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- FontShow 1.3
-
- Glenn Alcott
- 86-22 60th Road
- Elmhurst, NY 11373
- CIS: 76044,747
-
- FontShow is a utility, written in Visual Basic 3.0, to print samples and
- character charts of any of your Windows printer fonts. It is provided
- with the Visual Basic source code (in the file SOURCE.ZIP) for those who
- are interested. If you're not interested, ignore that file.
-
- To install the program, copy FONTSHOW.EXE to any directory. The VBX files
- (Visual Basic custom controls) and the MSAFINX.DLL file must be copied to
- your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. In addition, the program requires the
- Visual Basic 3.0 runtime library, VBRUN300.DLL. I have not included it in
- this archive because of its size, but it is easily available on CompuServe.
-
- To run the program, choose File Run from the Windows Program Manager and
- enter FONTSHOW, preceded by the path name if necessary. Of course, if you
- plan to use it often it is more convenient to add it to your Program Manager
- desktop and run it from the icon.
-
- You may scroll through the list of available fonts to see samples on the
- screen. The size of the sample may be changed in 1-point increments by
- clicking the "sample size" arrows (these arrows sometimes behave a little
- strangely and may have to be clicked twice to see any effect). The sample
- text box is editable just by clicking on it; you may delete and add text
- using normal Windows editing methods. Edited sample text will be retained
- only for the duration of the program; it will not be saved when you exit.
-
- The Display Font Map option will show a character map of the currently
- highlighted font, similar to the Character Map utility distributed with
- Windows, with the additional capability of displaying the font in bold,
- italic or both.
-
- To print, select fonts using the usual Windows selection methods (i.e.
- Ctrl-Click to choose several fonts, Shift-Click to choose a continuous
- range). If you want to print all your fonts, click on Select All.
-
- There are four types of printouts available:
- 1) Sample text (three lines for each font, as many fonts as will fit on
- each page, at the point size of your choice)
- 2) Character charts (a full-page chart for each font, showing each
- character and its ASCII code number, printed at 16 points)
- 3) Full page samples with three parts:
- a) one-line samples at sizes from 8 to 60 points
- b) three-line samples (as in #1) including regular, bold, italic
- and bold italic, all at 12 points
- c) all extended characters
- 4) Text paragraphs: a six-line paragraph printed at user-selectable sizes
- from 7 to 14 points. One page per font.
-
- You may choose any or all types each time you print by checking the
- appropriate box(es). The default is to print only the sample text. If you
- choose more than one, they will be printed in the order listed above.
-
- For all printouts except #3, the bold and italic check boxes will be observed.
-
- For printout #1, you may choose a point size from 6 to 72 points, including
- fractional sizes. Point sizes may be incremented in 1-point intervals
- using the arrows next to the point size box. However, be aware that
- choosing a large size may result in an overflow which will halt printing.
-
- When you select printout #4, a window will appear allowing you to choose the
- point sizes for the paragraphs from a list of sizes between 7 and 14 points,
- mostly in half-point increments. You may choose up to 6 sizes. The default
- printout includes 9,10,11,12,13 and 14 points. If you change the selection,
- you may reset it to the default by clicking the Default button.
-
- The Heading Font option allows you to select the font to be used for
- headings on the printouts. Specifically, this is used for the font names
- on #1, ASCII codes on #2, section headings on #3 and paragraph headings on
- #4. As most headings are printed at 10 points, you should choose a font
- that is easily readable at that size. Choosing this option will select the
- currently highlighted font as the heading font, subject to your
- confirmation. The heading font defaults to Arial if it is found on your
- system; otherwise another font will be chosen (most likely the first one
- listed in your WIN.INI file).
-
- The Edit Sample Text option is provided so that you may edit the text of
- the one-line samples at different sizes in printout #3 (a different default
- text is used for each point size in the hope of making the printouts a
- little more interesting) as well as the default text used in the screen
- sample, printout #1 and the three-line samples in printout #3 (which defaults
- to "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.").
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- REGISTRATION:
-
- FontShow is distributed as a completely functional program with no crippling
- whatsoever and no "nag screens" to annoy you. However, it represents a
- considerable effort on the part of the author and is not intended to be free.
-
- If you decide to keep and use this program, please print and mail the
- registration form below with the modest fee of $10. If you don't want to
- bother filling out the form, just send a check! Comments and suggestions
- via E-mail are also welcome.
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- Fontshow 1.3
- Registration Form
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- Name: __________________________________
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- Company: _______________________________
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- Address: _______________________________
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- City: __________________________________
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- State: ______ Zip: _______
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- Country: __________________
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- CompuServe ID: _________________________
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- Comments: _____________________________________________________________
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- _______________________________________________________________________
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- _______________________________________________________________________
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- Registration fee: $10.00
-
- Please send to:
-
- Glenn Alcott
- 86-22 60th Road
- Elmhurst, NY 11373
- USA
-
- Thank you very much for registering!
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