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- !Help for FontsPlus Version 2.45
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- by Simon Burrows
-
-
- Before Use
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- RISC OS 2 users must place copies of Acorn's 'Fonts' and 'Super' modules
- inside the !FontsPlus directory, or else ensure that they are already
- loaded before FontsPlus is started. The modules cannot be supplied because
- of Acorn's copyright restrictions.
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
- The Acorn RISC OS Operating System supports an excellent system of outline
- fonts, but there are some limitations to the system.
-
- In particular, major problems are caused if you have a large number of
- outline fonts available. There are three particular problems:
-
- i) Font Menus in applications can become excessively long
- ii) Applications can take a long time to create font menus
- ii) Directories under RISC OS can only contain 79 different font families
-
- In RISC OS 3, Acorn have gone some way towards rectifying this problem
- by providing support for multiple !Fonts folders. If you want to add
- another group of fonts, you just have to double-click on the !Fonts
- folder. Getting rid of fonts is not so easy, requiring the use of the
- *FONTREMOVE command. The whole process is still not very user-friendly,
- and is not available to RISC OS 2 users using the authorised font manager.
-
-
- Setting up FontsPlus for use
- ----------------------------
-
- Drag folders containing font directories onto the FontsPlus icon on the
- icon bar (eg drag !Fonts and !MoreFonts onto the icon).
-
- Alternatively, create directories with names such as 'Acorn' and 'Fancy',
- and into these copy the appropriate font directories (eg 'Trinity'). Then
- drag these group directories onto the FontsPlus icon.
-
- Once this has been done, the folders of fonts will appear in the FontsPlus
- "Fonts" submenu, and clicking on a menu entry will cause that folder of
- fonts to be available for use. To save your choice of folders, choose the
- 'Save' option. To clear a folder from the menu, choose the 'Clear' option.
-
- The folders containing fonts may be conventional !Fonts folders, possibly
- on different floppy discs, or alternatively they can simply be directories,
- containing the font directories only, without the need for any modules,
- sprites or obey files. Please note that individual font directories such
- as 'Trinity' should not be dragged onto the FontsPlus icon
-
-
- Operating System Specifics
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-
- RISC OS 2:
- A module called 'FontPath' will be saved which enables the font list to be
- accessed much more quickly.
-
- RISC OS 3:
- The built-in ROM fonts will always be available.
-
-
- Hints for use
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-
- When selecting folders in the Fonts submenu, clicking with the ADJUST mouse
- button will keep the menu open for further selections (in conformance with
- Acorn guidelines)!
-
- Applications written for RISC OS 3, and some RISC OS 2 applications such
- as Impression II support dynamic font menus. If the selection of available
- fonts changes, the application realises this, and recreates the font menu.
- This if you are half way through a project, and decide that you need more
- fonts, choose them using FontsPlus, and they will be added to the font menu
- in the application itself.
-
- Econet Level Four Fileserver managers should not attempt to save their
- choices of font folders from the fileserver machine. This must be done
- from a network station.
-
- Updates
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- 2.14 The general release version
- 2.15 Allows more font folders than version 2.14
- 2.30 Major update - much code rewritten. In particular, allows font
- folders to be anywhere in the directory structure by dragging
- them onto the FontsPlus icon. Various other more minor changes.
- Previous versions will no longer be supported.
- 2.31 Introduced 'Save' and 'Reset' menu options. Added support for
- RISC OS 3 font manager, although this has yet to be tested.
- 2.40 Much recoding for RISC OS 3 and Econet users.
- 2.41 Moved 'Save' and 'Clear' options to submenu
- 2.42 Introduced 'Clear' submenu, and introduced checks to ensure that
- at least one font folder selected.
- 2.43 Minor Bug fixes
- 2.44 Now allows several folders with same leafname. ROMfonts always
- available if possible. Folder re-dragging bug fixed.
- 2.45 More bug fixes. Tidied up for RISC OS 3, now that I have it.
-
-
- Acknowledgements
- ----------------
-
- My thanks to all of the people who volunteered to test FontsPlus, and also
- the users who have contributed their comments. Particular thanks are due
- to Andrew Thacker, Mark Gidley, Mark Collier, Gary Wass, Andrew Hersee,
- & Ian Rawlings. A special thank you is due to Ian Ashley for supplying the
- turbo font listing routines, which he released into the Public Domain.
- Ian can be contacted at 14 Whitelands Avenue, Chorleywood, Herts.
-
-
- Conditions of use
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-
- This software is supplied "as is"; no warranty, express or implied, of the
- merchantability of this software or its fitness for any particular purpose
- is given. In no circumstances shall the providers of this software be
- liable for any damage, loss of profits, or any indirect or consequential
- loss arising out of the use of this software or inability to use this
- software.
-
- You are free to give this application to anyone you please via any medium,
- provided it is delivered with ALL the supplied files, UNALTERED. You may
- NOT sell this software, or use it otherwise for personal or commercial gain.
- If you wish to upload it to a Bulletin Board or include it in your Public
- Domain library then that, too, is OK, but if possible, please let me know
- if you do either of these and please send me a catalogue or whatever is
- appropriate. Any charge made for media and postage must not be excessive.
-
- This software may be distributed subject to the above conditions, although
- it is not Public Domain. The author reserves the right to amend these terms
- and conditions at any time.
-
- Please report any bugs you find to me, so that other users may benefit from
- improved versions. Also suggestions and criticisms are always welcome. If
- you find any programs which do a better job, please tell me and I'll see
- what can be done! If possible (particularly if you have email access),
- please let me know if you use this application, and I can then keep you
- up-to-date with any important enhancements.
-
- Feel free to contact me at:
-
- Simon Burrows
- Woodleigh Lodge
- 32 Stoughton Lane
- Stoughton
- LEICESTERSHIRE
- LE2 2FH
-
- Internet Email: psyhsmb@unicorn.nott.ac.uk
-
- © Simon Burrows May 1991, May 1992. All Rights Reserved.
-