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- Short: Draws an outline on your Workbench icon text.
- Author: Daniel Nyberg <daniel@dalnet.se> and Jonathan Gapen <innuendo@execpc.com> and Dave Jones <djones@cardiffcybercafe.co.uk>
- Uploader: Dave Jones <djones@cardiffcybercafe.co.uk>
- Version: 2.0
- Type: util/wb
-
-
- This is an almost complete re-write of the OutlineFont patch program by Danial
- Nyberg. It draws an outline around the icon labels on Workbench, increasing
- the readability on some background images, and just generally looking snazzier.
-
- I rewrote the entire mess in assembly, using the C code as a guideline, and a
- disassembled output as a guideline of what not to do. The way it checked the
- calling process was a particular nightmare. Anyhow, here it is, much smaller,
- shorter, faster, more memory-efficient.
-
- Also, no longer needs `RUN >NIL: <NIL: OutlinePatch' it will copy the patchcode
- to memory, set the patch function, and exit.
-
- I'll include the asm source to this version next time (Once I've made it a bit
- more readable), in case anybody gets the urge to hack on it further.
-
-
- Here are the original instructions:
-
- Requirements:
- AmigaOS 3.0 or higher.
- 68020 or better.
-
- *NB* There's no reason to suggest these are needed, but I'll put them
- here just in case. -Dave.
-
- Installation:
- Copy OulineFont to c:, or add a path to the OutlineFont
- directory.
-
- Start Prefs/Font
-
- Choose "Select Workbench Icon text..."
-
- Select the font and field colour you want.
- The field colour will be used for the outline.
-
- Select mode "Text+Field".
-
- Select OK; and save the font settings.
-
- Add "OutlineFont <text> <field> <width>" to
- your startup-sequence, before LoadWB.
-
- "<text>" is the palette number of the text colour you
- choose in Prefs/Font.
-
- "<field>" is the fiels colour.
-
- "<width>" is the outline width.
-
- Example: "OutlineFont 2 1 1"
- This will use colour 2 for the text and 1 for the outline.
- The outline width will be 1 pixel. If you are using the
- standard Workbench or MagicWB palette this will give you
- a white font text with a black border.
-