Fonts
# font documentation sources
The FontManager is described in
the Programmer's Reference Manual 3 Chapter 61
Font file formats are described in the PRM Vol 4 Ch90 appendix E
ADFS::HardDisc5.$.DOCZ.FONTDOC
ADFS::HardDisc5.$.DOCZ.FONTDOC.IntMetricsFmt
see ADFS::HardDisc5.$.DOCZ.FONTDOC.!Unicode
see ADFS::HardDisc5.$.!Boot.Resources.!Unicode.files
see ADFS::HardDisc5.$.!Boot.Resources.!Unicode.encodings
see DOCS/ARCHIVE/HTML/ARCHIVE/VOLUME06/6_05/6_05
Volume 6, Issue 5, Using RISC-OS3
for example of commands
see also
ADFS::HardDisc5.$.PROGRAMZ.BASIC.ROUTINES.Examples.FontTest
# Font related Commands
*FontList lists the fonts currently cached
*FontCat lists the fonts in
*Configure FontMax [k]
Max font cache size(cache grows while fonts in use)
*FontInstall []
Installs a font directory for use by the Font Manager,
and also ensures that the directory is rescanned.
*FontLibrary
Temporarily installs a font directory for use by the Font Manager.
There is normally only one such directory at a time.
*FontRemove
Removes a font directory from the Font Manager's list.
see DOCS/ARCHIVE/HTML/ARCHIVE/VOLUME06/6_05/6_05
Volume 6, Issue 5, Using RISC-OS3
for example of commands
see also ADFS::HardDisc5.$.PROGRAMZ.ROUTINES.Examples.FontTest
# Install a Font Risc PC only
>>configure>fonts>Show
this opens directory !Boot.Resources.!Fonts
drop new font directory into above then...
>>configure>fonts rescan
# Install a font - Iyonix
copy into:
ADFS::HardDisc5.$.!Boot.Resources.!Fonts
** if Messages1 is not present then all fonts in folder are available **
delete Messages1 - a new one will be created
double click !Fonts to rescan fonts and make the new font available
key *fontcat to list fonts
# Enabling & disabling fonts - Richard Mellish
The system I have adopted is to keep only a few frequently-used fonts
in !Fonts, with the rest grouped in other directories. I have named
mine !sans, !serif, !symbol etc, but you could group them however
you like.
Each of these is, obviously, an 'application' directory and each
has a Basic !RunImage file that toggles all the fonts within it
on and off. If that group of fonts is not currently in Font$Path,
they are added to it, and if they are already there they are removed.
!Run file
Set Otherfonts$Dir
Run .!RunImage
!RunImage file
REM RunImage file for application to toggle extra fonts on/off
DIM block% 255
SYS "OS_ReadVarVal","Font$Path",block%,255,0,3 TO ,,len%
block%?len%=13
Fontpath$ = $block%
SYS "OS_ReadVarVal","Otherfonts$Dir",block%,255,0,3 TO ,,len%
block%?len%=13
Otherfontspath$ = $block%
IF INSTR(Fontpath$,Otherfontspath$) THEN
*FontRemove .
ELSE
*FontInstall .
ENDIF
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You could add a new file Messages1 to your !Font directory.
This is a text file which contains one line for each font in the directory.
If it exists, it is read and the details it contains are added to the
installed fonts.
Of course, if it is wrong or not up-to-date, the font manager either
won't see your fonts, or can get into a tizz about fonts it can't
find when you try to use them.
The format of the file is detailed somewhere in the PRMs,
but here's a snippet from mine:
Font_NewHall.Bold:
Font_Selwyn:
Font_Sidney:
Font_System.Fixed:
LFont_Arial.Condensed.ExtraBold:
LFont_Arial.Light:*
Font_AvantG.Book:*
A font is in one of two categories: an L at the start indicates
it's a language font
(i.e. with different versions for different language sets),
and you can tell because the font directory files have a 0 at
the end of the name (i.e. IntMetric0 and Outlines0).
Some fonts are aliased so that the name of the font isn't necessarily
the name of the directory; this is indicated by the alias coming
after the colon,
e.g. Font_CooperBlac.Italic:Cooper Black.Italic
The * indicates the default font in a set, so for example if you selected
Arial in the above set, you would get Arial.Light unless you
selected a different weight.
# fonts in PDFs
MW. Ghostscript is the only PDF
rendering solution on RISC OS that gets all the fonts right. Always.
RiScript gets a substantial part of the fonts right. !PDF a fraction.
More technically - !PDF only gets the standard PostScript fonts
(Times, Helvetica etc) and Type3 fonts right (Type3 fonts are not
really used much except by the RISC OS PostScript printer driver).
RiScript gets Type1 fonts right as well (in addition to the previous).
Ghostscript also gets TrueType fonts right (in addition to all the
previous).
Ghostscript DOES embed the fonts when it converts Postscript to PDF.
It's just that the RiscOS *readers* for PDF display everything in the
default fonts (Trinity, Homerton, Corpus). However, viewing the same
PDF on the other platforms will show the correct fonts.
The Acorn PostScript 2 driver generates Type3 fonts for all RISC OS
fonts that do not have associated Type1 information.
RiScript automatically substitutes Type1 font definitions for these
Type3 fonts when converting from PostScript to PDF if the font in
question is installed at the time of the conversion.
The PostScript 3 driver generates Type1 definitions to begin with,
which avoids the whole issue.
Ghostscript does not change any fonts when converting from PostScript
to PDF. It just embeds the fonts it finds in the PostScript file into
the PDF file.
# Unicode font
DejaView and Cyberbit - NetSurf team said download and convert for
Unicode chars with TTF2f
Translation is generally via mapping tables. These are stored in
Unicode:Encodings.
# font conversion Apps
!effTTT and !EFFmanual both run under aemulor
!effTTT works well - drop tt font on to window and convert.
it puts resultant font into ADFS::HardDisc5.$.!Boot.Resources.!Fonts
or NetSurf:
NB - use option Unicode or odd-even - Postscript gave a problem with
MarVoSym
# to convert a font
download font from web eg dblftr/ttf
Run ADFS::HardDisc5.$.APPZ.T1.!TTF2f
drop font file on icon bar and click
choose target for converted font:-
ADFS::HardDisc5.$.!Boot.Resources.!Fonts
click Convert
font will appear in font directory
click on .....!Fonts to rescan
new font should now be available
move or copy the new font to either:
ADFS::HardDisc5.$.FONTZ.fromRPC.!FontsA-M
or
ADFS::HardDisc5.$.FONTZ.fromRPC.!FontsO-Z
or
somewhere else!
# Font Mapping
Artworks Rough Guide has mappings of Acorn to Postscript
!Fontprint shows mappings for an active Postscript printer
Acorn to PS - use ADFS::HardDisc4.$.Printing.!FontPrint
see the help file for details:
ADFS::HardDisc4.$.Printing.!FontPrint.!Help
A "mapping" is a spec of how a RISC OS font maps to a PostScript font.
E.g.
Trinity.Medium Map to Times-Roman
RISC OS font "Trinity.Medium" should be displayed on the printer using
the PostScript font "Times-Roman".
"Download" entries indicate that a RISCOS font should be downloaded to
the printer whenever !Printers is started.
The conversion ofthe RISC OS font into an equivalent PostScript font
is handled automatically by the printing system.
# Font Path
ormally set to :
ADFS::HardDisc4.$.!Boot.Resources.!Fonts., .,Resources:$.Fonts
contents of ADFS::HardDisc4.$.!Boot.Resources.!Fonts ( 13 nov 04)
!Boot LR/R Obey 09:53:45 05-Nov-1996 596 bytes
!Help LR/R Text 09:53:45 05-Nov-1996 854 bytes
!Run LR/R Obey 09:53:45 05-Nov-1996 257 bytes
!Sprites LR/R Sprite 15:03:19 23-Nov-2002 6 Kbytes
!Sprites11 WR/ Sprite 11:03:04 10-Mar-2003 11 Kbytes
!Sprites22 LR/R Sprite 16:51:09 18-Nov-2002 7 Kbytes
ANTIQUE D/ Directory 08:19:18 03-Feb-1997 2048 bytes
AvantG D/ Directory 20:48:02 21-May-2004 2048 bytes
Brussels D/ Directory 22:42:34 17-Sep-1999 2048 bytes
Gowdie D/ Directory 21:09:09 23-Jun-2004 2048 bytes
Messages1 WR/ Text 21:09:09 23-Jun-2004 254 bytes
NewHall D/WR Directory 08:47:08 13-May-2004 2048 bytes
Sassoon D/WR Directory 08:47:08 13-May-2004 2048 bytes
Selwyn D/WR Directory 08:47:08 13-May-2004 2048 bytes
Sidney D/WR Directory 08:47:08 13-May-2004 2048 bytes
System D/WR Directory 08:47:08 13-May-2004 2048 bytes
contents of Resources:$.Fonts panther
Corpus DWR/ Directory 12:13:55 24-Mar-1999 90 bytes
Encodings DWR/ Directory 12:13:55 24-Mar-1999 3547 bytes
Homerton DWR/ Directory 16:06:57 29-Jun-1999 898 bytes
Messages1 WR/ Text 12:13:55 24-Mar-1999 485 bytes
Trinity DWR/ Directory 16:06:58 29-Jun-1999 975 bytes
WIMPSymbol DWR/ Directory 12:09:53 24-Mar-1999 2315 bytes
# Find a font or what font is that?
there is a web site that is said to match a font sample you provide
on as a bitmap to a dictionary of fonts and tell you the answer.
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
WhatTheFont supports most common image formats, for example GIF,
JPEG, TIFF, BMP. The maximum image size is around 360 x 275 pixels.
The ideal letter height for the best search result is about 100
pixels. Try to get the text horizontal and make sure letters are not
touching. WhatTheFont will only recognize uppercase and lowercase
letters. For more tips and information, please see WhatTheFont Usage
Notes. If your image doesn‘t work with WTF, don‘t worry! You can
still submit it to the WhatTheFont Forum.
# Font Sampler
use www.linotype.com
use advanced search and when font is found you can choose to
create a sample
# Rename a font
The only way to rename a font is to use a font editor to alter
the name, then alter the folder names to match. Note that if
the font kas kerning then FontED will "lose" the kerning data
when the font is loaded. You can recover from this by using
the free APDL Font Designers Toolkit to remove the kerning
before editing, then put the kerning back on again afterwards.
If you have a copy of either DrFonty ior FontFiend then these
can be used to edit the faulty font name whilst keeping the
kerning intact.
# PostScript Equivalent Cross-platform (Chris Nerwman)
In anyone is interested or cares I did a bit more research.
Riscos PS Font Pill/Dem Windows
Churchill ZapfChancery Chaucer MonotypeCorsiva
Clare # AvantGarde Vogue CenturyGothic
Corpus Courier Curator CourierNew
Homerton Helvetica SwissB Ariel
------------- HelviticaNarrow ------------ ArielNarrow
NewHall NewCenturySch....------------ CenturySchoolbook
Pembroke Palatino Paladin Book Antiqua
Robinson # Bookman Bookmark BookmanOldStyle
Selwyn ZapfDingbats DPDings (MonotypeSorts)
Sydney Symbol SymbolB Symbol
Trinity Times ------------ Times New Roman
This chart made using info from Archive Magazine March 2007
Gerald's Column (Gerald Fitton) & the help file within David
Pilling's fonts zip file. I made a databse in Powerbase to
collate the info.
The origal Beebug fonts came with Ovation.
The Pilling/Demertau sets were designed by Tonnie Demartau.
There is a set to be used in David Pillings Ovation Pro for
Riscos & another for the Windows version. These sets have
exactly the same names in the Riscos & the Windows version.
The UPDATED Beebug fonts from David Pilling's website must
only be used by purchasers of Ovation Pro. ie SwissB,
Curator, Paladin, Vogue, Bookmark, Chaucer, SymbolB.
MonotypeSorts is in brackets as it's not a verygood match.
The fonts marked ”#• were apparently intended by Acorn but
I'm not sure if they were produced. Perhaps Computer Concepts
shipped them with Impression or Clares/Beebug may have used
them. Gerald Fitton is sure he has seen these names in
documents.
Feel free to shoot all this down in flames.
Chris Newman
# Iyonix font status 27.02.12
in Resources:$.Fonts :-
Resources:$.Fonts.Corpus
...Corpus.Bold
...Corpus.Bold.IntMetric0
...Corpus.Bold.Oblique
...Corpus.Bold.Oblique.IntMetric0
...Corpus.Bold.Oblique.Outlines0
...Corpus.Bold.Outlines0
...Corpus.Medium
...Corpus.Medium.IntMetric0
...Corpus.Medium.Oblique
...Corpus.Medium.Oblique.IntMetric0
...Corpus.Medium.Oblique.Outlines0
...Corpus.Medium.Outlines0
...Encodings
...Encodings./Base0
...Encodings./Default
...Encodings.Cyrillic
...Encodings.Greek
...Encodings.Hebrew
...Encodings.Latin1
...Encodings.Latin10
...Encodings.Latin2
...Encodings.Latin3
...Encodings.Latin4
...Encodings.Latin5
...Encodings.Latin6
...Encodings.Latin7
...Encodings.Latin8
...Encodings.Latin9
...Encodings.UTF8
...Encodings.Welsh
...Homerton
...Homerton.Bold
...Homerton.Bold.IntMetric0
...Homerton.Bold.Oblique
...Homerton.Bold.Oblique.IntMetric0
...Homerton.Bold.Oblique.Outlines0
...Homerton.Bold.Outlines0
...Homerton.Medium
...Homerton.Medium.IntMetric0
...Homerton.Medium.Oblique
...Homerton.Medium.Oblique.IntMetric0
...Homerton.Medium.Oblique.Outlines0
...Homerton.Medium.Outlines0
...Messages1
...Trinity
...Trinity.Bold
...Trinity.Bold.IntMetric0
...Trinity.Bold.Italic
...Trinity.Bold.Italic.IntMetric0
...Trinity.Bold.Italic.Outlines0
...Trinity.Bold.Outlines0
...Trinity.Medium
...Trinity.Medium.IntMetric0
...Trinity.Medium.Italic
...Trinity.Medium.Italic.IntMetric0
...Trinity.Medium.Italic.Outlines0
...Trinity.Medium.Outlines0
...WIMPSymbol
...WIMPSymbol.Encoding
...WIMPSymbol.f240x120
...WIMPSymbol.IntMetrics
...WIMPSymbol.Outlines
in ADFS::HardDisc5.$.!Boot.Resources.!Fonts
...!Boot
...!Help
...!Run
...!Sprites
...!Sprites11
...!Sprites22
...AnonymousR
...AnonymousR.Intmetrics
...AnonymousR.Outlines
...Arial
...Arial.Intmetrics
...Arial.Outlines
...AvantG
...AvantG.Book
...AvantG.Book.IntMetrics
...AvantG.Book.Oblique
...AvantG.Book.Oblique.IntMetrics
...AvantG.Book.Oblique.Outlines
...AvantG.Book.Outlines
...AvantG.Demi
...AvantG.Demi.IntMetrics
...AvantG.Demi.Oblique
...AvantG.Demi.Oblique.IntMetrics
...AvantG.Demi.Oblique.Outlines
...AvantG.Demi.Outlines
...bloody
...bloody.Encoding
...bloody.IntMetrics
...bloody.Outlines
...Calligraph
...Calligraph.421
...Calligraph.421.BT
...Calligraph.421.BT.Intmetrics
...Calligraph.421.BT.Outlines
...DoulosSIL
...DoulosSIL.Encoding
...DoulosSIL.IntMetrics
...DoulosSIL.Outlines
...Friendly
...Friendly.IntMetrics
...Friendly.Outlines
...Gill
...Gill.Sans
...Gill.Sans.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.MT
...Gill.Sans.MT.Bold
...Gill.Sans.MT.Bold.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.MT.Bold.Italic
...Gill.Sans.MT.Bold.Italic.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.MT.Bold.Italic.Outlines
...Gill.Sans.MT.Bold.Outlines
...Gill.Sans.MT.Condensed
...Gill.Sans.MT.Condensed.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.MT.Condensed.Outlines
...Gill.Sans.MT.Ext
...Gill.Sans.MT.Ext.Condensed
...Gill.Sans.MT.Ext.Condensed.Bold
...Gill.Sans.MT.Ext.Condensed.Bold.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.MT.Ext.Condensed.Bold.Outlines
...Gill.Sans.MT.Italic
...Gill.Sans.MT.Italic.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.MT.Italic.Outlines
...Gill.Sans.Outlines
...Gill.Sans.Ultra
...Gill.Sans.Ultra.Bold
...Gill.Sans.Ultra.Bold.Condensed
...Gill.Sans.Ultra.Bold.Condensed.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.Ultra.Bold.Condensed.Outlines
...Gill.Sans.Ultra.Bold.Intmetrics
...Gill.Sans.Ultra.Bold.Outlines
...Gowdie
...Gowdie.Italian
...Gowdie.Italian.IntMetrics
...Gowdie.Italian.Outlines
...Harrington
...Harrington.IntMetrics
...Harrington.Outlines
...NewHall
...NewHall.Bold
...NewHall.Bold.IntMetrics
...NewHall.Bold.Italic
...NewHall.Bold.Italic.IntMetrics
...NewHall.Bold.Italic.Outlines
...NewHall.Bold.Outlines
...NewHall.Medium
...NewHall.Medium.IntMetrics
...NewHall.Medium.Italic
...NewHall.Medium.Italic.IntMetrics
...NewHall.Medium.Italic.Outlines
...NewHall.Medium.Outlines
...Quicksand
...Quicksand.Bold
...Quicksand.Bold.Encoding
...Quicksand.Bold.Intmetric0
...Quicksand.Bold.Oblique
...Quicksand.Bold.Oblique.Encoding
...Quicksand.Bold.Oblique.Intmetric0
...Quicksand.Bold.Oblique.Outlines0
...Quicksand.Bold.Outlines0
...Quicksand.Book
...Quicksand.Book.Encoding
...Quicksand.Book.Intmetric0
...Quicksand.Book.Oblique
...Quicksand.Book.Oblique.Encoding
...Quicksand.Book.Oblique.Intmetric0
...Quicksand.Book.Oblique.Outlines0
...Quicksand.Book.Outlines0
...Quicksand.Dash
...Quicksand.Dash.Encoding
...Quicksand.Dash.Intmetric0
...Quicksand.Dash.Outlines0
...Quicksand.Light
...Quicksand.Light.Encoding
...Quicksand.Light.Intmetric0
...Quicksand.Light.Oblique
...Quicksand.Light.Oblique.Encoding
...Quicksand.Light.Oblique.Intmetric0
...Quicksand.Light.Oblique.Outlines0
...Quicksand.Light.Outlines0
...Saren
...Saren.Black
...Saren.Black.IntMetrics
...Saren.Black.Outlines
...Saren.Italic
...Saren.Italic.IntMetrics
...Saren.Italic.Outlines
...Sassoon
...Sassoon.Primary
...Sassoon.Primary.Bold
...Sassoon.Primary.Bold.Intmetric0
...Sassoon.Primary.Bold.Outlines0
...Sassoon.Primary.Intmetric0
...Sassoon.Primary.Outlines0
...Selwyn
...Selwyn.Encoding
...Selwyn.IntMetrics
...Selwyn.Outlines
...Sidney
...Sidney.Encoding
...Sidney.IntMetrics
...Sidney.Outlines
...System
...System.Fixed
...System.Fixed.f240x120
...System.Fixed.f240x240
...System.Fixed.IntMetrics
...System.Fixed.Outlines
...System.Medium
...System.Medium.IntMetrics
...System.Medium.Outlines
...Zephyr
...Zephyr.Script
...Zephyr.Script.IntMetrics
...Zephyr.Script.Outlines
..
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