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- FNS Editor v0.1
- ===============
-
-
- This is just a VERY quick doc for this brilliant program (ego-trip time!).
-
-
- Usage: Double click from Workbench
-
- or
-
- Run from CLI
-
- If running from the CLI you can give a parameter specifying a EXISTING font
- to edit (give name and full path).
-
- Basically, this prog allows you create/edit/save my FNS font files. In
- addition, it allows you to grab Amiga fonts as FNS fonts. It uses
- Intuition throughout so you shouldn't have any problems getting to grips
- with how it looks.
-
- Main Window
- -=-=-=-=-=-
-
- From here you can load/save fonts and do global adjustments to the font
- currently being edited. You can have upto 8 FNS fonts loaded at any one
- time, the currently active font is named in the window and is shown in the
- example text window. Use the menus to change fonts if you have more than
- one loaded.
- Clicking on the EDIT gadget or select EDIT from the menu EDIT will take
- you to the font edit window.
-
- Font Edit Window
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- This is where you can actually edit (or draw if you're feeling brave)
- your font. The window is split up into two parts: on the left is the zoom
- area which gives you an enlarged view of the current character and on the
- right is the action window which gives you some gadgets to play with.
-
- All the gadgets should be fairly easy to understand, I should say, though,
- that the width is used when printing the character and should be set so
- that there is a blank gap on the right of the current character. Confused?
- Well just click on Auto_W (auto width) which will calculate exactly how
- wide the character should be automatically. Note: at the moment the SWAP
- gadget does bugger all - nevermind.......
-
- To draw, just move into the boxed area inside the zoom area and press a
- button. Left mouse button draws whilst right mouse button deletes (sorry -
- no colour fonts are supported yet, maybe soon if there's demand.....). Four
- basic drawing modes are available: freehand, line, box and bar; select each
- by clicking on its icon in the botton right hand corner of the edit window.
-
- Change characters by: using the scroll bar, clicking on the '---->' or
- '<----" gadgets or pressing the key you want to edit on the keyboard.
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-
- That's all I can be bothered to write as my eyes are going all funny from
- sitting in front of this computer for too long.
- If you like this program and want to use it but can't figure out how the
- f*** it works them please mail me and I'll try to come up with some better
- instructions for it than this rubbish.
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-
-
- Steve Mc SIS3149@SISVAX.PORT.AC.UK
- 26/05/94
-