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Utility/!FontZip/!Help
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.
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Filename: | Utility/!FontZip/!Help |
Read OK: | ✔ |
File size: | 056D bytes |
Load address: | 0000 |
Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
FontZip is a small utility that will speed up the scanning process of font directories in future. It creates a standard message file within the font directory which the font module uses instead of having to scan the whole directory structure. Setting up a font map ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once the utility is loaded drag your !Font directory from the filer window onto FontZip's icon. FontZip will now start to scan the font directory. A small window opens which prompts you to enter a mapping� for each font; if you don't wish to use one then just press return or click on the 'continue' icon. If you don't wish to map any more fonts then click on the 'no more maps' icon - the scanning will now continue without any prompts for mappings. Once you have completed this process for you font directory you will only need to use this utility again if you add to your list of fonts. IMPORTANT ~~~~~~~~~ When you add new fonts to your directory you will need to run this program again to alter the font map so as to add the new font to the list. If you do not do this then your new font will not be available. If wish to remove the font map from your fonts directory then simply delete the file 'Messages1' from inside the !Fonts directory. 1. A map will change the name of the font which applications use in their font directories; But doesn't actually rename the font in the font directory.
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