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Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? (Users)

posted by Zyzzle, 24.09.2021, 00:59

> > Yes, thanks very much. This keyrus TSR works very well for all 3 fonts
> at
> > once, even for custom modes like 8x19. The best possibility is to
> replace
> > the Russian fonts embedded in the .com file with the 8x8, 8x14, and 8x16
> > DOS fonts of your choice. A custom .FNT file can also be loaded. Keyrus
> > seems to be the most robust font / keyboard TSR I've ever seen.
>
> Ok, if you find this tool usefull, next few note:
>
> 1. keyrus have font editor - you can make your fonts embedded into
> keyrus.com (without hex editing).
> 2. keyrus have configurator which save configuration into keyrus.com file.
> you can disable some features (like keyboard support) it will reduce TSR
> size in memory.

I saw the font edit program, and it seems capable of saving a .fnt file, but I could not import it into the keyrus.com file. Maybe I missed option to do so? I had to do this manually by noting the hex offsets in that file and injecting and replacing the 8x16 russian DOS font embedded within the .com file. I also run the modified TSR file with options /keyboard=off and compress=on to save memory. It is a very ingenious idea to compress the fonts in memory! Using this keyrus TSR, I saved 4 or 5kb of low DOS memory over other similar TSRs and have now gotten rid of those entirely. Thank you again for mentioning this tool.

>
> I not sure, but must be configurable for support any language/keyboard
> based on 8-bit char. Keyrus does not touch system codepage - this is story
> only about screen and keyboard.
>
> Both this tool must be in distribution. If no, check 7.x version (i am use
> 7.x - enough stable, enough features).

8.x seems great for me... and anyway I could not find any 7.x version online. Where to find older versions of this tool?

Complete thread:

• Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - roytam, 19.09.2021, 17:35 (Users)
  • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - Zyzzle, 19.09.2021, 22:24
  • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - DosWorld, 20.09.2021, 04:44
    • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - Zyzzle, 22.09.2021, 07:08
      • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - DosWorld, 22.09.2021, 21:30
        • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - Zyzzle, 24.09.2021, 00:59
          • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - DosWorld, 25.09.2021, 18:41
    • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - roytam, 23.09.2021, 06:21
  • Font Loader for 8x8, 8x14, 8x16? - NorbyDroid, 30.09.2021, 21:42