FontEdit II COM file
FontEdit ][ is a bitmap font editor for DOS, developed by Ivan Llanas and "SEI Soft'94".
It can save fonts to several formats. This article covers the ones that use a COM-based wrapper.
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Discussion
Despite its name, FontEdit ][ does not seem to be a sequel to anything by the same author, nor is it related to the Apple ][. We might guess that it's inspired by FONTEDIT.
V1.00 supports two different COM formats: "executable", and "TSR" or "resident". V2.00 supports three (including two TSR varieties).
For how to save COM files in V1.00, refer to the documentation of the "Save as" function.
Identification
All COM formats contain an identifying copyright message, either near the beginning of the file, or the end.
V1.00 COM files, non-TSR, apparently always start with the byte pattern eb 02 90 08 b8 ?? 11 8a 3e 03 01 b3 00 b9 00 01.
V1.00 COM files, TSR, start with byte e9. Text starting with "FontEdit ][ v1.0" appears at offset 7.
All v2.00 COM files start with byte 0xe9 or 0xeb, and have ASCII signature "FE][" at offset 3.
Software
- FontEdit ][ v1.00: FE10.ZIP + FE10SMPL.ZIP
- FontEdit ][ v2.00: Secret Service Magazine Coverdisc Issue #36 → SSERV36CD.{BIN,CUE} → utils/sharewar/fontedit.arj (contains self-extracting RAR archives)
Sample files
- swCHIP 1/95 → swCHIP_95-1.{bin,cue} → dos/jt202/oldies/jt1311/2300.com
