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- ^2[3by AARON FOTHERGILL.[0
- [4^7Reviewed by Len Tucker.[0
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- ^4[2 CTEXT[0 (meaning colour text) is a new[2 AMOS[0 extension from Aaron
- ^4Fothergill. It eliminates the problem of using disk based fonts in
- ^4AMOS. It is available for Amos Club Members only, from Sandra Sharkey
- ^4at^2 DEJA VU SOFTWARE^4 for a mere £3.50p (sole distributor).
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- ^5 This program is definately the one for all demo writers! And all
- ^5would be demo writers who are at the `if-only-I-could-get-text-to
- ^5-scroll-like-that' stage!
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- ^6 It takes up less than 3000 bytes of memory and gives you 5 new[2 AMOS[0
- ^6commands. It is one of the most powerful extensions so far.
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- ^4 It is used in addition to the text command, which is itself fast when
- ^4using the default font, but longwinded when a new font needs to be
- ^4loaded from disk. Also, whereas Text command gives you single colour
- ^4fonts only,[2 CTEXT[0 lets you use fonts of up to 64 colours. (Does that
- ^4make your mind boggle?) It can also use any size font you want.
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- ^5 The fonts are stored in Bank 10 as tiles and are very easy to
- ^5manipulate as are all icons. As long as the fonts are placed
- ^5correctly on an IFF screen there is a program which will cut them out
- ^5and store them for you. To edit fonts, use Aaron's SpriteX program,
- ^5(also for club members only, from Deja Vu £3.50p.)
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- ^6 Aaron has written a full explanation of the new commands in the Amos
- ^6Newsletter Issue 4.
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- ^4 I might have written a program or two over the last year, but as a
- ^4demo writer I'd not get very far, but having said that, I produced
- ^4the type of scrolly message you see in all demos in only 5 minutes.
- ^4(with ready to go graphics). There is no massive string clipping, and
- ^4and no data storage. The output is exceptionally fast and smooth, and
- ^4because it uses XY coordinates, like Text, it is easy to produce
- ^4sinus scrollers.
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- ^2 If you want professional results for demos AND for applying text to
- ^2games etc, then[2 CTEXT[0 is a real gem of a bargain at £3.50p
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