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This is a 6x7 GDOS monospaced font, intended for use with STalker. (But you
can of course use it for almost any purpose - it's just that it's mainly of use
as a terminal program font.) Ordinarily STalker has a lot of problems
displaying things in medium resolution on a stock ST, since none of the fonts
it comes with are truly suitable for creating an 80x24 or larger display. This
font allows you to use STalker in medium resolution and have it display a full
screen's worth of text in a window. It is based on one of the fonts STalker
comes with, PC_ANSI.FNT. It looks a little funny in places, because I
effectively had 5x6 pixels to work with, but it's quite useable and readable.
You'll need to add the font to the GDOS ASSIGN.SYS file. Copy ANSICOLR.FNT
into your GDOS fonts folder, and open ASSIGN.SYS with your favorite text
editor. Look through the .SYS file until you find a line that reads something
like "03p SCREEN.SYS". Insert another line immediately after this line and
type in "ANSICOLR.FNT". The "03" is important, because it signifies the
beginning of the list of fonts to be used in ST medium resolution. Reboot
after you're done so that GDOS recognizes the new font.
Now, for STalker. Select the font with STalker's "Terminal Settings" dialog
box. After you exit it, you'll need to resize the STalker window to get the
most out of the font. Clicking the full-size box (in the upper right hand
corner of the window) ought to do the trick. Now use "Save Configuration" in
the File menu to record your window size and font settings.
If you full-size STalker's window, eliminate the menu bar, and eliminate the
horizontal scroll bar (look in the "Options" menu), you will get an 80x25
display. (Probably 80x26 if you use STalker as a program, since then it
doesn't have the extra area in the window used for the menus.) This will
revert to 80x24 after a configuration save and reboot, because of STalker's
quirks with respect to saving a window size that is almost as tall as the
screen.
I hope you enjoy STalker in medium resolution with an 80x25 display!
Tim Seufert
P.S. This font is freeware. Use it as you see fit.