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Plasma Fri Nov 16 2007 at 12:08 am
int 10h, ax=1100h
 
 
Is the easiest way, and fine for most uses. (See http://www.ctyme.com/intr/rb-0136.htm) Example from LoadCP:

' Set the new font
Regs.ax = &H1100
Regs.es = VARSEG(Font$)
Regs.bp = SADD(Font$)
Regs.cx = 256
Regs.dx = 0
Regs.bx = FontHeight * &H100
InterruptX &H10, Regs, Regs

If you're changing the font continuously this will cause flicker though. In that case you'll have to monkey a bit with some VGA regs and poke the font in at A000h. Here's some code from TextMouse that does that:

SUB Text.FontApply (StartChar, EndChar)

  '=========================================================================
  ' Updates the DOS font with the characters (StartChar to EndChar) in
  ' the currently loaded font.
  '-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ' Parameters: StartChar  =  Starting character to update (0 to 255)
  '               EndChar  =  Ending character to update (0 to 255)
  '=========================================================================

  OUT &H3CE, 5
  OldMode = INP(&H3CF)
  OUT &H3CF, OldMode AND &HFC

  OUT &H3CE, 6
  OldMisc = INP(&H3CF)
  OUT &H3CF, (OldMisc AND &HF1) OR 4

  OUT &H3C4, 2
  OldMask = INP(&H3C5)
  OUT &H3C5, 4

  OUT &H3C4, 4
  OldMem = INP(&H3C5)
  OUT &H3C5, OldMem OR 4

  DEF SEG = &HA000
  FOR Char = StartChar TO EndChar
    FOR Row = 0 TO Text.CharRes - 1
      Byte = ASC(MID$(Text.FontBuffer$, Char * Text.CharRes + Row + 1, 1))
      POKE Char * 32 + Row, Byte
    NEXT
  NEXT

  OUT &H3CE, 5
  OUT &H3CF, OldMode

  OUT &H3CE, 6
  OUT &H3CF, OldMisc

  OUT &H3C4, 2
  OUT &H3C5, OldMask

  OUT &H3C4, 4
  OUT &H3C5, OldMem

END SUB

 
 
 
 

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