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- !FontFinder
- ===========
- Font finder is a very simple file scanner that searches for anything that
- could be a font name and reports it in a window. This can either be via a
- specialised scanner or via a semi intelligent gerenal purpose file scanner.
-
- Once found the fonts need loading, if you have them!. If you are using
- Atlanta, my shareware fonts manager, or EasyFont, FontDir or any of the PD
- managers than you will need to use them to switch the fonts on. If you are
- not then you will need to load the correct !Fonts directory.
-
- Usage
- =====
- You need to load it and then drag a file on to it's icon. Once finished it
- will open a window with the *possible* font names in them as well as a
- percentage (100% - 0%). 100% means that it is available along the current
- <Font$Path>. So the font directory it is in has been installed with the
- operating system. 0% is reported if it isn't available in the <Font$path>.
-
- Resources.!Types file
- =====================
- The Resources.!Types file defines how a file type is scanned. At the moment
- there is only a specialised scanner that is for Drawfiles. This can be used
- for any file type that follows the same format as the draw file format.
-
- You can also use;
-
- <filetype>:#none No fonts can be defined for this type, ie Sprite files.
- <filetype>:#arch Archives.
- <filetype>:#cache Font cache.
- <filetype>:Drawfile Drawfile scanning.
-
- All file types that are undefined are scanned by a semi-intelligent scanner
- that hunts them out by scanning the *whole* file. Its not highly accurate or
- fast but it can be useful.
-
- Problems
- ========
- None. It will report Email and Web addresses but this is because they are
- pretty simular to font names. They meet the requirements and I can not be
- bothered/it will take to long to fix it when scanning using the unknown font
- sacnner.
-
- Future Versions
- ===============
- If there is interest than I will extend Font Finder to include the ability
- to run external scripts, however, there must be interest from other people
- or I will only add those scanners I require! I just don't have the time to
- sit down and try to work out how some programmers are storing their
- applications data.
-
- Also I might be able to include a Wimp messaging system so that it will be
- possible for supporting applications to automatically install any fonts that
- you have loaded
-
- Copyright
- =========
- This application is Freeware it can be freely copied and distuributed, you
- can also take it to bits if you want to. So long as you don't base a
- commercial or part of a commercial program around this code.
-
- Disclaimer
- ==========
- Don't blame me, you use this program at your own risc.
-
- Contact
- =======
- You can contact me by any of the means below. I am espcially interested to
- hear from people with information on DTP/Word processor file formats so I
- can include support for them.
-
- E mail - mailto:davemac@rylands.demon.co.uk
-
- WWW - http://www.rylands.demon.co.uk/
-
- Snail mail - David McCormack,
- 2 Cornwall Ave,
- Beeston Rylands,
- Nottingham,
- NG9 1NL
-