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- // -- BLITZFONTS -- //
- \X/ ~~~~~~~~~~ \X/
- by Hayes C. Haugen
-
-
- BlitzFonts: makes text output up to 6 times faster. It will increase
- text output speeds on 99% of your Amiga programs that use the Topaz 80
- font. This means faster screen updates in: AmigaBasic, Scribble!,
- OnLine!, Comm, LSE, uEdit, Ed, Textcraft Plus, all Infocom Releases, V.I.P.
- Pro, MicroEmacs, and many, many more! Intuition menus are also sped up.
- How do you get this great speed-up? Just type in 'BlitzFonts' from your
- CLI, or double-click on it's icon from the workbench. Smart users will
- immediately put BlitzFonts in their startup-sequence so that it is there
- every time they boot. The installed BlitzFonts takes a meager 3072 bytes
- and is written in 100% assembly language for maximum speed.
-
- Benchmarks:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Blitzfonts | System Text() | Percent increase
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 4000 x 80 chars 13.41 secs 78.65 secs 586%
-
- This benchmark is a best-case scenario ONLY; most text output is only
- 2-3 times as fast due to application (the program your running) overhead.
- Use the 586% speed increase as a comparison, though I don't believe you can
- do generalized text output any faster on the Amiga. BlitzFonts is
- completely transparent to the user, the programmer and the program (even
- copy-protected ones). BlitzFonts still allows the system text routines to
- work with custom fonts. If for some reason, a program will not run with
- BlitzFonts (I have yet to find one that won't) typing 'BlitzFonts -r' will
- remove the fast font routines and restore your Amiga to its normal/slow
- state.
-
- This program is being offered as ShareWare. Please give a copy of
- this version of BlitzFonts to every Amiga owner you know, and feel free to
- post it on any electronic bulletin boards or networks, or include it in any
- public domain/ShareWare compilation that sells for $8 or less (so long as
- you keep this notice and BlitzFonts together and unmodified.) When you use
- BlitzFonts and realize how much better your life truly is, send a $10 or
- more contribution to me, the author, at:
-
- Hayes Haugen
- 11303 South Dogwood Lane
- Edmonds, WA 98020-6168
-
- In return, you will receive a disk with the latest version of BlitzFonts
- with more features, and other shareware by me. Contributions of less than
- $10 are greatly appreciated, and you will be added to my mailing list, but
- cost prohibits me from sending you a disk. If you already own one of my
- other ShareWare programs, let me know which one and I will also send you a
- free update to that program.
-
- Features that are in the upgraded version: allows you to use any font that
- is 8 pixels wide as the BlitzFont (i.e. Topaz 11), and also speeds up
- boldface and italics. Suggestions for more features or other programs are
- welcome.
- ======> PLEASE NOTE! <=======
-
- This is my third ShareWare release, and I am sorry to say that there are
- very few honest Amiga users who have chosen to support my efforts.
- BlitzFonts cost you nothing to get, I only ask for a small contribution!
- If you'd rather you can go buy MicroSmith's Fast Fonts, but that will cost
- you $49.95, and you won't be able to legally give copies to your friends.
- I will continue to support my current programs, but if BlitzFonts doesn't
- do well, this will be my last ShareWare release.
-
- Other ShareWare by me:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- X-Spell.....a 30,000 word spelling checker that checks any document with text
- in it (Textcraft, Scribble, any editor). Will also suggest
- alternate spellings and allow you to replace the incorrect word
- with any word of your choice ($15).
-
- Blitz.......a text viewer with the FASTEST screen updates on the Amiga. Also
- allows saving of selected portions of the document, and simple
- modifications of the text ($10).
-
- BlitzFonts is copyright 1987 by Hayes C. Haugen, all rights except for
- limited non-commercial distribution are reserved. BlitzFonts may not be
- given away or sold independently or with any other program, except as
- detailed above. Companies and ShareWare authors may license BlitzFonts for
- inclusion in their own programs, please contact the author at the above
- address for details. All warranties whether expressed or implied are
- non-existent. The user assumes all risk in using this program, and under
- no circumstances will the author or anyone related to him (or his friends)
- be held liable for any damages, however extreme or minor, caused directly
- or indirectly by BlitzFonts.
-