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┌───────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ The Font Editor v.1.1 │
│ │
└───────────────────────────┘
Written by
Harald Thunem
1. SHORT DESCRIPTION
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This package contains a few programs to create, edit and load
ASCII font characters in text-mode.
Since writing manuals is not my favourite pastime, this will be
rather short !
2. THE FILES
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FONTEDIT.EXE - The font editor program
FONTEDIT.DOC - This file
STANDARD.FNT - Standard ASCII font file
MODERN.FNT - Modern font file
UGLY.FNT - a really ugly font file
*.FNT - Other font files
3. REQUIREMENTS
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VGA - it works reasonably well on EGA, but you'll have to make
your own standard font.
DOS 3.x or higher
4. HOW TO USE THE FONT EDITOR
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Start it up with the command
FE fontfile[.ext]
where fontfile[.ext] is the name of the file containing the font
you want to edit. If you want to make a new font, copy one of
the font files to another file, and edit that.
The program will display all the characters (0-255) in a
separate window on the right of the screen. The character currently
being edited will have different attributes from the others. On
the left is the editor window.
ASCII Font Editor
┌────┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───────┐ ┌──────────────────────────┐
│ │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │ 7 │ 8 │ Value │ │ │
├────┼───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┼───────┤ │>< !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123│
│ 1 │ │ $00 │ │456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLM│
│ 2 │ │ $00 │ │NOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefg│
│ 3 │ ▒▒▒ │ $10 │ │hijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~Çü│
│ 4 │ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $38 │ │éâäàåçêëèïîìÄÅÉæÆôöòûùÿÖÜ¢│
│ 5 │ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $6C │ │£¥₧ƒáíóúñѪº¿⌐¬½¼¡«»░▒▓│┤╡│
│ 6 │▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $C6 │ │╢╖╕╣║╗╝╜╛┐└┴┬├─┼╞╟╚╔╩╦╠═╬╧│
│ 7 │▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $C6 │ │╨╤╥╙╘╒╓╫╪┘┌█▄▌▐▀αßΓπΣσµτΦΘ│
│ 8 │▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $FE │ │Ωδ∞φε∩≡±≥≤⌠⌡÷≈°∙·√ⁿ²■ │
│ 9 │▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $C6 │ └─── ASCII number = 65 ───┘
│ 10 │▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $C6 │
│ 11 │▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $C6 │ ┌──────────────────────────┐
│ 12 │▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ │ $C6 │ │ Commands : │
│ 13 │ │ $00 │ │ F2 - Save font │
│ 14 │ │ $00 │ │ F3 - Choose character │
│ 15 │ │ $00 │ │ F4 - About │
│ 16 │ │ $00 │ │ Esc - Quit │
└────┴───────────────────────────────┴───────┘ └──────────────────────────┘
- move cursor space - toggle File : STANDARD.FNT
The program will start at ASCII character 65, which is the
capital A. To edit the character, move the cursor (a redefined
character 0) with the arrow keys and press [space] to toggle the
value. You will see the character change both in the editor
window, in the ASCII table window and anywhere else on the screen
where that character is written.
You should save the font to file every time you finish editing
a character. Press F2 to save.
Select a new character to edit by pressing F3. Use the arrow
keys to move and [return] to select.
Press Esc to quit the program. You will be asked to save the
font. Press [Y] or [N].
When you have left the program, the font you have been working
on will still be active, so if you want the original font back,
you can give the command
MODE CO80
at the DOS prompt.
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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The programs and the unit was written using Borlands Turbo
Pascal 6.0.
If you have any comments or complaints, I can be reached at
email address :
thunem@kjemi.unit.no
or:
Harald Thunem
Inst. for Physical Chemistry
NTH
7000 Trondheim
NORWAY