12 December 1998

This contains the various sample fonts used by GIF_TEXT.
It also contains:
  *  sample backgrounds (in the BACKS subdirectory)
  * some sample buttons (in the BUTTONS subdirectory). 
  * sample color slides (in the SLIDES subdirectory)
all other directories contain either "alphabyte" or "complete" fonts.

Note that the two kinds of fonts used by GIF_TEXT  are:
    alphabytes:  one .GIF file per character
      complete:  one .GIF file for all characters, arranged in a table.
(Actually, GIF_TEXT can use both -- .GIF files if available, otherwise
extract a character from a table).

* Sources for alphabytes and fonts:

   Daniel Guildkrans  site (http://www.algonet.se/~guld1/freefont.htm)
     PURPWHIT, GREYRED, GHOSTY, FUZGREEN
     I HIGHLY recommend this site -- lots of alphabytes! 
   Rosie's Alphabytes at   http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3055/alphabet.html:
     Enviro, Logger
   E-Mom's Rainbow Graphic Designs at  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6404/rainbow.html:
      Revue, Hobo, Mandarin, Stich
   Andy's Art Attack at  http://www.andyart.com:
       ANDY01, ANDY02, and ANDY04
   Andreas Rehberg <Andreas_Rehberg@qumran.north.de>
       Courier and Warpsans
   Freeware Fonts Galore(c)1997 by Astigmatic One Eye Fonts at
       http://www.comptechdev.com/cavop/aoe/fw.html
          SCRAWN,  BUTTRFLY
   Tom's TTF Fonts at  http://members.aol.com/vroomfonde/ttf/index.html
          ANTELOPE, FRESNEL, TWOTURT, HANDWRIT,EPILOG and EPILOG2

     Note that several of these were generated from true-type fonts.

*  A note on  EXT_GIF.CMD
   To use complete fonts, there MUST be a suitably defined .IND file 
   (i.e.; containing offset, character size, and character mapping 
   information).  As an aid to debugging such an .IND file, the EXT_GIF.CMD 
   program can be quite useful -- it will generate an alphabyte from 
   a .IND file (and the "complete" .GIF file the .IND file points to).

*  To create a .GIF file containing an ATM, TTF, or PS font, you can try
   GhostScript. Or, look for  David van Enckevort ASCII program, either
   on hobbes or at http://huizen.dds.nl/~enckevor (or email at
   enckevor@dds.nl

* Please see the READ.ME files in the BUTTONS directory for further 
  information about sources of buttons.  

* Color slides can be practically any background or bar image; the sites
  listed above will provide many suitable images!


