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  1.        DRAKE SOFTWARE                             FontEdit V1.0
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  14.                                 FontEdit V1.0
  15.                           (C) 1986  Drake Software
  16.                              All Rights Reserved
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  67.        DRAKE SOFTWARE                             FontEdit V1.0
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  71.       What FontEdit Is
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  74.       áááá      FontEdi⌠á i≤á ß prograφ designeΣá t∩á hel≡á definσ ì
  75.       ááááfont≤á anΣ downloaΣ theφ t∩ ß IB═ Proprinter«á  FontEdi⌠ ì
  76.       áááácome≤á witΦ ß se⌠ oµ predefineΣ fonts¼á bu⌠ iµ therσá i≤ ì
  77.       ááááonσá whicΦ yo⌡ woulΣ likσ t∩ havσ tha⌠ i≤ no⌠á included¼ ì
  78.       ááááo≥ iµ yo⌡ arσ unhapp∙ witΦ thσ font≤ included¼á i⌠ i≤á ß ì
  79.       áááásimplσ matte≥ t∩ changσ o≥ definσ you≥ own.
  80.       áááá      Currently¼á onl∙á thσ IB═ Proprinte≥ i≤á supporteΣ ì
  81.       áááá(thi≤á wa≤ originall∙ writteε onl∙ fo≥ m∙ owε use¼á s∩ ╔ ì
  82.       ááááhaΣá n∩ reasoε t∩ suppor⌠ othe≥ printers)¼á bu⌠á iεá thσ ì
  83.       ááááfuturσá thσá Epsoεá printe≥á (anΣá compatibles⌐á ma∙á bσ ì
  84.       áááásupporteΣ (n∩ promise≤ however).
  85.                 ┴á recen⌠á additioε (t∩ versioε 1.1⌐ i≤ ßá se⌠á oµ ì
  86.       ááááauxillar∙á routine≤ writteε iε Turb∩ Pasca∞ whicΦá allo≈ ì
  87.       ááááyo⌡á t∩á usσ an∙ oµ thσ font≤ defineΣ witΦá FontEdi⌠á iε ì
  88.       ááááyou≥á owε program≤ b∙ callinτ thσ routinσ witΦ ßá strinτ ì
  89.       ááááanΣá co-ordinate≤ oε thσ screeε (t∩ usσ this¼á yo⌡á mus⌠ ì
  90.       ááááhave a graphics display).
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  93.       Fonts Included
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  96.       ááááCurrently¼á (iεá Versioε 1.0)¼á thσ followinτ font≤á arσ ì
  97.       ááááavailable with this archive:
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  99.       áááá   LQ.FNT       :   a sarif font
  100.       áááá   ITALIC.FNT   :   an italic font
  101.              CURSIVE.FNT  :   a cursive font (which currently needs
  102.                               some work)
  103.              FAT.FNT      :   a 'FAT' font
  104.       áááá   IBMSET.FN╘á  ║á  thσ standarΣ IB═  fon⌠ (includeΣ  so
  105.       áááá                    that you may more easily define your
  106.       áááá                    own fonts); which also  is the  font
  107.                               read in at program start.
  108.       áááá   SMALL.FN╘á    ║á ßá smal∞á fon⌠ (designeΣá fo≥á thσ 
  109.       áááá                    screen plotting only) which displays
  110.       áááá                    up to 120 characters per line (this
  111.       áááá                    font also needs work, and is not 
  112.       áááá                    completσáa⌠áthσátimσáoµáthi≤ 
  113.       áááá                    writing).
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  117.       How To Use FontEdit
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  120.       áááá      Iµá ╔ diΣ ß gooΣ joΓ a⌠ writinτ thσá program¼á yo⌡ ì
  121.       ááááreall∙á shouldn⌠á havσá t∩ reaΣá thi≤á section¼á a≤á thσ ì
  122.       ááááprogram should be self-explanatory.
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  124.       áááá      A⌠á star⌠ up¼á thσ filσ IBMSET.FN╘ i≤ reaΣ iεá (s∩ ìè
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  132.        DRAKE SOFTWARE                             FontEdit V1.0
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  135.       ááááthσá FONT.CO═á prograφá anΣ al∞ thσ *.FN╘á file≤á shoulΣ ì
  136.       ááááreside on the same diskette or in the same directory).
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  138.       áááá      Afte≥ ß fe≈ seconds¼ thσ FontEdi⌠ screeε wil∞ comσ ì
  139.       ááááup, which consists of 3 main sections:
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  141.       áááá      1. The Character Display
  142.       áááá      2. The Status Display
  143.       áááá      3. The Help Menu
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  145.       áááá      Thσá characte≥á displa∙á i≤á ßá large¼á block-likσ ì
  146.       áááádispla∙ oµ thσ curren⌠ characte≥ beinτ workeΣ oεá (whicΦ ì
  147.       ááááb∙ thσ wa∙ default≤ t∩ thσ exclaimatioε poin⌠ '!')«  Thσ ì
  148.       ááááonl∙á character≤ whicΦ caε bσ redefineΣ arσ thosσ havinτ ì
  149.       ááááaε asciΘ betweeε (anΣ including⌐ 3│ anΣ 126«á  Thesσ arσ ì
  150.       ááááthe following characters:
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  152.       áááá !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW
  153.       áááá XYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
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  155.       áááá      Thσ statu≤ displa∙ show≤ thσ followinτ informatioε ì
  156.       ááááabout the current character:
  157.       áááá      
  158.       áááá      Curren⌠ Characte≥ ║á(wha⌠ i⌠ normall∙álook≤ like)
  159.       áááá      Ascii Value       : (decimal value of character)
  160.       áááá      Attribute         : (ascending or descending)
  161.       áááá      File              : (current font file)
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  163.       áááá      Finally¼á thσ hel≡ men⌡ explain≤ wha⌠ thσ functioε ì
  164.       áááákeys do (explained later).
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  167.       Character Display
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  170.       áááá      Thσ characte≥ displa∙ i≤ thσ maiε iteφ oµ interes⌠ ì
  171.       ááááoε thσ display«  I⌠ show≤ thσ curren⌠ characte≥ composeΣ ì
  172.       ááááoµá 11x╕ 'points'«á  Yo⌡ ma∙ movσ thσ curso≥ arounΣá thσ ì
  173.       ááááblocδá (thσá curso≥ i≤ ß 'o'⌐ b∙ usinτá thσá arro≈á key≤ ì
  174.       áááá(make sure that the Num Lock is not on).  
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  176.       áááá      A≤ yo⌡ wil∞ seσ oε thσ hel≡ menu¼á yo⌡ caε usσ al∞ ì
  177.       áááácurso≥áá movements╗áá up,down,left,righ⌠á anΣá al∞á fou≥ ì
  178.       áááádiagonal≤ (whicΦ arσ labeleΣ Home¼ PgUp¼ End¼ PgDε - thσ ì
  179.       áááámovements of which should be obvious).
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  181.       áááá      Yo⌡ caε turε ofµ ß poin⌠ b∙ goinτ t∩ ß poin⌠ whicΦ ì
  182.       áááái≤ on¼á anΣ pushinτ space«á   Yo⌡ caε turε oε ß poin⌠ b∙ ì
  183.       áááágoinτá t∩ ß poin⌠ whicΦ i≤ off¼á anΣ pushinτ spacσá (thσ ì
  184.       ááááspacσá ke∙ i≤ simpl∙ ß toggle¼á pushinτ i⌠ wil∞á reversσ ì
  185.       ááááthe current position in the character).
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  197.        DRAKE SOFTWARE                             FontEdit V1.0
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  200.       Status Display
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  203.       áááá      Thσá firs⌠ tw∩ item≤ iε thσá statu≤á display¼á thσ ì
  204.       áááácurren⌠á characte≥ anΣ thσ asciΘ value¼á arσ obviou≤ (o≥ ì
  205.       ááááshould be).
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  207.       áááá      Thσ attributσ caε bσ onσ oµ tw∩ things║á ascendinτ ì
  208.       ááááor descending.
  209.       áááá      ┴áá descendinτá characte≥á i≤á onσá whicΦá ha≤áá ß ì
  210.       áááádescende≥á (whicΦá i≤ par⌠ oµ thσ characte≥á whicΦá goe≤ ì
  211.       áááábelow all other characters; examples: gjpqy).
  212.       áááá      Aε ascendinτ characte≥ i≤ onσ whicΦ doe≤ no⌠á havσ ì
  213.       ááááß descender¼ whicΦ includσ thσ majorit∙ oµ thσ characte≥ ì
  214.       ááááset.
  215.       áááá      Pushinτ F6 will toggle the attribute .
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  217.       áááá      Thσá curren⌠ filσ i≤ thσ filσ whicΦ yo⌡ las⌠á reaΣ ì
  218.       ááááin.
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  221.       Help Menuá
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  224.       áááá      Thσá hel≡á men⌡ contain≤ al∞ thσá informatioεá yo⌡ ì
  225.       ááááhavσá t∩ kno≈ abou⌠ thσ functioε key≤ anΣ ho≈ t∩ usσ thσ ì
  226.       ááááprogram.  A brief description of each key is given:
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  228.       ááááF1: Clear Character 
  229.       áááá    Thi≤ wil∞ clea≥ thσ Characte≥ Displa∙ t∩á blank¼á s∩ ì
  230.       áááá    thatáa totally new character can be defined.
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  232.       ááááF2: Read in New Character Set
  233.       áááá    Read≤á iε ß ne≈ se⌠ froφ disk«á  Onl∙ givσ thσá fon⌠ ì
  234.       áááá    name¼á  yo⌡á d∩ no⌠ havσ t∩ ente≥ thσ '.fntº par⌠ oµ ì
  235.       áááá    the font (nor should you).  
  236.       áááá    You will be asked you you want to read in a new set,
  237.       áááá    since reading in of a set destroys the  current  one 
  238.       áááá    in memory,  and if you  havent saved it  to disk you 
  239.       áááá    will not be able to recover it.
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  241.       ááááF3: Save Current Character Set
  242.       áááá    Save≤ thσ curren⌠ se⌠ iε memor∙ t∩ disk«á  Yo⌡á wil∞ ì
  243.       áááá    be asked for a file name,  and again you  should not
  244.       áááá    enter the '.fnt'  extention - that  is automatically 
  245.       áááá    added.
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  247.       ááááF4: Print Current Character
  248.       áááá    (makσá surσá printe≥ i≤ on)«á  Prin⌠ ß linσá oµá thσ ì
  249.       áááá    curren⌠á characte≥ s∩ tha⌠ yo⌡ ma∙ seσ wha⌠ i⌠á wil∞ ì
  250.       áááá    look like when printed.
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  252.       ááááF5: Print Complete Character Set
  253.       áááá    (makσá surσá printe≥á i≤á on)«á  Print≤á thσá entirσ ì
  254.       áááá    character set (those which can be defined that  is -è
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  262.        DRAKE SOFTWARE                             FontEdit V1.0
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  265.       áááá    seσá abovσá fo≥á tha⌠ information⌐ t∩á thσá printer«  ì
  266.       áááá    This will NOT make the character set the default for
  267.       áááá    the