ST Compatible Fonts

[Atari8guy]

I need an ELI5 explanation of how fonts work with NVDI.  I have NDVI installed and I downloaded some common fonts from the net (TrueType) and only 1 of them works. Arial. The rest get a missing ID or damaged font warning when the ST starts up.  Where I can source some common fonts (Open Sans, Times New Roman, Helvetica, etc...) that will work with the ST.  NOTE: I only downloaded fonts that had the .ttf extension.

 

Thank you in advance...

[calimero]

Here you can find for NVDI

 

http://milan.kovac.cc/atari/software/?folder=/FONT/_FONTS

 

 

[Zogging Hell]

I'm pretty sure I... er... 'borrowed' some Windows TTF fonts from my Windows install back then (early 2000s, so likely Windows XP at the latest) - just the basics like the 'real' Times New Roman and Arial - and they worked. Do the downloaded fonts you used work on the PC? Perhaps the level of 'hinting' is an issue (I imagine Arial doesn't have much of that). I think truetype also has some sort of embedding protection on some fonts so perhaps NVDI can't handle that?

[MasterMotorola]

20 hours ago, 8bitguy1 said:

I downloaded some common fonts from the net (TrueType) and only 1 of them works. Arial.

The fonts that are not recognised most likely do not have legacy kerning enabled.  Open a TTF in a font editor and save it with legacy kern enabled (some times called old style kern).  Then the font should be compatible with systems from the 1990s.