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TYPESMITH 2.0 RELEASE NOTES
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Welcome to TypeSmith 2.0! This addendum supplements the User Manual and
should be read before using the program.
FONTS
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Two sample fonts have been included with TypeSmith. These are DemoFont and
TStimes. They include DMF and FM files and are stored in the TSfonts
drawer. DemoFont has only a few characters, but demonstrates incorporating
logos into a font. TStimes is a complete font and uses the standard
TypeSmith composition table.
TStimes should not be taken as an example of great font design. This font
was designed years ago and does not follow font design principles. It is
included here only as an example of a complete font.
COMPOSITION TABLES
------------------
Sample composition tables have been included in the CompTables drawer.
Note that when you load a composition table, you must adjust the offset of
the composition accent parts to fit the design and size of your
characters. The included tables are:
· Blank.comp: no compositions. Load this table when you want to dissolve
all the compositions in a font.
· Intellifont.comp: this table contains the standard compositions for
Compugraphic Intellifonts.
· TypeSmith.comp: this table contains the standard compositions for
PostScript and Soft-Logik fonts.
KERNING PAIRS
-------------
A sample AFM file with kerning pairs has been included to allow you to
easily experiment with the Load Kern feature in the Metrics requester. It
is called KernPairs.AFM and is stored in the TSfonts drawer.
RESIZABLE REQUESTERS
--------------------
Some requesters, such as the Metrics requester, now have size gadgets to
allow you to resize them.
SUPPLIED AREXX MACROS
---------------------
The following ARexx scripts are provided with TypeSmith:
· ARexxDemo.tsrx: this script demonstrates TypeSmith's ARexx commands.
If you want to write your own ARexx scripts for TypeSmith, examine this
script in a text editor while running the script in TypeSmith.
· ConvertPStoCG: this script allows you to select a PostScript PFB font to
convert to Compugraphic format. This provides an easy method for
converting fonts.
· MoveCharacter.tsrx: this script moves a character horizontally and/or
vertically by the specified number of character units. This provides an
easy way to move a character while retaining the relative positions of
the points.
· ReduceCharacters.tsrx: this script deletes co-located points (points
with the same coordinates) to remove unnecessary points. You should
never design characters with co-located points.
· MakeLibrary.tsrx: this script exports all or selected characters from a
font and saves them as separate IFF DR2D files to create a character
library. When prompted for a filepath and name, you should enter
a drive and filename. i.e., ram:test would create files such as:
ram:test.1, ram:test.2, ram:test.3
· LoadLibrary.tsrx: this script imports all or selected characters from
IFF DR2D files into the current font. The files must be named with a
common prefix and stored in the same drawer.
If you write any ARexx Macros for TypeSmith which you are willing to allow
us to distribute with TypeSmith so that other users may share them, mail
them to: Soft-Logik Publishing, Product Development, P.O. Box 510589,
St. Louis, MO 63151-0589. Credit will be given in the ARexx macro to the
author.
Note that ARexx commands are documented only in the AmigaGuide help
system included with TypeSmith 2.0.
AUTOTRACING
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The intent of having an autotracer in TypeSmith is to allow you to sketch
your characters on paper, scan them into IFF ILBM format, and then trace
them in TypeSmith. You should not trace a small bitmap font, such as a 24
point AmigaDOS font, because there is not enough data to trace. Use high
resolution scans for best results.
If you would like to experiment with the autotracer, use the Template/
Open IFF ILBM Template command to import the TraceTest.ILBM picture in the
TSart drawer. Try tracing this on each of the three settings. The Normal
setting gives a good result. Medium is also acceptable. Accurate should
only be used with caution; takes a long time and produces an excessive
number of points.
If you try to trace the A_Serif.ILBM picture in TSart, you will see why
resolution is so important to get an accurate trace. This picture is not
sharp enough for autotracing to be useful.
BITMAP FONT GENERATION AND OVERVIEW PANEL
-----------------------------------------
We hope to improve the quality of the automatic bitmap font generation in
a future maintenance upgrade. TypeSmith uses Agfa's latest Intellifont
code to generate the bitmap fonts, but the output quality is not great. It
is enough to get you started, and since TypeSmith allows you to manually
edit bitmap fonts, you can finish the job yourself.
The same code is used for the Overview panel, so the quality is similar.
STATUS PANEL PROMPTS
--------------------
You must have AmigaDOS 2.1 or higher in order to see prompts at the bottom
of your screen. This feature of TypeSmith requires AmigaDOS 2.1 in order
to get notification when the mouse is over a tool or gadget.
Soft-Logik Publishing highly recommends that you upgrade to the latest
available version of AmigaDOS in order to get maximum benefit from
TypeSmith 2.0.
AMIGAGUIDE HELP SYSTEM
----------------------
TypeSmith 2.0 comes with online help. Just press the Help key at any time
to get help. TypeSmith uses the standard AmigaGuide help system. Commodore
has improved this system with the release of AmigaDOS 3.0, so the
appearance of the help files will vary depending on your operating system.
AmigaDOS 3 comes with Multiview to read AmigaGuide help files such as
those included with TypeSmith 2.0. AmigaDOS 2.1 comes with a program
called AmigaGuide to read these files.
AmigaDOS 2.04 users: AmigaGuide is included with TypeSmith and it can be
installed with TypeSmith so you can also use the help system.
FLOPPY DRIVE USERS
------------------
As mentioned in the manual, you can start using TypeSmith 2.0 right away
by making a working backup of this disk and then double clicking on the
TypeSmith icon.
NOTE THE IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE iv OF THE MANUAL: You must copy
the IFF.library file to your Libs: directory in order to use TypeSmith.
Your Libs: directory is on your Workbench disk.
The sample clip art, font, ARexx macros, help system and font downloader
are stored on the disk in compressed format, so you will have to
decompress the files before using them. You can use the LHEX program on
this disk to decompress the files.
To decompress an archive, type the following line in a shell when the
TypeSmith disk is in df0:
cd ram: (this makes ram: the current directory.)
copy df0:LHEX "" (this copies the decompressor to ram:)
copy df0:name.LHA "" (where name is the name of the archive)
(this copies the archive to ram:)
LHEX x name.LHA (this decompresses the archive)
Now you can copy the files to the applicable directory. Hard drive users
can simply use the Install-TypeSmith script to uncompress files.
EXPORTING PFM FILES
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This feature, as documented in the manual, is not currently implemented.
We hope to add this feature in a future minor upgrade.
CORRECTIONS TO THE MANUAL
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page 1.12: The default dimensions are now 1400x1200, which are the
maximum allowed.
page 2.3: The pictures of the Box and Ellipse tools are reversed.
page 3.4, para 2: The Show Template command is in the View menu, not the
Settings menu.