1. [OT] Internationalizing Applications
Those interested in making their apps work across different languages might
want to take a look at this:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-rap06.html
Matt Lewis
2. Re: [OT] Internationalizing Applications
Hello Matt:
> > Those interested in making their apps
> > work across different languages might
> > want to take a look at this:
> >
> > http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-rap06.html
This link seems to be [OT]&[OS] - off topic & off subject.
But if without jokes, how can I use
the TTF fonts on EU DOS32 ?
Assembly procedures allow such the tricks,
one Russian cunning boy says.
But he doesn't share his secret with me.
Regards,
Igor Kachan
kinz at peterlink.ru
3. Re:[OT] Internationalizing Applications
Hi Colin:
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> Colin Taylor wrote:
> From: Colin Taylor <ctaylor at cpcstrans.com>
> Subject: RE:[OT]Internationalizing Applications
>
> Hi Igor,
>
> Two or three years ago I worked on a program
> to display .ttf fonts under DOS, and also to
> convert TTFs to Jiri Babor-style fonts.
This is very interesting work, I think.
There is the recent similar package by Mark Akita
(Font_SDL) on the contrib page for useing Jiri's
fonts on Windows (reverse task).
The clue to internationalizing is just set of
the needed fonts.
But Jiri's font sets have no the foreign
128..255 parts.
One of the main Windows features is set of
the national ttf fonts. If without these fonts,
Windows is not Windows, but just too buggy OS.
If you have an ability to use the ttf fonts on
DOS32, then you can do almost any GUI, browser
and such things for any foreign language.
So, I say your work is very interesting.
> I didn't quite finish it because of difficulties
> in writing an interpreter to read the "hinting"
> instructions which are necessary for Truetype
> fonts to be readable at small point sizes.
> I did get pretty far along and I would
> be happy to share my work with you, if you are
> interested.
I am very interested, but I can do nothing with that assembler. I'm not a
professional programmer,
but just a self-educated coder-shmoder,
"shizzle-nizzle" or something such 
So, if you'll post this your work to RDS's site
and complete it, I'm ready to pay my MicroMoney
until the RDS's cash will become (bad English?)
empty and I'll be unregistered by Rob
Thanks Colin!
Regards,
Igor Kachan
kinz at peterlink.ru
>
> Igor Kachan wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello Matt:
> >
> > > > Those interested in making their apps
> > > > work across different languages might
> > > > want to take a look at this:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-rap06.html
> >
> > This link seems to be [OT]&[OS] - off topic & off subject.
> >
> > But if without jokes, how can I use
> > the TTF fonts on EU DOS32 ?
> > Assembly procedures allow such the tricks,
> > one Russian cunning boy says.
> > But he doesn't share his secret with me.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Igor Kachan
> > kinz at peterlink.ru
> >
> >
>
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