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    From Wang Bu@VERT/JACOBCAT to All on Sun Sep 14 07:44:01 2025
    Hello!

    I'm having fun playing around with the different fonts found in SBBS. I also recently installed the LORD2 font file in SBBS which allowed me to use it in my LORD2 CNW door game.

    Just wondering though, is there an existing "font viewer" app available that I can use so I can just browse through the fonts and see how it looks like, rather than me trying them out on my bbs manually everytime?

    Thanks!

    -WangBu


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Wang Bu on Sat Sep 13 19:22:20 2025
    Re: SBBS Font Viewer?
    By: Wang Bu to All on Sun Sep 14 2025 07:44 am

    Hello!

    I'm having fun playing around with the different fonts found in SBBS.
    I also recently installed the LORD2 font file in SBBS which allowed
    me to use it in my LORD2 CNW door game.

    Just wondering though, is there an existing "font viewer" app
    available that I can use so I can just browse through the fonts and
    see how it looks like, rather than me trying them out on my bbs
    manually everytime?


    yeah there's a program you can use to view them. i contributed some of those font files. it's a dos program though and you dont wanna really use it.
    and i dont wanna try to remember 20 years back.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Wang Bu on Sat Sep 13 18:36:38 2025
    Re: SBBS Font Viewer?
    By: Wang Bu to All on Sun Sep 14 2025 07:44 am

    Hello!

    I'm having fun playing around with the different fonts found in SBBS. I also recently installed the LORD2 font file in SBBS which allowed me to use it in my LORD2 CNW door game.

    Just wondering though, is there an existing "font viewer" app available that I can use so I can just browse through the fonts and see how it looks like, rather than me trying them out on my bbs manually everytime?

    There's exec/fonttest.js, included with Synchronet, which requires a font-capable terminal (e.g. SyncTERM).

    For running locally (no terminal needed), there's programs like this one: https://int10h.org/blog/2019/05/fontraption-vga-text-mode-font-editor/
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Sat Sep 13 21:20:42 2025
    Re: SBBS Font Viewer?
    By: Digital Man to Wang Bu on Sat Sep 13 2025 06:36 pm

    For running locally (no terminal needed), there's programs like this
    one: https://int10h.org/blog/2019/05/fontraption-v
    ga-text-mode-font-editor/



    ah yeah on that website he mentions the program i used to use. the font edit from pcmag.
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  • From Wang Bu@VERT/JACOBCAT to Digital Man on Mon Sep 15 09:28:50 2025
    Re: SBBS Font Viewer?
    By: Digital Man to Wang Bu on Sat Sep 13 2025 06:36 pm

    There's exec/fonttest.js, included with Synchronet, which requires a font-capable terminal (e.g. SyncTERM).

    For running locally (no terminal needed), there's programs like this one: https://int10h.org/blog/2019/05/fontraption-vga-text-mode-font-editor/

    Thanks for this! I'll take a look at the fonttest.js, since I have SyncTERM installed.

    WangBu
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  • From Wang Bu@VERT/JACOBCAT to MRO on Tue Sep 16 01:26:42 2025
    ah yeah on that website he mentions the program i used to use. the font edit from pcmag.

    Thanks... I tried the fonttest.js found in Synchronet, but it seems I can only view the built-in fonts plus 4 loadable fonts based on the active settings in my BBS.
    I will also try the offline viewer.

    Regards,
    WangBu

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Wang Bu on Mon Sep 15 14:38:44 2025
    Re: Re: SBBS Font Viewer?
    By: Wang Bu to MRO on Tue Sep 16 2025 01:26 am

    ah yeah on that website he mentions the program i used to use. the font edit from pcmag.

    Thanks... I tried the fonttest.js found in Synchronet, but it seems I can only view the built-in fonts plus 4 loadable fonts based on the active settings in my BBS.

    To use fonttest.js to test file *files* you have to pass the path to the files you want to test/view (e.g. /sbbs/ctrl/fonts/*.f*) on the fonttest command-line.

    e.g. ;exec ?fonttest fonts/*.f*
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  • From Wang Bu@VERT/JACOBCAT to Digital Man on Wed Sep 17 00:59:38 2025
    Re: Re: SBBS Font Viewer?
    By: Digital Man to Wang Bu on Mon Sep 15 2025 02:38 pm

    To use fonttest.js to test file *files* you have to pass the path to the files you want to test/view (e.g. /sbbs/ctrl/fonts/*.f*) on the fonttest command-line.

    e.g. ;exec ?fonttest fonts/*.f*

    This is great! I'm able to see the fonts now.
    Thanks!

    Regards,
    Wang Bu
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