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AMOS FontX Professional : The AMOS Font designer DEMO
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Introduction
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With the advent of AMOS FontX, creating fonts for your AMOS programs
has never been so easy. Fully compatable with ALL Amigas and ALL
versions of AMOS Professional, FontX really is THE essential
AMOS utility. FontX is an enhanced version of the AMOS Professional
Font8*8editor, with many more features, a smoother user interface, and
directories full to the brim of ready-made fonts.
No matter how many fonts you may have amassed, there will always be a
time when you need to create your own character sets, or edit existing
fonts into something a little more personalised. There are several
areas where Font-X Professional could be used to good advantage:-
Language Tutors/Foreign dictionaries - Foreign alphabets often contain
symbols not used in standard
Amiga fonts. You could easily
create them with Font-X.
Easier Reading - The AMOS default font could be edited to customise
AMOS even further!
Font-X Professional is also extremely fun to use.
Climb Aboard
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LOAD
This loads a previously designed font into the program for editing.
On the FontX disk you will find a directory containing a number of
previously designed fonts. Don't be afraid to load them in and
experiment.
You could even load in the Default Font from your AMOS Program disk.
That way, when you reboot AMOS, the Editor will automatically use your
font. Remember never to work from your original AMOS disk, always use
a backup!
Upon loading your choice of font, the individual characters are
displayed on the left-hand side of the screen. Any of these characters
can be altered simply by selecting them with the left mouse button.
When you have hilighted a character, click once on the CUT icon, and
its enlarged image can be altered in the editing window at the
right-hand side of the screen.
To edit the character, click on any of the enlarged squares in the
editing window. Don't be afraid to experiment, as the original
character will remain intact unless you place a new character over the
old one by clicking once on the PASTE icon. So that you can see how
your design will look when finished, there is a small window below the
editing window which displays a real sized version of the character.
CUT/PASTE
Having loaded a font into the program, simply click on the character
you wish to alter and the character should become hilighted. Then it
is simply a case of clicking on the CUT icon, and the enlarged
character should appear in the editing window. If not, then try again.
PUT is the exact opposite to CUT. Having designed your character,
click on whichever character you would like to be replaced and then
click on PASTE. Your character should now form part of the character
set.
CLEAR
The CLEAR icon above the character set clears the whole set from both
the screen and the memory. The CLEAR icon below the editing window
clears the editing window of any characters. It has no effect on the
character set unless PASTE is chosen.
FILL
Fill simply fills the editing window with a character 8 pixels by 8
pixels.
INVERT
This inverts all of the pixels on the currently selected character.
FLIP X
This icon mirrors a character on the X axis.
eg. < becomes >
FLIP Y
This icon mirrors a character on the Y axis.
eg. ! becomes ¡
ROTATE
Not in demo version.
OUTLINE
Not in demo version.
BORDER
Not in demo version.
SCROLL ARROWS
Clicking on the left/right/up/down arrows scrolls the character.
SAVE
Not in demo version.
HELP
Displays this help file.
QUIT
This quits the program and returns you to the AMOS/Pro Editor
Keyboard Shortcuts
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O - Outline P - Paste
R - Rotate C - Cut
I - Invert L - Load
F - Fill S - Save
X - FlipX HELP - Loads HELP file
Y - FlipY B - Border
Enjoy the software
Credits
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Code/Graphics - Neil Wright
Concept - Ronnie Simpson
Testing - Malcolm Lavery/Mr Jon
Thanks to Brian Bell, Dan, Chrissy, Francois, Len & Anne and
ALL you AMOSers out there [including you Aaron].
Neil Wright Octrober `93