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    From Richard Vonzel@1:103/705 to All on Sun Apr 16 09:13:26 2023
    Is there a font for Syncterm/Synchronet called ANSI-BBS, and if so where could I get it?

    Thanks,
    Richard



    Richard

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Richard Vonzel on Sun Apr 16 11:20:30 2023
    Re: Continued font question
    By: Richard Vonzel to All on Sun Apr 16 2023 09:13 am

    Is there a font for Syncterm/Synchronet called ANSI-BBS, and if so where could I get it?

    No. What would such a font look like?

    The fonts that come with Synchronet and SyncTERM are in the "fonts" directory for each, respectively.
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  • From Nelgin@1:103/705 to All on Sun Apr 16 21:35:21 2023
    On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:20:30 -0700
    "Digital Man" (VERT) <VERT!Digital.Man@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

    Re: Continued font question
    By: Richard Vonzel to All on Sun Apr 16 2023 09:13 am

    Is there a font for Syncterm/Synchronet called ANSI-BBS, and if so
    where could I get it?

    No. What would such a font look like?

    The fonts that come with Synchronet and SyncTERM are in the "fonts"
    directory for each, respectively.

    Maybe he's getting confused with the tic/termcap ansi-bbs entry that's
    in the install directory.
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  • From Richard Vonzel@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sun Apr 16 20:14:21 2023
    Re: Continued font question
    By: Digital Man to Richard Vonzel on Sun Apr 16 2023 11:20 am

    The fonts that come with Synchronet and SyncTERM are in the "fonts"

    Let me ask you this, when you log into your system, I assume with Syncterm, are you using the "codepage 438 English" font? If not which one are you using?

    Thanks,
    Richard

    Richard


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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Richard Vonzel on Mon Apr 17 12:19:53 2023
    Re: Continued font question
    By: Richard Vonzel to Digital Man on Sun Apr 16 2023 08:14 pm

    Re: Continued font question
    By: Digital Man to Richard Vonzel on Sun Apr 16 2023 11:20 am

    The fonts that come with Synchronet and SyncTERM are in the "fonts"

    Let me ask you this, when you log into your system, I assume with Syncterm, are you using the "codepage 438 English" font?

    I'm not aware of such a font. Did you mean to ask about CP437? That's the default font for SyncTERM in graphics modes. It's also the font that Vertrauen will enable in SyncTERM for normal-attribute (non-blinking, normal-intensity) text.

    If not which one are you using?

    It depends which mode SyncTERM is run in. SyncTERM only supports "fonts" in graphics modes (e.g. X11, SDL) and not in text modes (e.g. curses, Win32 console).

    It also depends on which screen mode SyncTERM is run in. If SyncTERM is run in a screen mode that uses an 8x16 font, then Vertrauen sets it to use special fonts (that are included with SyncTERM) for blinking and high-intensity text.
    This is the relevant section in Vertrauen's ctrl/fonts.ini file:

    [default:16]
    normal=cp437
    high=digital
    blink=gothical
    highblink=computer
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