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From: "PRL6A::UKRBAKE"@prl.philips.co.uk ([e-mail])
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Subject: RE: Get Rom Fonts
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>i'm writing a program with a lot of Interface strings in it. Im' using two
>different fonts: topaz 8 & 9.If i use instructions like these:
>   Get Rom Fonts
>   Set Font 1 (or 2)
>Can i be sure to obtain the same font (topaz 8 or 9) and every amiga?
>If not, how can i do this?

Pretty easy to do.  I'm not sure about it changing for fonts 1 and 2, but the
disc ones will, and once you have loaded the disc ones into memory, they appear
as rom fonts (well, they do on my 500P).  So, just get a routine that searches
through the information strings to find a font by name + point size.  This is
what I do, it works very well.  (can't remember the details, but it's all in the
manual, and is very easy to do.)

Hope this helps.
Mark Baker