Message: 19
   Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 15:22:23 -0000
   From: "edovila" <edovila@vtr.net>
Subject: Re: Guide Astronomy Software and SYMBOLE.FON

Finally I solved the problem of the SYMBOLE.FON font not 
supported by ODIN. I followed this suggestion but in a 
differente way. I profited from the odin manual recently 
placed in this site. In the ODIN.INI section called:

[Font Mapping]

y added a sentence:

Symbol=Symbol Set

Symbol Set is a OS/2 font. I found the internal name of 
SYMBOLE.FON ("Symbol") by inspecting it with a binary editor. 
There is a long name, which is the one that WINOS2 shows, and 
a short name, which probably is the ones used to invoke it.

I restarted the program and there were the greek letters!  


--- In odinusers@y..., "Gregory L. Marx" <gregory.marx@v...> 
wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 02:56:21 -0000, edovila wrote:
> 
> You could try finding a corresponding TTF font to use as a 
replacement ...
> First I'd rename the physical TTF file to SYMBOLE ... and 
see if that worked ...
> If not it means the program is looking for its internal 
font name ... which means you'd need to rename the actual 
font to whatever name 
> SYMBOLE is reporting to the system ... You'd do this by 
using a program that renames the actual TTF fontname ...
> 
> I have a 16-bit Windows program that does this ...
> It's Shareware that only works on fontnames that begin with 
A, B, or C unless purchased ...
> The workaround is to use a HEX editor and just change the 
first character to "A" ... then use the rename program ...
> I've done this to rename the windows TTF font Tahoma into a 
font named Warp ... I use it as a replacement in DLLs and 
EXEs for Helv or 
> WarpSans ...
> 
> Using a HEX editor does wonders for improving different 
OS/2 programs as far as what fonts are used for the UI ...
> If you need more info or a copy the windows TTF font 
renamer just let me know ...
> 
> Hope this helps ...
> Gregory L. Marx
> 
> >Guide is an astronomy program which includes a Windows 16 
and 
> >a Windows 32 executable. The first runs pretty well in 
WINOS2 
> >but is very slow at displaying large images. I have been 
> >trying the Win 32 version with ODIN since they were 
> >available. Version 7 of Guide runs quite well, with the 
only 
> >exception that it labels stars with Roman in stead of 
Greek 
> >letters (alpha Centauri and so on...). By experiencing 
with 
> >the WINOS2 version I found that it uses a font named 
> >SYMBOLE.FON whick is placed in WINOS2\SYSTEM. When I 
renamed 
> >the font, the WINOS2 version started replacing Greek with 
> >Roman letters.
> >
> >Obviously when the 32 bit version tries to use the font, 
it 
> >does not find it installed. The problem is that OS/2 font 
> >installer does not recognize .FON fonts, and that ODIN has 
no 
> >way (as far as I know) of installing fonts. Has anyone a 
> >solution of bypass to this limitation?
> >
> >Guide home page is http://www.projectpluto.com/