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:''For other "CPI" formats, see: [[Blu-ray Clip info]], [[CPI (ColorLab)]], [[Marco Pixel Editor]], [[Cartesian Perceptual Compression]].''
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'''CPI''' is a file format describing DOS code page fonts.
 
'''CPI''' is a file format describing DOS code page fonts.
  
[[wikipedia:FreeDOS|FreeDOS]] MODE also supports CPX files in addition to CPI; they are CPI files compressed with [[wikipedia:UPX|UPX]] as if they were [[DOS executable (.com)|COM files]].
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There is also a compressed "DRFONT" variant.
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[[wikipedia:FreeDOS|FreeDOS]] MODE also supports CPX files in addition to CPI; they are CPI files compressed with [[UPX]] as if they were [[DOS executable (.com)|COM files]].
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== Identification ==
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Normal uncompressed files begin with {{magic|0xff "FONT   "}}.
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DRFONT files begin with {{magic|0x7f "DRFONT "}}.
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== Software ==
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* [http://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/ PSF Tools]
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** cpi2psf, psfs2cpi - Read, write
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** cpicomp, cpidcomp - Compress, decompress
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** cpitest - Dump information about the file (not normally installed)
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* CPI file format in Ralf Brown's: [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/58/17.html #01758], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/59/17.html #01759], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/60/17.html #01760], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/61/17.html #01761], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/62/17.html #01762], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/63/17.html #01763], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/64/17.html #01761], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/65/17.html #01765]
 
* CPI file format in Ralf Brown's: [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/58/17.html #01758], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/59/17.html #01759], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/60/17.html #01760], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/61/17.html #01761], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/62/17.html #01762], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/63/17.html #01763], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/64/17.html #01761], [http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/rbinter/it/65/17.html #01765]

Latest revision as of 16:33, 9 October 2022

File Format
Name CPI
Ontology
Extension(s) .cpi
For other "CPI" formats, see: Blu-ray Clip info, CPI (ColorLab), Marco Pixel Editor, Cartesian Perceptual Compression.

CPI is a file format describing DOS code page fonts.

There is also a compressed "DRFONT" variant.

FreeDOS MODE also supports CPX files in addition to CPI; they are CPI files compressed with UPX as if they were COM files.

[edit] Identification

Normal uncompressed files begin with 0xff "FONT   ".

DRFONT files begin with 0x7f "DRFONT ".

[edit] Software

  • PSF Tools
    • cpi2psf, psfs2cpi - Read, write
    • cpicomp, cpidcomp - Compress, decompress
    • cpitest - Dump information about the file (not normally installed)

[edit] Links

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