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CONV_FNT.TXT V 1.00 A.J.KAYE
Sittingbourne KENT
4th Mar 1994
NOTES on CONVERTING FONTS for use in BUTTERFLY ARTIST
All notes relate to CONVERSION using the EXCELLENT "FONTKIT v 3.4".
A MUST if you want to do ANYTHING with FONTS!!!
PROBLEM .FNTs [ & solutions where found]
CALIG FOLDER Cant get to come up anything but scrambled!
EASYTEXT.14A Use "TRIMFONT.PRG" and Import as GEM/3 and then
CONVERT --- will now LOAD Unscrambled into FONTKIT.
** CANT Get Q2COPM16.FNT to LOAD OK??***
EZDRAW NOT TRIED YET
FONTMSTR Load OK into FONTKIT
LITTLE "LITTLE PAINTER" Fonts WONT LOAD into FONTKIT at ALL
FONTLOAD Screen Fonts NOT TRIED
FONTRIX Screen Fonts NOT TRIED
HYPER_DR HYPERDRAW FONTS -- NOT TRIED
JIL_2D NOT TRIED
CHARDEF WONT LOAD into FONTKIT
NEW_FONT WONT LOAD into FONTKIT
FONTEDIT.PP WONT LOAD into FONTKIT
FONTMAST.V20 WONT LOAD into FONTKIT
CONVERTING FONTS for BUTTERFLY ARTIST using "FONTKIT v 3.4
The EASIEST FONTS to Convert from are Calamus .CFN, many of which are
available in the Public Domain.
The procedure for CONVERTING .CFN Fonts is as Follows;--
Based on USING
FONTKIT.PRG v 3.4
CLICK ON ---- "IMPORT"
CLICK ON ---- "Calamus" CFN Fonts
Select .CFN File to be Loaded
BOX will come up showing Font at around 12 Point
& 300 x 300 dpi Resolution
CLICK ON ---- "OK" to continue Loading
ONCE FONT is LOADED;-- CLICK ON ---- "Parameters"
CHANGE Resolution from 300x300 TO 90x90 Dpi
CLICK ON ---- Point Size LINE
Point Size will INCREASE, NOTE NEW Size [this is
the Size I use for Point Size in File Name]
CHECK "Line Space" value & MAKE = 0
CHECK the BOX "BUTTONS" on Right and amend if neccessary to READ as
follows;--
From TOP 1. INTEL
2. MONOSPACED [Don't worry they will not
come out monospaced in
BUTTERFLY ARTIST]
3.NO h-OFFSETS
4.UNCOMPRESSED
Go to GLOBAL "Scale Font"
MAKE Target Font 90 x 90 with NEW Point Size
RENAME Target Font with NEW Point Size
When Re Scale Done [very Quickly for above]
SAVE NEW Font to Disc or Ramdisc
DELETE Unwanted LINES at TOP to = 1 Minimum [if
Required] If Font touches TOP of CELL
INCREASE Cell Height by 1 to give ONE Pixel
Blank line at TOP.
CHECK "Line Space" Value and MAKE = 0
If Characters are TOO Close together you can move
them apart by ;---
CLICK ON ---- "GLOBAL"
CLICK ON ---- "SIZE FONT"
CLICK ON ---- "WIDTH"
Use "+" or "-" BOX and ADD Number [of Pixel Columns]
to INCREASE or DECREASE Cell Width to Taste, Check
results with SHOW FONT.
*** REMEMBER *** WHAT you SEE in "SHOW FONT" is WHAT YOU GET in
BUTTERFLY ARTIST.
CHANGE "ID No" to 5? or whatever
PUT in NEW FILE NAME [for BUTTERFLY] --- NOT Atari Name
As BUTTERFLY ARTIST does not care HOW you NAME your
Fonts,only needing the Extension .FNT.and it is
very EASY to LOAD & UNLOAD Fonts at will [ No GDOS!]
I have adopted the following Convention for naming,
which makes it EASY to follow WITHIN BUTTERFLY.
FONT NAMES> NAME__PT.FNT NAME = FONT NAME
PT = POINT SIZE [from FONTKIT]
[generally for SHORT Fonts up to
Lower Case "z" or "£" Sign ]
NAME_PTF.FNT F = FULL FONT [up to 255]
NAME_PTL.FNT L = LONG FONT [approx up to the
Registered Symbol]
NAME_PTC.FNT C = CAPITALS ONLY
NAME_BPT.FNT B = BOLD
NAME_LPT.FNT L = LIGHT [Light Weight NOT the
lighten in FONTKIT ]
NAME_MPT.FNT M = MEDIUM [only used with BOLD
& LIGHT versions of
SAME FONT.]
NAME_IPT.FNT I = ITALIC
NAME_SPT.FNT S = SHADOW
NAME_DPT.FNT D = 3D [see FONTKIT]
NAME_OPT.FNT O = OUTLINE
NAME_GPT.FNT G = GREY [the Lighten Option in
FONTKIT ]
RE SAVE with NEW FILE Name & DELETE .BAK File
Count & RECORD "A" Height in Pixels
TEST in BUTTERFLY for "OPTIMISED SIZE" this VARYs!
NOTE!!! "h" value CANNOT EXCEED 60
CORRECT OPTIMISED Size is when the HEIGHT in Pixels
in BUTTERFLY is EQUAL to that NOTED in FONTKIT. [a
QUICK way of determining this for LARGE PT Sizes is
to use (CONTROL)+(_-) to ROTATE letter "A" on its
side or upside down. Increasing the size using
(CONTROL)+(¯`) the letter will be broken up at most
values of h ,at ONLY ONE value it will become SOLID
and CAN BE ROTATED 360 Degrees without distortion.
This h VALUE is the CORRECT ONE to USE. ***NOTE***
this ONLY works on LARGE SIZES hence the need to
count the Pixels to get a positive OPTIMISATION.]
*** ALSO NOTE*** "h" Value CAN be ALTERED by changing some
of the "Parameter" VALUES--NOT Just Cell Height
If OK NOTE "h" VALUE for Future Reference THIS IS
IMPORTANT for GETTING BEST Results paticularly with
small POINT SIZES.
I hope you find the above of use,if you do Convert other Fonts or
produce some other POINT Sizes ,please feel free to add them to the
existing FOLDERS and to the .IMG Files. See the multiple Point Size
Fonts to see how I have arranged this. Please however KEEP these .TXT
Files with any subsequent distribution. In the .IMG Files just ADD your
NAME to any POINT SIZE you have produced [or Cleaned Up], you may CUT &
PASTE my .IMG Files to do this if you wish.
Best Wishes
Tony Kaye