7.9.1 Fonts

There are 2 font files named 'FONT1' and 'FONT2'. (See Sections 8.1.2, 8.1.3.) Upon installation, the ASCII format data files must be converted into format-free data files using the conversion program (CVFONT). This step is necessary since the structure of a format-free data file is not the same for different compilers.

This data file in not directly used in the SWPACK. It is accessed from szfont in SZPACK. The file name is searched by  swqfnm. These data are read when the character graphics routine is first called, and is not accessed again until the font index is changed.