Font Library 1

Products: Font Library #1
Developer(s): Bill Ferrebee
Date: 1987
Type: Program
Platform(s): TS 2068

Seven fonts for Pixel Print Plus, the TS2068 desktop publishing program (see #50522 Pixel Print PLUS!), from Mountaineer Software, with fonts by Bill Ferrebee. Each is a full 96-character set from space to ©, with capitals, lower case, digits and punctuation:

  • HEADLINE: bold, heavy capitals for titles
  • IBM: the thin, open character set of the IBM PC screen
  • MICR: the squared-off style of the magnetic-ink numbers printed on bank cheques
  • ADVENTURE: a heavy fantasy face with flared serifs
  • OUTLINE: hollow, outlined letters
  • 5X5: a small, light face drawn in a 5×5 grid
  • CHANCERY: a calligraphic script

The download has the tape as a TAP. See also #55910 Font Library 2.

Program Analysis

The tape opens with Char-Lib, a 452-byte CODE block loaded at 37139 that holds the names of the seven fonts, followed by the fonts themselves as 768-byte CODE blocks (96 characters of 8 bytes) saved at 40000, 41000 and so on up to 46000. Any of them can also be used outside Pixel Print by loading it and pointing the CHARS system variable (23606/23607) 256 bytes below its start.

Related Products

Fonts for Pixel Print Plus.

Note: Type-in program listings on this website use ZMAKEBAS notation for graphics characters.