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Volume II
ˆººYOUR QUESTlONS & COMMENTSºˆ
Anticipated by the Little Voices in My Head
QUESTiØN: HºØw çØme nØthing that g ºt¥pe lØØks as GØØd as thisº ÍimpleTexºt ¿¡¿
ANSWER: First take your mittens and space helmet off. Second, make sure Jittlov ScreenFont is installed and selected. Third, read the ReadMe — especially
this part. Then every character will appear and space with mind-blowingly compact precision. Depending upon what word processing program you’re in…
¸ Apple’s Fºilenames will let you see everything — either in Plaintext or in Italics — but not both at once (unless somebody makes a reversed º as some
sort of cruel joke). Though you can't key-summon characters at ASCll positions #1-31, you can ºCopy & Paste from SimpleText or WordPerfect. To date, you
can’ºt make Fºilename letters bold, underlined, outlined, shadowed or colored (though you can use fonts pre-made with these effects, like the beautiful Elenay
Collection). Normally, you also can’ºt use a colon (º:º) in a filename — unless ºyou type Option-Shift E to get another JittlovJam Exclusive! (º´º) This colon isn’ºt a
command — it’s just two dots (a sleepy dieresis, actually), and purely decorative. Amaze your ºfriends, confuse your ºfoes.
¸ Key Caps, with a lot of tapping, will let you see everything (including the Jittlov zero-width accents) — except characters at font positions #8, and 28-31.
Correction...it will let you see everything that is in the PlainText part. For most fonts, that’s no big deal — most don’t even have a special italic array, let alone
several thousand elements accessible only by Outlining and Shadowing. In other words, if you’re depending on Key Caps, you’re missing a LOT.
¸ BBEdit [3.1.1] will let you see everything possible . But it won’ºt let you see both plaintext and italics at once, or any other combination of styles. If you
opened this ReadMe with it, then you’re missing most of the stuff. BBEdit will let you key-summon every character — except those at ASCll #0, 1, 3-4, 8-9,
11-13, 16, 27-31. However, if there’s a character at that position, you actually can Copy & Paste it into BBEdit from WordPerfect.
IMPORTANT — when you select your BBEdit document’s font and size settings, also have the Tab Set at 10 Spaces (or BBEdit will instantly quit when you Tab).
¸ SimpleText [1.3.1] will let you see everything possible. It lets you key-summon ºeverything possible (except characters at ASCll positions #1, 8, 28-31,
which have to be pasted from WordPerfect). SimpleText lets you change the color of each character. It’s rilly rilly cool. However, SimpleText has a 32K
text limit. Which is wild, because your window info shows this Jittlov Legend 2 is K. Another miracle!? Yes, because this digital magic wisely stores
data (text) and resources (size changes, icon, color, sound) separately — visible by dropping this file on ResEdit and using its own Get Info.
Believe It or Not — three ‰‰‰’s take up the same document text-space as three iii’s. You could change all this text to 36-point Swiss
Bold Shadow Outline Extended and it wouldn’ºt make the file larger, except for a few bytes in resource. Word processingº just summons the characters from a
font in your System. This document is merely the tip of the Appillusion.
Tabbing moves your cursor precisely 10 pixels forward (unless you change that setting at #32, with ResEdit).
¸ ClarisWorks [4.0v4] will let you see and summon every standard character. But those at ASCll positions #0-16 and 21-32 are reserved for cursor and
document controls, plus a few Icelandic and Hungarian letters (°¢£§ü†≥¥Ø∞±≤), and are not available to US residents. Apple only wants Americans to see its
Chicago Quartet at #17-20 (normally Ô √ – º ) . You can’ºt Copy & Paste #0-16, 21-32 from WordPerfect or SimpleText. But you can Copy & Paste the rest
of SimpleText’s COLOR. Claris’ Tab overrides the font Tab. I have dived in to add more characters at positions which don’ºt make my PowerBook crash.
[No, cancel all that. Rats — I have to put Ô √ – º ºin their normal places at #17-20 — so, forget all the ascii-building characters.]
¸ WordPerfect [3.1] will let you see everything possible. It will let you summon everything possible — but not always with PopChar Lite, so you have to
select special characters from the ‘Symbols’ ºfeature in WordPerf’s Insert menu (especially for the arrows at #30). Or just use the key-combinations.
WordPerfect is really good, but it unfortunately knows this, and is somewhat arrogant. It will allow you to Copy & Paste characters 1-31 from BBEdit and
from your Filenames, but not directly from SimpleText, and certainly not from competitor ClarisWorks. As further vexation, you can Copy & Paste 1-31 from
SimpleText to BBEdit, and then ºPaste the same thing to WordPerfect — but only the plaintext side, no italics. So you still have read all of these ReadMe’s in
SimpleText. (Don’ºt blame me, I didn’ºt make these Laws.) WordPerfect’s Tab also overrides the font setting.
PROBLEM ONE: Your letters may vanish. Every font has this potential problem. You seldom see it, because other fonts aren’ºt this intense. Each character
has a unique boundary to allow proper snuggling. In that context, Jittlov is a remarkably controlled orgy — most italics and 42 WizBats are side-indented
1-4 pixels for maximum interaction. Which means everything looks absolutely perfect!! <–- Until you get a ‘hangover’… where the baseline ends before (or
begins after) a character’s border-indented pixels Í. The solution is to extend the Style option (Italic, Bold, Underline, Outline, Color, etc) with a space or
three (or a tab) — in that style-combination — until the character is complete Í .
PROBLEM TWO: Character pixels sometimes vanish when you’re experimenting with backspacing, combinations and colors. No big deal. Just scroll the
character out of view, then back again — and it’s magically healed. Do the same if the character is half-off the screen and not wrapping to the next line, since
your processor thinks it’s just a simple letter and not a 32-pixel panoramic ‰Í If color characters overlap, the one on the right gets preference.
PROBLEM THREE: In ScreenFont, a few letters (ºFºJºjº) and characters have indented spacing to Fºit Fºlat in Fancy Folders. Actually that’s a Feature, not a problem.
And one good kern deserves another, so I’ve even included another even more handy ºFeature in all of the fonts — the Jittlov Secret Spacer! º (Shhhh — it’s our
secret!º) Just key Option+Zero to add a single pixel of invisible spacing –––- and thus allow your work instant pinpoint kerning and positioning!!
A FºEW MORE TRlCKS: 1) Changing font-size (from 9-point) increases the leading (vertical spacing) between lines. So, changing size anywhere in a line, and just
typing a space — then changing back to 9-point — allows you to invisibly vary the look of your lineage. 2) For my own micro-docs (and this ReadMe) I also
prefer using a lowercase L, instead of an I, within a CAPlTALlZED word. More trouble than it’s worth? Not if you’re me. Perfection is now within easy reach.
Sure, it’s a little slower. But how often do you change your filenames? Showing off is worth the effort.
PRlNTlNG: This is presently a bitmap font, so it will print out bitmappy — lots of tiny squares,º just like it looks if you magnify your screen. But that simplicity allows it to print out quite fast. Test-print a single page of this ReadMe, to adjust margins and formatting. If your SimpleText program has Montalcini’s menu additions, experiment with the Goodies section. I get perfect ReadMe printouts on my old DeskJet 500 by selecting ‘Define Print Margins’, then ‘Force Print Margins’, and the settings of Top: 0, Bottom: 0, Left: 10, Right: 32 (for USA 8.5"x11" pages). I’ve also found that all of my pages print cleaner, with all spaces and tabs matching my screen-view, and with no fine lines between the multiple levels of the SixPix characters, if I use the truly nifty HP DeskJet 3.1 (aka, HPDJ3.1), a freeware printer driver created by Ari Mujunen and Olli Arnberg of Tromsø, Norway (do a search at Shareware.Com for the download).
Comment: It still looks too big and weird.
Work with me — pull down the Size Menu from the Menubar (up there º, top of your screen), and mouse-select ‘9 Point’. This is a small font. Make it small.
Q/C : Everything looks too small and I cannot even read this.
A: I’m not even going to hazard a guess as to how you did that in SimpleText. But once more — Menubar…Size… 9ºPoint. And if you’re doing this in Views,
you might want to turn off ‘Calculate Folder Sizes’…unless you like ºa snail-speed screen.)
Q/C: Your ReadMe is too long, just tell me everything in one sentence.
A: Keep typing and you may eventually find out everything in a few years or even sooner if you open this with ResEdit though don't say I didn't warn you. C’mon, you’re downloading a FONT, and you don’ºt
enjoy READlNG?? No, this can’t be arrogance or impatience. Clearly we are in the presence of a SUPERMlND!! But you’re far too brilliant for one sentence, so
I’ºll do better! There!! –> I’ve just compressed All Knowledge into that ∞Dot, instantly accessed by You and other Illuminati who could write programs the
moment they first saw a computer! Just touch the screen and interface with the Font of Wizdom! The rest of us, well… Only read more if you want to know.
These ReadMe’s are a lot thinner than a UNIX Manual/Doorstop. Take an hour. Take notes. Explore! Have fun! There is more here than first meets the ◊
Q/C: This font is impossibly huge! How do I find everything??
A: You can wait until I complete my latest all-purpose digital diviner and decision-maker — MacOuijaº. Or use the handy maps in each of the Font Legends. Or
wander around and keep flipping through combinations of Plain, Bold, Italic, Bold, Underline, Outline, Shadow, Condensed/Expanded. That’s twice 8-factorial, or
2ºxº6! = 2(1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8) = 80,640 combinations. Have fun. Not all those levels are used, yet — your feedback/outrage will determine the next edition.
Jittlov has the capacity and capability to do almost everything for you — it’s just difficult to access. (…Hey, it’s ME!) But that’s okay, you don’ºt have ºto find
everything. Use what you see/need, explore the rest when you desire. Creativity (accidents) arises during the hunt. (And you’ºll still need to come back here
and read all this stuff. Patience, and all shall be revealed.)
[NOTE: I’ve now dropped plans to cram everything into one impossible font, and am separating the characters into 20+ back-to-back fonts.]
Q/C: JittlovJam sounds too ominous to put in my computer. Why did you name it this? Ò
A: I understand your terror — anyone who has a downloaded clone of Windows95 in his system has every right to fear the unknown. But I have my reasons…
Á One, is to evoke the aura of a wild adventure, reserved only for those who dare look over the top of their work cubicles. Á Two, is the same psychology
that prompted GM to name its electric car the ‘Impact’, which has no doubt affected its sales. Á Three, is for my mother, who makes wonderful apricot
lemon jam and preserves, as all of her neighbors and visitors will avow. Á Four, is the same superstitious blessing used by stage actors, when they say
“Break a leg”º to fool malevolent (and gullible) spirits. Á Five, it jam-compresses language into the smallest easily-legible space. Á Sixth, it’s jammin’ with
kool secrets and hot features and lotsa rad stuff! (Ghods, I am so hip) Á Not many other fonts begin with a J, so this is easier to find in your Font List.
Anyway, your question is puzzlingly inappropriate, since I’ve changed the font name after Rick Sternbach’s computer choked on its pre-beta version. It is
not wise to taunt the Type Norns. So don’ºt worry about ‘something going wrong’ — because that would’ve happened by now! ºLike its author, the Jittlov Font
is incredibly powerful yet gentle, overwhelming yet benign.
Q/C: Why are they called WizBats?
A: They are WizBats because I didn’ºt like ‘dingbats’ and I’ve acted as aº‚ ºand there’s actually a ˘ ºin this font. (There. One sentence. I can ºdo it.)
Q/C: I typed Option+Zero to get the ‘Jittlov Secret Spacer’ ºbut all I see is ‚‚‚!! What in he** is ºa ‘Jittlov’º??
A: No, you typed Option+SHIFT+Zero (ºÔ –0º) — or your Caps Lock was on. The Shift-key combo prints my Secret Signature. (Pardon the confusion with this
often-used Spacer…though that is ºkind of a clever accident… Gosh, I wonder how many more “coincidences” are in this device? Oº º
Jittlov is my father’s surname. Though prone to witty repartee by microcephalic schoolmates, it is a very good name in the Caucasus Mountains. JITàLOV
means ‘son of life’, echoing my Viking-Mongolian warrior-healer heredity — and we do age much slower than average. Dad (Ivan Vadim Jittlov) married at my
age (48), I was born 5 years later, and my brother Greg 5 years after that. Mom (Marie Ann Sindelar-Pacolt, of Minnesota-Czech parentage) was actually 64
when she co-starred in my movie. I have christened this font ‘Jittlov’ not out of egotism, not for the mad rush of power, not because I have no girlfriend to
name it after — but also because somebody might recognize it and say “Are you related to the Jittlov’s in [ºyour-town-here]?” While Mom’s relatives are
known, Dad lost touch with his 8 brothers and 2 sisters when he left home during the Russian Revolution. By the Internet database and every phonebook I’ve
checked, we are apparently the only Jittlov’s in the entire USA. This software (like the movie) is a call for communication.
Q/C: You made a movie!? What ºmovie?? Why are you distributing this pathetic freeware, instead of making more ºmovies??? º Ⱥ ºÈ ºÈ ÈÈÈÈÈÈÈ
A: I am constantly amazed by the tremendous number of people who don’ºt realize how famous I am. {ahemº} I made The „„ — a special-effects
action-adventure-satire about my true experiences atº‹ ºStudios. I mean, honestly made a 95-minute feature film — wrote, produced, directed, acted,
edited, animated, special-effected, composed music, drove trucks, everything including key schlepp — the Unofficial Guinness World's Record for Filmmaking,
132 creditable jobs — that’s more than George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Harold Lloyd, Orson Welles and Jerry Lewis combined. Imagine a film as creative and
unique as this font, yet totally energizing (with over 166 effects shots and 123 locations in just 4.5 minutes, more than in most entire megabuck features). If
you’re wondering why this phenomenon didn’ºt appear in a theater near you, it’s because myº joblist didn’t include Distribution Consultant. Full credit goes to
our co-producer and self-appointed accountant (Richard Leon Kaye of Arleta, California), who also insisted upon acting as the sociopathic, slimey, embezzling
Hollywood producer in the movie. While I overworked to complete the film’s roughcut, Kaye quietly traded all our film elements and business records to his
associates (Alan Solomon & Lenny Shapiro) at Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment in return for $30,000.
A midnight screening of the still-unfinished movie brought surprise around-the-block lines and outstanding reviews, but „„ ºwas suddenly snatched
from the jaws of success — just ºas MCA/Universal (friends of SGE) released their own feature, coincidentally called “The Wizard” and with a similar poster
treatment, to far less acclaim. Welcome to Hollywood. Our movie was dumped to illegal video and pirated worldwide (aka “Mike the Wizard” ºin Japan and the
badly-dubbed “Magic Movie” ºin Germany), yet has oddly never shown on American TV. Maybe USA networks actually need to honor my contractually-required
signature and copyright assignment. Or perhaps someone told them about my Secret Subliminals…
Y’see…back when the hijinx were beginning, the Law was useless and everything looked hopeless, I really needed to feel better. So I tapped everything I’d
discovered in editing and animation to add in over 1000 subliminal messages. Non-coercive, quite positive (especially since I’d be watching this movie myself,
for years) — hidden symbols and pictures all building to an effective anti-depressant. There are also phrases, like “Nothing stops the creative spirit…Help
make the world wonderful” and even “Here come the subliminals!" — plus details about the covert $1,000,000 insurance policy that Kaye and SGE’s president
attempted to get on my life. You can also step-frame through the scene where the slimey embezzling producer’s coat catches fire, and see those flames are
actually figures…a unicorn, a dragon, an angry wizard drop-kicking a demon-pig. A little catharsis can go a long way. „ ºhas brought a lot of happiness
to its viewers, and even helped four of my friends find their loving wives. If you can find a video, then make a guilt-free copy for yourself and a friend.
I’d love to create movies of my better stories…   ÈÈÈ “GodSpeed” ‹ “Wind Dæmon” › “Bjørn to be Wild”º⁄ “Elf Park”… Or publish the books.
Or at least create videos — I have 120 tape-hours of wild, weird, wonderful experiences, perfect for six 1-hour shows. But I’ve no video-editing equipment,
no $$$$$ for it, and no more tolerance for business partners/producers/users. Oh well. Moviestar, film director, internet icon…been there, done that.
Time for the next step. When this freeware’s completed, I’ºll return to my research in speed-healing, non-surgical vision repair and scalp-hair regrowth (it’s
amazing what your subconscious can do, once you learn how to summon your internal genie). I’ve also backpacked around the world, guested at film fests and
sci-fi conventions, bungee-jumped the Moldau, barehand-climbed the Virgins of Norway (these are tall, breathtaking, snowy peaks) (mountains), had adventures
and friendships that most people only dream of — except finding the Love of my Life. [CUE: fiº from the world’s smallest £ º] But that’s another story.
The Jittlov Font is creative exercise, it’s cheap therapy, it’s a little gem I could produce without greedy studio executives, union hassles or weird weather. In
the months of crafting this font and its ReadMe’s, I didn’ºt get a single screen-freeze or Ó- box. That is a Very Good Sign. A microcosm of perfection, which
has hopefully force-formed my reality to a more desired destination. It is also a tool which others may find useful. So here — enjoy.
«~~~~~~~~ [º Enjoy more ºby going on to ReadMe 3 º]~~~~~~~~Δ
