Button Magic Details
The Button Magic tool contains the following items:
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Button Display area: Shows you what the button will look
like when you insert it into your HTML page. The button is not
displayed to scale by default, but rather is zoomed in for easier
editing.
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Text Edit area: You can edit what text is displayed in the
button in this area.
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Font Family menu button: Allows you to choose which font
family you want for your button text (Utopia, Helvetica, and so forth).
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Font Size text field and menu button: Allows you to choose
the font size for your text. You can use the menu button to quickly
select a size, or use the text field to enter in a custom size.
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Style buttons: Allows you to choose among bold, italic, and
3D font styles.
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Justify buttons: Allows you to justify your text inside your
button.
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Line Spacing text area and buttons: Allows you to modify the
spacing between the lines of text in your button. The up and down arrow
buttons increment/decrement by one-tenth of a line at a time.
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Button Style text field and Browse button: Allows you
to select from one of the many existing buttons styles that come with
Cosmo Create. Click the Browse button to display a list of available
styles.
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Button Size menu button: Allows you to set the button size
either in absolute pixels or to fit the text.
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Width and Height fields: Allows you to set the button
size in absolute pixels by width and height.
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Fit To menu button: Allows you to fit your button to the
text either by the inked area of the text (in other words, just what
appears), or by the font body of the text. (With some font families,
the font body of the text exceeds the inked area.)
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Margins button and attribute fields: Allows you to hand-set
the values for the margins surrounding the text.
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Apply button: applies the current button attributes but does
not dismiss the dialog.
In addition, you can launch the following tools from the Edit menu:
Other Button Magic Details...
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Button Magic looks for installed outline fonts by using the font
library. Typically, these fonts are installed in /usr/lib/DPS/*.
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Button Magic looks in your home directory at showcasefont.map
for fonts that you may add. See the Showcase help on
installing your own fonts for more info.
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The Material Palette and Texture Editor look for data installed in /usr/share/data/materials
and /usr/share/data/textures, respectively. If you do not
have Showcase installed, these editors still function, though no
default material palettes or textures is shown. For best results,
install showcase.sw.data.