Topic : TOS - The Operating System Author : Version : tos.hyp (December 19, 2008) Subject : Programmieren/Atari Nodes : 3010 Index Size : 93790 HCP-Version : 5 Compiled on : Atari @charset : atarist @lang : @default : Title @help : @options : +g -i -s +x +zz -t4 @width : 70 View Ref-File7.2.12.2 Font index and ID TOS The index of a font is a number between 1 and the number of available fonts. Depending on the number of installed fonts, a font like "Swiss 721" has a different index (supposing that Swiss 721 is one of the installed fonts). The Font ID of a font is a fix number which is (with a few exceptions) not depending on the number of installed fonts or the used system - e.g. the id of "Swiss 721" is always 5003. Of course there are exceptions from this rule: Some TrueType and Type 1 fonts do not have an id. In this case will try zo creates a unique id based on the name. This id can depend on the ids of the other installed fonts and therefore the same font might have another id on another computer with other fonts. To avoid problems like selecting the wrong font and to facilate replacing not existing fonts, you should save the id and the name of a font. See Also: Vector fonts About the VDI GDOS Style guidelines