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- The one and only Font Editor for use with TUGU.
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- Created by Jason Rennie. Code copyright 1995 by Jason Rennie.
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- This program was developed to allow you to create your own unique fonts
- which can be used and displayed in conjuncion with TUGU. These fonts can
- be any size up to 12x17 and of up to 16 different colors. To run FontEdit,
- the "arial.tf" font must be in the current directory.
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- Like The Fractal Creator, FontEdit is a completely mouse driven and is
- quite intuitive. Within FontEdit, there are three different screens which
- you will navigate to create your fonts. The first is the main editing
- screen which is the first screen you see upon execution. This screen
- displays all the characters of your font which are defined and also outlines
- in red the size of the font. As you move the cursor around on this screen,
- an information box will show you which character the cursor is pointing to
- and what that character cooresponds to in normal text.
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- By left-clicking on any character, you will be instantly brought to the
- character editing screen which allows you to change the chosen character.
- On the left half of the screen, you will be shown a zoomed image of the
- current character. Next to the character are two information lines which
- indicate where the cursor is located on the character and also which
- color is occupying that pixel.
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- Below the character is the palette you have to choose from. The gray scale
- is not necessarily the colors that the font will be displayed in. Rather,
- the first color will correspond to the current drawing color and the colors
- 2-15 will be those colors which follow the current drawing color. Black
- (color 0) will not be displayed.
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- On the far right of the screen is a box which shows the chosen drawing
- color. Next to this is the exit button which will return the user to the
- main editing screen.
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- After returning to the main editing screen, the user may choose to enter
- the options menu by pressing the "OPTIONS" button. This will take you to
- a menu of options. Below is a list of those options:
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- SET FONT SIZE - This effects the maximum size for the font. It also
- is indicative of the amount of spacing used between
- character.
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- SAVE FONT - This is used to save a font which has already been loaded. It
- will be saved under the name which is given under "Current Font"
- If there is not current font, nothing will be saved.
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- SAVE FONT AS - This is used to save a new font, or to rename a font under
- a new name. You will be prompted for a new name. Press
- Enter when complete.
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- LOAD FONT - This is used to load a font which has already been created.
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- RETURN TO EDITOR - This will return you to the main editing screen.
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- QUIT FONTEDIT - This will automatically leave the program. Make sure to
- save your font before pressing this button.
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- I have been experiencing a minor problem with mouse control in this program.
- If it happens that you are not able to move the mouse to the bottom half
- of the screen, the Escape button will take you to the options menu and you
- should be able to press the Quit button. After re-executing the program,
- you should regain mouse control.
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