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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: mikeymike on July 23, 2003, 08:53:26 PM

Title: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: mikeymike on July 23, 2003, 08:53:26 PM
Will the Topaz font still be needed? :-)

In other news, I wonder how long it'll take for MS to completely weed out the "MS Sans Serif" font out of Windows :-)
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: xeron on July 23, 2003, 08:55:23 PM
*a* topaz font, that is 8x8, will always be needed, since some programs fail when it is not there. Sure those programs are usually ugly, but a few of them are still handy.
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: reflect on July 23, 2003, 09:07:47 PM
I must say that I like one of the topaz fonts, it's Topaz6..
Try it and see for yourselves.. it's not that shabby, really :)
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: iamaboringperson on July 23, 2003, 09:10:51 PM
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Will the Topaz font still be needed?
not exactly, however, there are still a lot of programs that want to open a size 8 'topaz.font' - they wont be happy if one doesnt exist - and some could crash the machine

there is nothing wrong with having one extra bitmap font on your hard drive! you dont have to use it :)
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: mikeymike on July 23, 2003, 10:34:55 PM
Just wondering whether there's still going to be a phantom legacy font issue cropping up from time to time in the workbench setup.
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: Dan on July 24, 2003, 12:07:40 AM
What wrong with the Topaz font?  ;-)
Don´t you know that a Real Amiga should not use higher screens than 640x256? :-)
topaz 8 is part of the amigalook, i like it on low res screens.
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: bloodline on July 24, 2003, 12:16:48 AM
Has anyone made a TTF Topaz font?
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: iamaboringperson on July 24, 2003, 12:18:36 AM
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Dan wrote:
What wrong with the Topaz font?  ;-)
Don´t you know that a Real Amiga should not use higher screens than 640x256? :-)
topaz 8 is part of the amigalook, i like it on low res screens.
a real amiga! sure! you should buy a graphics card, dude! like everyone else

btw... i use a large times font :)
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: iamaboringperson on July 24, 2003, 12:20:24 AM
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bloodline wrote:
Have anyone made a TTF Topaz font?
probably... i think topaz is based on a font of another name :)
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: Karlos on July 24, 2003, 12:23:07 AM
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iamaboringperson wrote:
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Dan wrote:
What wrong with the Topaz font?  ;-)
Don´t you know that a Real Amiga should not use higher screens than 640x256? :-)
topaz 8 is part of the amigalook, i like it on low res screens.
a real amiga! sure! you should buy a graphics card, dude! like everyone else

btw... i use a large times font :)


You should see topaz 8 on my screen when I'm working at the top resolution of my monitor. Its those times when you realise Lupe is more than a toy :-D
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: bloodline on July 24, 2003, 03:52:59 PM
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iamaboringperson wrote:
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bloodline wrote:
Have anyone made a TTF Topaz font?
probably... i think topaz is based on a font of another name :)


Where can I download a Topaz (like) TTF?
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: Blomberg on July 24, 2003, 04:05:55 PM
AARGH! Topaz!!  :destroy:
I hate it, first thing I change on a new AmigaOS install, bugger that it can't be totally removed.
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: jd997uk on July 24, 2003, 04:51:21 PM
@iamaboringperson

Top Avatar BTW  ;-)

-john
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: Framiga on July 24, 2003, 06:17:08 PM
Topaz font, is still in kickstart rom.

(Early Startup uses it).

Ciao
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: Minion on July 24, 2003, 06:46:08 PM
I think the more burning questions are:
When will OS4 Actually be released?
How come its taken about 2 years longer than they promised (adding another couple of months every couple of months)?
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: mikeymike on July 24, 2003, 07:18:11 PM
Ok, so I was looking for an original question about OS4 and one I might perhaps get an answer to :-)
Title: Re: The burning question about OS4...
Post by: iamaboringperson on July 24, 2003, 10:50:54 PM
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jd997uk wrote:
@iamaboringperson

Top Avatar BTW  ;-)

-john
:-D gee wiz! thank you, i rather like it too :-)