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ImpJunior/Manual/!JManual/CHAPTER9/TEXT
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Zipped Apps » Impression Junior |
Filename: | ImpJunior/Manual/!JManual/CHAPTER9/TEXT |
Read OK: | ✔ |
File size: | 3EE8 bytes |
Load address: | 0000 |
Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
D; � �� �� B��z���:����G ���� ������ ���� 7. Disc 2 utilities������� ���� �� �� �� �� �� � �t B���c��R���% These programs are on Impression disc 2 in the directory ry � � Utils. � t �H Bǥ����j.��% Three programs are provided:ed:�� H �x B5����% �� ��� !Chars�� - display the available characters in a selected font. x �l B�2"r����% �� ��� !FontDrawra�� - produce a draw file from a string. l �� B}qb-��*`��% �� ��� !NewModesde�� - extra screen� modes better suited to Impression.�� � � �` BR ��j��% ���� ������ ���� �*y���y� ` d ��y� �h S�*���������G 8� !Charsy��� ������ ���� �� h -D Rt�.���֖���� �, 8� � _� "� �� D d �af���.���% �, 8� Many characters available in the outline fonts are not directly d �| ?hvD��>w��% @, 8� accessible from the keyboard, except by using the h���� Alt lt �� key and | ` �<���N:��% @, 8� typing the number of the required character on the numeric ` �� ����^���% @, 8� keypad. The e ���� !Charsa�� program displays all the available characters � -4 R�(����n���% @, 8� in a window. 4 �| ZX�%���X��% �, 8� To run the program double-click on the program icon on ���� !Charsa�� . | ` b&�����% @, 8� This will open a window on screen which shows the entire ` h �ޫ�����% @, 8� system font. To change to one of the RISC OS outline fonts, press h �� J��n������% @, 8� the he էէ Menuenuէ mouse button. A menu is displayed which lists all the � l ���1���d��% @, 8� fonts currently available. If a font name is selected, then that font l �d R�����'��% @, 8� is displayed in the he ���� !Chars �� window. d h ��&�����% �, 8� To include a character in a document use effects to set the same h �� ��6P������% @, 8� font in the document as is displayed in the he ���� !Chars �� window. Then � �� �F��F��% @, 8� when you click on a character in the he�� ����� !Chars ��� � window, it is copied � �D R��V�� ��% @, 8� into the document. :�:� D �8 R4� �j��6���+ `� 8� Important :� 8 d �����N9��% �, 8� Now however that when you insert characters into a document, d �p 'o���^���% @, 8� the font they appear in is controlled by Impression and not by ;�;� p �8 R�� ����n���m% @, 8� !Chars;� . 8 �� _��$���W��% �, 8� In other words, changing the font on <�<� !Chars<� only affect the =�=� !Chars=� � h ������% @, 8� display � the character always appears in the current font at the h �\ SB�ު�����% @, 8� cursor in Impression. z� z� \ P z� �| R�����z���G 8� !FontDraw z� �� �� � �� �� ������ | �� �l�S��m% �, 8� !{�{���{� FontDraw{��� a�� converts a character or a line of text into a graphics � l G���I�% @, 8� file. This file is in Draw format, so it can be edited like any other l h 9z����% @, 8� draw format file, and is suitable for inclusion in an Impression h h ��������% @, 8� frame, where it can be re-sized to suit the document. Illustrations h \ � `�Ғ�% @, 8� of the use of FontDraw can be found at the end of this \ �@ Rj#��U�% @, 8� description. n. @ �8 RJ6�����h7 8� Operation o 8 �| ��JS���% �, 8� Double-click on the he Z�Z� !FontDrawraZ� icon and the FontDraw window | �\ R�� Z�"I�% @, 8� app �� �� ears. s� � �� ��� \ �L R���2�r �, 8� � x� "� T� �r � L �� ,�Y��% �, 8� If you click in the field labelled � � Text xt� you can type in the desired � �� ��%��N�% @, 8� string. Clicking on the window with the he ֧֧ Menuenu֧ mouse button will � h �5���% @, 8� bring up a menu of all the fonts in the machine. Choosing a font h -\ R7|E�� ��% @, 8� will select the font used to produce the final image. \ �� ��]:�%m�% �, 8� The he � � Scale l� field defines the size of the characters when the file is � �� �Bm��50�% @, 8� transferred into to���� !Drawra�� . This is set by default to 5, which will � h �}��E��% @, 8� produce very large characters. Use 5 when transferring the file to h ͤ $����U��% @, 8� Impression. Use 2 when transferring the file into t�� ����� !Drawra��� �� . Increas- � h ���F�ey�% @, 8� ing the scale will increase the smoothness of the curves that make h Mh ��� �u<�% @, 8� up the characters. Zero or negative values might have unpredict- h -4 R������% @, 8� able effects. . 4 �t ý�d���% �, 8� Once the string has been entered and the font chosen, click on the � � t �� ��'�Z�&