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- About: Font4D
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- Font 4D is an Animation System using POVRAY!
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- FREEWARE
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- Copyright by Hauke von Bremen... 1993/1994
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- ANYTHING YOU CREATE WITH IT IS COPYRIGHT BY YOU!
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- *NOTE: THIS IS A WORKING PRERELEASE ... NOT A FINAL VERSION...
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- In result of this, the documentation is not yet complete!
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- NO WARRANTY IS GIVEN. YOU MAY TRY THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!
- I CAN NOT BE MADE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA THIS
- PROGRAM CAUSES... tempting isn't it (-;
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- HvB ,March 1994.
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- FIRST PUBLIC RELEASE.... V2.1 AmiNet 1994
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- This programm is Freeware, so do whatever you want with it,
- except earn ANY money...
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- It's main purpose ( so far ) is to create animations
- of a word, or sentence...
- ( It uses chars.inc for the font...
- this will be enhanced in the next version )
- But you can also use it to add light, camera - movement and titles
- to your povray scenes.
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- System Requires:
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- PovRay 2.x ( with supplied includes )
- MUI 2.x ( works with unregistered version as well )
- OS2.x or hotter (ANY CHIPSET)
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- Font4D does not mind a good graphic card as well, but that's
- optional, of course... ( TRY MERLIN (-; )
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- Tested on OS2.1,OS3.0 A2000/30 with ECS.
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- Font4D Installation: ( this one is simple , I hope )
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- 1. A command called 'povray' has to be in path.
- eather rename your favorite version or make a link in your path.
- - example: makelink FROM c:povray TO 'device:dir/povrayieee'
- ( you can use ANY povray 2.0 compatibel version )
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- 2. (OPTIONAL) make copy resident in your user-startup or startup-sequence.
- makes your HardDisk flash less often (-:
- - example: resident c:copy
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- and now ....
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- Unarchive FONT4D.LHA to wherever you want to have it...
- ( or drag the Font4D-Demo Directory )
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- ! THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS (M and H) they indentical in functionality, but
- the M version requires a minimum screen height of 600 pixels.
- ( you may delete the version you don't want )
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- Start it (enjoy the view) and click on 'Render Settings...'.
- A new window will open including a string-gadget called 'PovRay Options'.
- Change the part where it says '+linclude'
- to '+ldirectory of your povray-includes'.
- Select 'save as default' and then SetEnv... now you are well sorted!
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- Look at the examples or read the doc (AGUIDEĀ®-FORMAT) if you have to...
- Hey and remeber, you can allways press HELP!
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- IMPORTANT:
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- Font4D is my third year project, ( Deadline comming up soon! OH BOY)
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- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.... I NEED YOUR COMMENT ON THIS ONE!!!!
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- Font4D is FREEWARE and by no means perfect!!
- To make it perfect I need YOU!
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- Send me a note, bugreport, what you liked (i.e. about the user-interface or
- how badly I use povray ...), telling me off ( i.e for bugs ), how difficult
- you find to use the program or anything you like (NO MONEY!!!!,NO BOMBS!!!!)
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- I need * FEEDBACK * to complete my report on this project!
- Hey I worked 1 year to write this proggi, so you can at least drop me a
- line, saying you tried it... don't let me down... PLEASE...
- In return I will continue releasing updates... PROMISED!
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- You can even send me your own view-commands for inclusion in the next
- release etc....
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- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.... I NEED YOUR COMMENT ON THIS ONE!!!!
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- MAIL: HAUKE VON BREMEN
- - PROJECT - //
- 8 Leacroft Close // AMIGA FOR EVER...
- Staines, Surrey, TW18 - 4NP \\//
- England, GB in english,french,german,pakistani...
- any language!
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- I WILL HAVE YOUR MESSAGE TRANSLATED... (I prefer english so...)
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- EMAIL: zhac100@cc.rhbnc.ac.uk
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- TODO: Installer script (-:
- Allow for more objects
- Use Quick-Colours for lights...
- What ? you have comments ... SEND THEM ...
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- THANks TO: Stefan Stunz ( for creating MUI )
- The Designers of PovRay ( for the best pd-raytracer )
- Pete Jeavons ( for his support and idears )
- John Vaness ( for his idears and solutions ... )
- Nigel Drake ( for preliminary testing )
- Oliver Tappe ( .... ;-)
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- And ALL the people, who listen(ed) to my problems
- ( for their help and time )
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