Hi,
I'd like to extract a font from a System 7 game and use it in my modern linux machine.
I can use ResEdit 2.1.3 in System 7.5.5 (minivmac) to copy the FOND and NFNT resources from the game in a new file, and then copy that file into System Folder - Fonts. The font is then available in SimpleText etc.
Now I'd like to get that font file outside of minivmac and convert it to a format suitable for linux or windows.
As I understand it, the bitmap fonts are stored in the resource fork in System 7, so I don't have a way to handle that in a modern system. If I try to use ExportFL from minivmac to copy the font file I made with ResEdit I get a 0 bytes file in the linux filesystem.
Maybe I should focus on converting the font file inside minivmac, but I don't know of any68k era app that could convert a suitcase bitmap font in a format suitable for export.
Any hints?
I'd like to extract a font from a System 7 game and use it in my modern linux machine.
I can use ResEdit 2.1.3 in System 7.5.5 (minivmac) to copy the FOND and NFNT resources from the game in a new file, and then copy that file into System Folder - Fonts. The font is then available in SimpleText etc.
Now I'd like to get that font file outside of minivmac and convert it to a format suitable for linux or windows.
As I understand it, the bitmap fonts are stored in the resource fork in System 7, so I don't have a way to handle that in a modern system. If I try to use ExportFL from minivmac to copy the font file I made with ResEdit I get a 0 bytes file in the linux filesystem.
Maybe I should focus on converting the font file inside minivmac, but I don't know of any68k era app that could convert a suitcase bitmap font in a format suitable for export.
Any hints?
