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BY ÐHYRNE ÂACON

Á "FONT" IS A DEFINITION OF HOW EACH
CHARACTER IS DISPLAYED ON YOUR
SCREEN. ÔHE FONT EDITOR ALLOWS YOU
ALTER THE WAY CHARACTERS ARE
DISPLAYED ON YOUR SCREEN. ÙOU CAN
CHANGE JUST ONE CHARACTER (FOR
INSTANCE, REMOVE THE LINE THAT
SLASHES A ZERO) OR CHANGE AS MANY
CHARACTERS AS YOU WANT - EVEN ALL OF
THEM.

ÙOU CHOOSE THE CHARACTER TO EDIT BY
KEY, CURSOR, OR SCREEN CODE. ÔHE FONT
EDITOR DISPLAYS ALL 256 CHARACTERS OF
THE FONT.

ÌÏÁÄÉÎÇ ÔÈÅ ÆÉÒÓÔ ÆÏÎÔ

×HEN THE ÆÏÎÔ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ IS RUN, IT ASKS
IF YOU WANT TO EDIT A "FONT." OR A
"SET." TYPE FONT.

ÅACH "FONT." FILE INCLUDES BOTH FONT
SETS, REFERRED TO AS ALPHAFONT AND
BETAFONT. ÕSUALLY THE ALPHAFONT IS AN
UPPERCASE FONT OR A CUSTOM FONT, AND
THE BETAFONT IS UPPER/ LOWERCASE. ÉF
YOU PICK "FONT.", YOU WILL BE ASKED
IF YOU WANT TO EDIT THE ALPHAFONT OR
THE BETAFONT. ÔO CHANGE TO ANOTHER
FONT, SEE ÌÏÁÄÉÎÇ Á ÆÏÎÔ BELOW.

ÅACH "SET." FILE INCLUDES ONLY ONE
FONT. ÉF THE FILE NAME ENDS WITH ".A"
IT IS THE ALPHAFONT. ÉF IT ENDS WITH
A ".B" IT IS A BETAFONT.

ÅÄÉÔ ÍÏÄÅ

ÁFTER THE FONT IS LOADED, THE
COMPUTER WILL CHANGE FROM A SCREEN
WITH THE BUILT-IN FONT TO A NEW
SCREEN WITH THE LOADED FONT. ÔHE NEW
SCREEN WILL HAVE A LARGE
REPRESENTATION OF THE LETTER Á IN THE
UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER IN THE DESIGN
FRAME (A SMALL LETTER Á APPEARS TO
THE LEFT OF THE DESIGN FRAME, AND THE
SCREEN CODE OF THE LETTER Á APPEARS
TO THE RIGHT OF THE DESIGN FRAME). Á
PARTIAL LIST OF THE FONT EDITOR
COMMANDS IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND
CORNER (PRESS É TO SEE THE COMPLETE
LIST). Á DISPLAY OF ALL 256
CHARACTERS IS IN THE CURSOR SELECT
FRAME IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE
SCREEN.

ÅÄÉÔÉÎÇ Á ÃÈÁÒÁÃÔÅÒ

×HEN YOU BEGIN, THE CURSOR WILL BE IN
THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE
DESIGN FRAME. ÔO CHANGE A PIXEL, MOVE
THE CURSOR TO THE PIXEL AND PRESS 3
TO TURN THE PIXEL ON, OR 4 TO TURN
THE PIXEL OFF. ÕSE Ä TO DELETE THE
ROW THE CURSOR IS ON, OR Å TO ERASE
THE COLUMN THE CURSOR IS ON. ÔHE
DESIGN FRAME HAS WRAP: IF THE CURSOR
GOES OFF THE RIGHT EDGE, IT APPEARS
IN THE LEFT COLUMN, OR IF IT GOES OFF
THE BOTTOM EDGE IT APPEARS IN THE TOP
ROW, AND SO ON.

×HEN A PIXEL IS CHANGED, IT WILL BE
CHANGED IN THE DESIGN FRAME, IN
MEMORY, AND IN EVERY COPY OF THE
CHARACTER ON THE SCREEN (YOU
INSTANTLY SEE THE EFFECT OF EACH
CHANGE).

ÔO SHIFT A CHARACTER UPWARD USE +, TO
SHIFT IT DOWN USE -, TO SHIFT IT LEFT
USE *, TO SHIFT IT RIGHT USE /. ÔHESE
SHIFTS (ROLLS) ARE NONDESTRUCTIVE:
WHAT GOES OVER THE TOP EDGE, APPEARS
ON THE BOTTOM ROW, AND SO ON.

ÃÈÏÏÓÉÎÇ Á ÃÈÁÒÁÃÔÅÒ

ÔO MOVE TO THE FOLLOWING CHARACTER,
PRESS F5. ÔO MOVE TO THE PRECEDING
CHARACTER, PRESS F7. ÔO SELECT A
(NONREVERSE) CHARACTER BY PRESSING
ITS KEY, FIRST PRESS F1. ÔO USE THE
CURSOR TO SELECT A CHARACTER, FIRST
PRESS F3. ÔHE CURSOR WILL MOVE TO THE
CURSOR SELECT FRAME (THE FONT
DISPLAY). ÍOVE THE CURSOR TO THE
DESIRED CHARACTER AND PRESS RETURN.
(ÔHE CURSOR SELECT FRAME HAS WRAP.)
ÔO SELECT A CHARACTER BY SCREEN CODE,
FIRST PRESS F2.

ÃÏÐÙÉÎÇ Á ÃÈÁÒÁÃÔÅÒ

ÔO COPY A CHARACTER, PRESS Ã (FOR
COPY). ÙOU WILL BE ASKED TO MOVE THE
CURSOR TO THE CHARACTER TO BE COPIED,
AND TO PRESS RETURN, AND THEN TO MOVE
THE CURSOR TO THE CHARACTER TO BE
COPIED TO, AND TO PRESS RETURN. ÔHE
NEW COPY WILL THEN APPEAR IN THE
DESIGN FRAME.

ÒÅÖÅÒÓÅ ÃÈÁÒÁÃÔÅÒÓ

ÏN MOST FONTS, CHARACTERS 128-255 ARE
THE REVERSE CHARACTERS OF 0-127. ÆOR
EXAMPLE, REVERSE-Á (129) HAS A PIXEL
OFF WHEREVER Á (1) HAS A PIXEL ON,
AND VICE-VERSA. ÔHE REVERSE
CHARACTERS ARE USED IN THE BLINKING
CURSOR.

ÔO MAKE A REVERSE OF A NEWLY DESIGNED
CHARACTER, PRESS Ò. ÔHIS COPIES THE
REVERSE OF THE CURRENT CHARACTER N
ONTO N+128 (ONTO N-128 IF N>=128),
AND MOVES THE CURSOR TO THE NEW
REVERSE CHARACTER.

ÔO SAVE TIME, YOU CAN CHANGE ANY OF
THE CHARACTERS 0-127, AND THEN MAKE
REVERSE COPIES OF ALL OF THEM AT ONCE
BY PRESSING F4.

ÓINCE REVERSE PERIOD IS USED IN THE
CHARACTER DESIGN FRAME, IF THERE ARE
NO REVERSE CHARACTERS IN A FONT,
PRESS F4 TO MAKE THE CHARACTER DESIGN
SUDDENLY APPEAR IN THE DESIGN FRAME.

ÅØÉÔÉÎÇ ÆÏÎÔ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ

ÔO EXIT ÆÏÎÔ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ, PRESS Ú (WHICH
ENDS THE PROGRAM AND RETURNS YOU TO
THE USUAL BUILT-IN FONT), OR THE
ÓÔÏÐ-KEY (WHICH LEAVES YOU IN THE
CUSTOM FONT). ÔO RETURN TO BOTH THE
PROGRAM AND FONT, AFTER ANY EXIT OR
ERROR MESSAGE, TYPE ÒÕÎ OR, IF YOU
USED THE ÓÔÏÐ-KEY, ENTER THE ÃÏÎ
COMMAND.

ÔÈÅ ÄÉÓË ÄÉÒÅÃÔÏÒÙ

ÙOU CAN EXIT THE PROGRAM AT ANY TIME
BY PRESSING Ú OR THE ÓÔÏÐ-KEY. ÔYPE
ÃÁÔ, SCRATCH OR RENAME ANY FILE, READ
ANY DISK DIRECTORY AND SO ON, AND
THEN RETURN TO THE PROGRAM BY TYPING
ÒÕÎ (OR ÃÏÎ, IF YOU USED THE
ÓÔÏÐ-KEY). ÓTOPPING THE PROGRAM THIS
WAY DOES NOT HARM THE FONT.

ÌÏÁÄÉÎÇ Á ÆÏÎÔ

ÔO LOAD A "SET." FONT PRESS Ì. ÔO
LOAD A "FONT." FONT, PRESS Ë. ÙOU
WILL BE ASKED FOR THE NAME (THE
"SET." OR "FONT." WILL HAVE BEEN
ALREADY TYPED IN FOR YOU). ÉF YOU ARE
LOADING A "FONT." FONT, YOU WILL BE
ASKED IF YOU WANT THE ALPHAFONT OR
THE BETAFONT PORTION. ÂEFORE THE FONT
IS LOADED, THE NEW FONT NAME WILL BE
DISPLAYED.

ÇÅÔÔÉÎÇ ÇÁÒÂÁÇÅ ÏÎ ÔÈÅ ÓÃÒÅÅÎ

ÉF YOU PRESS THE ÃOMMODORE KEY AND
THE SHIFT KEY AT THE SAME TIME WHILE
WORKING ON A FONT, YOU WILL GET
GARBAGE ON THE SCREEN. ÔHIS IS
BECAUSE THE COMPUTER IS USING THE
NON-EXISTENT SECOND CUSTOM FONT FOR
ITS CHARACTER DESIGNS. ÔO RETURN TO
THE READABLE CUSTOM FONT, PRESS THE
ÃOMMODORE KEY AND THE SHIFT KEY AT
THE SAME TIME. ÔHESE KEYS TOGGLE BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CUSTOM FONT AND
THE NON-EXISTENT SECOND CUSTOM FONT.

ÓÁÖÉÎÇ Á ÆÏÎÔ
(USUAL LOAD ADDRESS)

ÔO SAVE A FONT WITH THE USUAL LOAD
ADDRESS, PRESS Ó. ÙOU WILL BE ASKED
THE NAME ("SET." WILL HAVE BEEN TYPED
IN FOR YOU - DO NOT TYPE THE "SET.").
×HEN ASKED ABOUT THE LOAD ADDRESS,
PRESS Õ OR CARRIAGE RETURN. ÔHE FONT
WILL BE SAVED AS A 9 BLOCK ÐÒÇ-FILE.
ÉF A FILE WITH THAT NAME ALREADY
EXISTS, THE PROGRAM WILL END. (ÔHIS
DOESN'T HARM THE FONT.)  ÔHEN, IF
DESIRED, YOU CAN THEN TYPE ÃÁÔ,
SCRATCH THE EXISTING FILE, TYPE ÒÕÎ,
AND SAVE THE FONT WITH THAT NAME; OR
JUST TYPE ÒÕÎ, PRESS Ó TO SAVE THE
FONT WITH ANOTHER NAME.

ÉT IS BEST TO SAVE TEMPORARY VERSIONS
OF A FONT FREQUENTLY TO AVOID LOSS OF
DESIGNS DUE TO POWER FAILURES OR
OTHER DIFFICULTIES.

ÓÁÖÉÎÇ Á ÆÏÎÔ
(WITH CUSTOM LOAD ADDRESS)

ÙOU ONLY NEED A CUSTOM LOAD ADDRESS
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO USE THE FONT
WITH A ÂÁÓÉÃ PROGRAM. ÐRESS Ñ TO FIND
OUT THE LOAD ADDRESS OF ANY ÐÒÇ-FILE.
(ÔHIS CAN BE FUN.) ÔHE LOAD ADDRESS
WILL BE GIVEN AS A MULTIPLE OF 256;
FOR EXAMPLE, 8*256+0.

ÔO SAVE A FONT WITH A CUSTOM LOAD
ADDRESS, PRESS Ó (FOR SAVE), ENTER
THE FILENAME, AND PRESS Ã (FOR CUSTOM
LOAD ADDRESS). ÙOU WILL BE ASKED FOR
THE LOAD ADDRESS AS A MULTIPLE OF
256. ÉF THE LOAD ADDRESS IS 8*256,
ENTER 8. ÁNY REAL LOAD ADDRESS WILL
BE A MULTIPLE OF 8*256: FOR EXAMPLE,
8*256, 16*256, 32*256 AND SO ON. ÉF
THE LOAD ADDRESS IS DIVISIBLE BY
16*256, THE FONT IS BEING USED AS AN
ALPHAFONT; OTHERWISE, IT IS BEING
USED AS A BETAFONT.

ÔHERE IS MORE ABOUT ÂÁÓÉÃ CUSTOM
FONTS IN ÃHAPTER 3 OF THE ÃOMMODORE
64 ÐROGRAMMER'S ÒEFERENCE ÇUIDE.