On Sat, 17 May 2008 14:43:07 +0100 peter green wrote: > > I hope you guys are not serious. There are literally thousands of > > examples of fonts on the web. > And how many are there that 1: are clearly free from licensing > restrictions 2: are in the particular size and style you want. And how > hard is it to find those compared to knocking one up from scratch? > > Why create another? And if so, why not use a program > > designed for editing bitmaps? There are dozens of those. > > > > > There are but most suck for this kind of work. > Check, for example, the fonts that come with DOSEMU. I noticed that the latest version has several fonts in different shapes. The contents is fairly straightforward, and it should take much less to write a simple converter than to write a new editor + edit a complete font. John -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist