FONTASY graphics

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File Format
Name FONTASY graphics
Ontology
Extension(s) .pic, .tem, .pv, .blk, others
Released ≤1986

FONTASY is a desktop publishing application for DOS, developed by Prosoft. There are several (presumably raster) graphics formats associated with it:

  • Picture (.PIC, .TEM, and others) - The main FONTASY document format; also used for templates.
  • Block - Clip art image. Does not seem to have a default filename extension. Extensions .BLK[1] and .BSG[2] have been seen.
  • Preview (.PV) - Clip art library.

See also FONTASY font.

Contents

Identification

A Picture file has ASCII "FYFY" at offset 2.

A Preview file starts with ASCII "PVV".

A Block file consists of the image dimensions, followed by the bitmap data. It can't really be distinguished from various other formats that follow this pattern.

Software

Sample files

  • Some example files are included with the software.
  • fblock82.zip (Block format)

References

  1. Examples: Iconvert rev. 1.52A, fblock82.zip
  2. Example: Iconvert rev. 1.49
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