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- UNIX-PC Character fonts for nethack 2.2
-
- I've had my 3B1 for about a month now and I'm having a blast. :-)
- After running nethack a few times, I decided it would be fun to define a
- special font for hack. I wrote new fonts for the following chars:
-
- Char Nethack usage
-
- ! potion
- * gem
- < up stairs
- > down stairs
- = ring
- ? scroll
- @ person
- \ throne
- ` rock
- { fountain
- } pool of water
- ~ door
- -,| walls
-
-
- To install the new character fonts, follow these instructions:
-
- 1. make an ascii copy of /usr/lib/wfont/system.8.ft by typing:
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- cfont /usr/lib/wfont/system.8.ft > hack.ascii
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- 2. Add the new characters, from hack.chars, to hack.ascii with an
- editor.
-
- 3. Test your new font by typing:
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- cfont hack.ascii > hack.ft
- setf 0
- setf hack.ft 0
- !*-|<>=?@\`{}~ (To see the new chars)
- setf 0
-
- 4. If everything looks ok, you can install the new font by typing:
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- cp hack.ft /usr/lib/wfont
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- 5. To use the new characters, just type:
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- setf /usr/lib/wfont/hack.ft 0
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- before you start playing.
-
-
- I added the the following GRAPHICS option to HACKOPTIONS:
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- graphics:` |-----~.:<>^{}\"
-
- and defined the following ksh function to invoke nethack with the hack
- font:
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- function nethack() {
- setf /usr/lib/wfont/hack.ft 0
- /usr/bin/nethack $1
- setf 0
- }
-
-
- If anyone creates new or better chars, please let me know.
-
- I would like to thank Jeff Bailey (novavax!jeff) for his artistic help.
-
- Enjoy,
-
- Don Joslyn, Senior Systems Programmer
- Nova University, Computer Center
- 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 Phone: (305) 475-7678
- UUCP: ...{ihnp4!codas,ucf-cs,allegra}!novavax!don
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