Hi Mark, Henrique, ghostscript in general is a nice tool and there are ports for DOS which work in FreeDOS or are even made for FreeDOS, I think that for example Blair made one such port. Using 32 bit DOS C compilers is no big problem, things still run on 16 bit DOS but you will need a 386 or newer CPU. Another nice detail is that ghostscript can output several printer languages, PDF and PS.
However, the main purpose of ghostscript is to read postscript. As such, it is not meant to be used as a small tool or even a driver to "convert plain text into a picture of that text with a given bitmap font". In fact, ghostscript would be a *very* bloated software if you only want to do that ;-) Eric PS: I think 8x16 fonts or 16x16 fonts are not that bad. And it is indeed true that graphics modes with a limited horizontal resolution print much faster... In fact 180x180 dpi fits text printing, speed and compatibility very well on ESC/P printers. ... >> Last but not least - the DOS drivers you pointed us to refer to >> 32-bit DOS. > > Ah, I didn't catch that. You could find an older 16-bit GhostScript, > but it doesn't sound like scalable fonts are your current goal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
