OS/2 Pointer

OS/2 Pointer is a cursor graphics format related to OS/2 BMP. It is a member of the OS/2 bitmap family of formats. It is very similar to OS/2 Icon format.

Some Pointer files use the OS/2 Bitmap Array container format, though this does not seem to be very common.

Identification
An OS/2 Pointer file may begin with ASCII characters "" (color), or "" (bi-level).

Or, it may begin with "" (see OS/2 Bitmap Array), and have "" or "" at offset 14.

Specifications

 * OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Guide, Vol III

Sample files

 * OS/2 BBS Files Archive → 25-Icons.zip
 * http://cd.textfiles.com/hobbesos29804/disk1/CURSORS/
 * Some pointer sets can be found at http://kimludvigsen.dk/os2/os2/graphx/index.php
 * prak1.rar
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/os2Pointer/

Links

 * , from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats