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- This is an alternate front end to MkGifTxt; and MkGifTxt invokes GIF_TEXT.
- It's set up to facilitate the creation of buttons.
-
-
- As shipped, this is set up to work as an SRE-http addon.
-
- To use as a cgi-bin script,change the
- FORM ACTION="/mkgiftxt" method="get"
- to
- FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/mkgiftxt" method="get"
-
- Note: If your server uses something other then "/cgi-bin/scriptname to
- invoke cgi-bin scripts:,
- * enter the appropriate prefix,
- * you will need to make a few changes in MkGifTxt.CMD
-
- -->
-
- <HTML>
- <HEAD>
- <TITLE>GIF_TEXT: A Graphics Text Generator</TITLE>
- </HEAD>
-
- <BODY>
- <h2> Generate a Button </h2>
-
- <A NAME="entry">This </A>demonstrates how one can use the GIF_TEXT <em>graphics text message</em>
- to create buttons with text in them.
-
- <br>
-
- <!-- CHANGE THIS LINE IF YOU ARE USING SRE-http (instead of CGI-BIN) -->
- <FORM ACTION="/mkgiftxt" METHOD="GET">
-
- Enter the <b>message</b>:
- <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="text" value="hello" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=100>
- <br>Hints:</em>
- Use <code>$t</code> to generate the time, and <code>$d</code> to generate the date
- <br>
- <table border=0>
- <th> Select an <b>alphabyte</b> font</th>
- <th> </th>
-
- <th> and a button style (recommended height/width and x_frame/y_frame if different then default)</em></th>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <SELECT NAME="FONT" SIZE=5>
- <OPTION SELECTED value="Enviro">Enviro (both cases, numbers, etc.)
- <OPTION value="Revue">Revue (letters and numbers
- <OPTION value="hobo"> Hobo (leters and numbers)
- <OPTION value="mandarin"> Mandarin (letters and numbers)
- <OPTION value="stich"> Stitches (letters and numbers)
- <OPTION value="logger"> Logger (letters only)
- <OPTION value="andy01"> Drippy (letters and numbers)
- <OPTION value="andy02"> Typewritter keys (letters only)
- <OPTION value="andy04"> Austere (letters only)
- <OPTION value="andy03"> Shadowed austere (letters only)
- <option value="fresnel"> Fresnel (derived from TTF font)
- <option value="handwrit"> Handwriting (derived from TTF font)
- <option value="twoturt"> Kids (derived from TTF font)
- <option value="antelope"> Antelope (derived from TTF font)
- <option value="epilog"> Epilog (derived from TTF font)
- <option value="buttrfly"> Butterfly (derived from TTF font)
- <option value="scrawn"> Scrawn(derived from TTF font)
- <option value="ghosty"> Ghosty (letters and numbers)
- <option value="fuzgreen"> Fuzzy green (letters and numbers)
- <option value="purpwhit"> Purple and white (lettes and numbers)
- <option value="greyred">Grey & red (letters and numbers)
- </SELECT>
- </td>
-
- <td> </td>
- <Td>
- <SELECT NAME="back" SIZE=7>
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/blustone">Bluestone rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/blueoval">Blue oval
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/butntex4"> Purple stone rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/butntex5"> Striped brown rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/butntex6"> Dark Brown wood rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/butntex9"> Streak gold rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/butt01.gif"> Grey circle (h/w=120,120, x/y=28,39)
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/butt02"> Black rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/green1"> Green rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/greeov"> Green oval (h/w=120,50, x/y=15,12)
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/grey1"> Grey rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/greybut"> Grey stone oval (h/w=120,50, x/y=20,15)
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/image4"> Blue papery rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/k_1.gif"> Grey papery rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/K_5.gif"> Dark grey papery rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/k_7.gif">Light green papery rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/next.gif"> Cyan-grey rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/orange1.gif"> Fadeout orange rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/purple1"> Purple rectangle
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/redoval">Red oval (h/w=120,50, x/y=20,10)
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/sqbut11"> Grey stone square (h/w=100,80, x/y=20,10)
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/sqbut13"> Orange stone square
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/sqbut22"> Pink stone square
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/sqbut26"> Green stone square
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/sqbut5"> Brown wood square
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/ssqbut30"> Reddish brown wood square
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/sqbut7"> White stone square (h/w=100,80, x/y=20,10)
- <OPTION SELECTED value="buttons/wood1"> Wood circle (h/w=120,120, x/y=28,39)
- </SELECT>
-
-
-
- </td>
- </table>
- <P>
- Message width= <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Width" VALUE="120" SIZE=6 MAXLENGTH=6> ,
- and height= <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="height" VALUE="50" SIZE=6 MAXLENGTH=6>
- <em>(in pixels) </em>
- <p>
- Frame size in pixels (modify this to center text within the button):
- <br>
- left/right sides =<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="X_frame"
- VALUE="10" SIZE=4 MAXLENGTH=4>,
- and top/bottom =<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="y_frame" VALUE="10" SIZE=6 MAXLENGTH=6>
-
- <br>
- <input type="checkbox" name="transparent" value="-1"> Suppress Transparency
- (some button/font combinations require this).
- <p>
- <input type="Hidden" name="back_scale" value=1>
-
- <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Generate the .GIF">
- <p>
- Note that the above height, width and frame values are <em>recommended, but not
- essential</em>. You may find that other values look better.
- <p>
-
- <hr>
- The following buttons are shipped with the full-pack version of GIF_TEXT. Note that
- <b>not</b> all of them are available in the above <em>list of buttons</em>.<br>
- <img src="/imgs/allbut1.gif">
-
- <hr>
- <h3>Acknowledgements</h3>
-
- This utilty would not have been possible without <A HREF="http://www.bearsoft.com/abs/rexxgd.html">RXGD100.DLL</A> ".GIF"
- library; a port of the GD library by <A HREF="mailto:awysocki@bearsoft.com">Andy Wysocki</A>.
-
- <p> ...and, it would have been useless without the various and
- sundry <em>alphabyte fonts </em> and <b>backgrounds</b>, which were obtained from:
-
- <dl>
- <dt>
- Rosie's Alphabytes
- <dd>
- <a href="http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3055/alphabet.html">
- http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3055/alphabet.html</a>
- (<a href="http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3055/rozilogo.gif">logo</a>)
-
- <dt>E-Mom's Rainbow Graphic Designs:
- <dd> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6404/rainbow.html">
- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6404/rainbow.html</a>
- (<a href="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6404/logo-emom.gif">logo</a>)
-
- <dt>Andy's Art Attack:
- <dd><a href="http://www.andyart.com">http://www.andyart.com</a>
- (<a href="http://www.andyart.com/images/alogo3.gif">logo)</a>
-
-
- <dt> You might also want to check out ...
- <dd>
- <menu>
- <li> over 100 fonts/alphabytes at
- <a href="http://www.algonet.se/~guld1/freefont.htm">
- Daniel Guildkrans site </a>
- <li> links to many alphabytes at <a href="http://www.ist.net/clipart/uwa/iconsfnt.html">
- http://www.ist.net/clipart/uwa/iconsfnt.html </a> and at
- <a href="http://www.mangus.com/alphabet.html">http://www.mangus.com/alphabet.html</a>
- <li>the "food font" at
- <a href="http://www.planettell.com/planett/FF/">
- http://www.planettell.com/planett/FF/</a>,
- <li>some 3D alphabets at
- <a href="http://www.dewa.com/spell/">
- http://www.dewa.com/spell/</a>,
- <li> a zillion "digit collections"
- <em>(useful if you are interested in using GIF_TEXT as a clock)</eM> at
- <a href="http://www.digitmania.holowww.com"> http://www.digitmania.holowww.com</a>
- </menu>
-
- <dt>Some sources for buttons include:
- <dd>
- <dd><a href="http://www.andyart.com">http://www.andyart.com</a>,
- <a href="http://www.interwebb.com/users/cloe/">
- http://www.interwebb.com/users/cloe/</a>, and
- <a href="http://hp5.econ.cbs.dk/~gemal/psychedupgraphics/index.html">
- http://hp5.econ.cbs.dk/~gemal/psychedupgraphics/index.html</a>
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- </dl>
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- </BODY>
- </HTML>
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