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Title: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Tempest on December 29, 2011, 12:49:55 AM
Hi all,

I've made some boot pics intended for Workbench 3.1 last weekend and I thought some of you might like them too. I've uploaded them to Aminet but you can grab them here (http://home.xmsnet.nl/toto/toto%27s-bootpics.lha) for now.

Salvatore.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Matt_H on December 29, 2011, 04:40:30 PM
Very nice! Clean, simple, and straightforward.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Cammy on December 29, 2011, 06:39:53 PM
Nice work! Which program do you use to display them during bootup?
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Tempest on December 30, 2011, 12:03:58 AM
Quote from: Cammy;673452
Nice work! Which program do you use to display them during bootup?

Thanks, I use Picboot (http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/PicBoot) (it's in the readme.txt) like this: C:PicBoot S:BootPic/#?.(iff|gif) DETACH, there's no need to use StopPicBoot in wbstartup if you don't use the PATCH option. You could also use SysPic (http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/SysPic400).
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Tempest on December 30, 2011, 12:14:25 AM
Quote from: Matt_H;673407
Very nice! Clean, simple, and straightforward.

Thanks, that's why I made them, I wanted a simple, nice and clean boot picture. I searched Aminet but couldn't find anything to my liking so I made my own.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Tempest on December 30, 2011, 12:17:05 AM
BTW, this wasn't intended as a news item, they are just some simple boot pics. I messed up last night, I was wondering why my post didn't show up though, hey it was late.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Retrofan on December 30, 2011, 12:49:19 AM
I like them, but I would like to make something by my own (I use mostly OS3.9) in CorelDraw. Which are the fonts if you are so kind?
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Retrofan on December 30, 2011, 01:01:43 AM
I like them, but I would like to have the draw or the font of the letters to make other images in CorelDraw, if you are so kind.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Tempest on December 30, 2011, 01:28:21 AM
Quote from: Retrofan;673519
I like them, but I would like to have the draw or the font of the letters to make other images in CorelDraw, if you are so kind.

No problem, the original Amiga font used was Bodoni, I searched the web but the closest I came was the BodoniFLF font which I used for the (r) and Workbench 3.1 text. It misses the curves on the Bodoni font used for the original Amiga logo. So I decided to search for the logo on the internet.

I used the Commodore logo here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore_logo.svg) and the Amiga logo  here (http://michael.schlenzig.dk/blog/page/36/) (scroll down).

And  here's (http://home.xmsnet.nl/toto/amiga.xcf)  the template for the Gimp I made.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Matt_H on December 30, 2011, 03:04:33 AM
Quote from: Tempest;673522
No problem, the original Amiga font used was Bodoni, I searched the web but the closest I came was the BodoniFLF font which I used for the (r) and Workbench 3.1 text. It misses the curves on the Bodoni font used for the original Amiga logo. So I decided to search for the logo on the internet.

I used the Commodore logo here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore_logo.svg) and the Amiga logo  here (http://michael.schlenzig.dk/blog/page/36/) (scroll down).

And  here's (http://home.xmsnet.nl/toto/amiga.xcf)  the template for the Gimp I made.


Actually, the Commodore-era Amiga font was ITC Garamond. Bodoni was used in the Amiga Technologies era.

There were some gallery images posted in May 2007 identifying the Amiga, early Commodore, and later Commodore typefaces, but they seem to have been deleted! I was able to recover some thumbnails using the Wayback machine, but there's very little distinguishable on the Commodore fonts. There's a bit more visible on the Amiga font.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: Retrofan on December 30, 2011, 09:36:33 AM
Thanks both :pint:
 
BTW Google search: http://www.hackingballz.com/fuentes/g/Garamond_ITC_Bold_Italic_BT.html. But isn't exactly the one yet.
Title: Re: Amiga Workbench 3.1 boot pics
Post by: J-Golden on December 30, 2011, 02:44:28 PM
Quote from: Retrofan;673554
Thanks both :pint:
 
BTW Google search: http://www.hackingballz.com/fuentes/g/Garamond_ITC_Bold_Italic_BT.html. But isn't exactly the one yet.


Agreed.  The "k" has a bit too much flair to it to match the Amiga's style...