know the extent to which 
this can be done using (in particular) Lazarus on Windows or on Linux.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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