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PreviewFonts v1.0
An AREXX script for Wordworth 5
Adam Dawes, 17th April 1996
What is PreviewFonts?
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PreviewFonts is an AREXX script for use with Digita's excellent
wordprocessor, Wordworth 5. The script will not work with previous versions
of Wordworth.
PreviewFonts will scan all the fonts you have installed in Wordworth, and
will print a brief line of text using each of them. This is very useful to
print, as you can later refer to the font previews to find a suitable font
for a document you are working on.
Installation
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Copy the file called "PreviewFonts.rexx" to the WwRexx directory inside
your Wordworth directory.
Next, load Wordworth 5 and select "ARexx Macros..." from the Tools menu. At
the bottom of the window that opens is a button marked "Add...". Click on
this, and select "PreviewFonts.rexx" from the file requester that opens.
PreviewFonts will now have been added to the list of Macros available.
Using PreviewFonts
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Once PreviewFonts is installed, it can be started by selecting its name
from the ARexx Macros window, and clicking on the "Play" button.
First of all, PreviewFonts will ask you which sort of fonts you want to
preview. You can select Intellifont, Postscript or TrueType fonts, or all
three together.
A new document will then be opened, and Wordworth will construct the font
preview.
Warning
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Having a single document containing all the fonts on your system can be
very memory intensive, as Wordworth tries to load all the fonts
simultaneously. If too many fonts are loaded, Wordworth will start
complaining that it can't open further fonts.
For this reason, I added the option of only previewing a particular type of
font (Intellifont, TrueType, etc.). Try constructing a FontPreview for each
font type, and print them separately.
Constructing the font previews can be quite time consuming, as Wordworth
opens and decodes each font. Try to avoid changing the zoom level on your
document, as this will require Wordworth to reload *all* of the fonts at
their new size.
Legal stuff
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PreviewFonts is Copyright (C) Adam Dawes, 1996. It may be freely
distributed as long as no charge is made for its duplication, and as long
as it is not involved within any commercial distributions. I hereby grant
permission for Aminet, Fred Fish and Digita International *only* to
distribute the script without my express written permission.
You may make modifications to PreviewFonts for your own personal use only.
You may not distribute modified versions. If you wish to see a change made
to PreviewFonts, please mail me and I will see about incorporating it.
I accept no responsibility for any damage done to your system, directly or
indirectly, as a result of using PreviewFonts. You use it entirely at your
own risk.
Contacting the Author
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I can be contacted by email or snail mail as follows:
Internet: Adam@beachyhd.demon.co.uk
ad32@brighton.ac.uk
FidoNet: Adam Dawes @ 2:441/93.5
Snail mail: Adam Dawes
47 Friar Road
Brighton
BN1 6NH
Watch for more Wordworth scripts coming soon!