application which will allow you to generate sample sheets for all of your
@GEOS
fonts.
@Font Dump III
will adjust itself to various printer drivers so that the printout will occupy the full width of the page, while printers with less than
@80DPI
capability (technically, it should function down to
@41DPI
, although
@60DPI
is as low as I've bothered to test) will not lose the image off the right hand edge of the paper.
On the printout you will find (1) the font name, point size and font ID# written in the
@BSW 9
font, (2) the same
name, point size and font ID#
information written with the sampled font, and (3) the entire font starting from ASCII 32 (space) to ASCII 126 (tilde).
When each font has been printed, the page will scroll up approximately two card rows. There is no form feed (
) until you exit the application to the
@GEOS deskTop
Keep this fact in mind, since there is no perforation skip with fanfold paper.
While there is no onscreen indication of this, you may abort the current font sample print by holding the mouse button down as it is being printed.
@Font Dump III
will scan all active drives for the default printer driver, so the printer driver need not be stored on the same disk that
@Font Dump III
was executed from.
Three drive access is supported for
-equipped systems.
From the main file requester, you may choose any one of the first
FONT files on the currently open disk.
You may select the proper file in several ways: Use the scrolling icons (when there are more than seven files) to move along the list of names. You may also use the
@CURSOR UP/DOWN
keys to move the highlight bar up or down one name and the
@CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT
keys to scroll the list of names up or down a page of seven names.
You may select a file by clicking the
@OPEN
icon, by hitting the
@RETURN
key, or by double-clicking the filename itself within the list window.
After selecting the font that you wish to print, you will be prompted to select the point size of that font to use. Click the mouse over the
@DOWN
arrows to scroll through the list of point sizes available. (Holding the button down continues the scroll in the same direction.) You may also use the
@CURSOR UP/DOWN
keys to scroll through the available point sizes.
Now comes the major change to the file:
You will be prompted to '
@Select new font/point size?
'. This option allows you to choose more than one font and/or point size to print in a single session. If you select
(or merely hit the
@RETURN
key), you will be able to go through the entire font selection process again. Selecting
will start the actual printing process.
You may go through the font selection process up to
times (and good luck to anyone who does!).
If you change your mind and don't want to select a new font after selecting
at this prompt, you will be stuck. Either start over again, or select a new font as a dummy ending.
You can only start the printing process by selecting
from this third dialog box.
The only ways to reset the list for which fonts you want selected are (1) print the list of fonts already selected, (2) choose the
@DISK
option from the main file requester, or (3) choose the
@DRIVE
option from the main file requester.
Generally, the simplest method is to choose
@DISK
and just leave the same disk in the active drive.
Note:
@Font Dump III
does not live well with the BSworks Paint Drivers. The results, if the Paint Drivers are tried, will be unpredictable.
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