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Subject: Re: syscons fonts
To: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis)
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 08:54:14 +0400 (MSD)
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From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (Andrey A. Chernov) <ache@nagual.ru>
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>     Can someone explain/name the iso-*, cp866-* and koi8-* fonts?

iso means ISO8859-1 code table
cp866 means IBM Code Page 866 code table
koi8 means KOI8-R code table (RFC1489)

>     And the purpose of the 8x14 fonts?

For 80x43 mode (EGA font)

>     And the differences between the "", "b" and "c" versions of
> the 866 and koi8 fonts?

Different kind of letters style.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@nagual.ru>
http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/