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5AUG03 - SHOWVGAS.EXE - Display Fonts in a VGA FNT Image File
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SHOWVGAS is a Windows' CONSOLE program that displays a graphic
representation of the glyphs contained within VGA binary FNT files.

Characters from binary 32 - the SPACE character to 255 are shown.

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What is a VGA Binary FNT File?

A VGA FNT File is a memory image of the 8x8, 8x14, or 8x16 fonts used in
video card ROMs and Codepage Information Files (CPI files) to produce
full screen text output in MS-DOS and Windows' Console modes.

These FNT files can be used to update video cards and CPI files with
different - or better fonts.

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SYNTAX

   SHOWVGAS  FNTFile(s)
      FNTFile(s) = the target FNT File(s) - can contain wildcards

   Examples:
      SHOWVGAS  HV8X16.FNT        - List this 8x16 pixel font
      SHOWVGAS  *.FNT > TMP.TXT   - Redirect output to a file

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DEPENDENCIES

This program uses several Windows' DLL files. If these are not present you
will get an error message indicating which DLL is missing.

If this occurs, download the required DLLs from the links given in:-
   http://www.procon.com.au/UtilDLLs.htm

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DISCLAIMER

Use this utility at your own risk! If you do not understand
  CONSOLE Mode,
  Command Line parameters,
  ASCII values,
  Decimal vs. Binary byte representations,
  etc.,
the program will be of little use to you.

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