Instructions for HPDeskjet500 Fonteditor
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This  fonteditor  was maid mainly to work with  Wordplus  and  is 
therefore  restricted  to  fix pitch single pass  fontes  with  a 
maximum height of 12 points!

Important
=========
Before  you  can  use any soft fonts you have to  connect  a  RAM 
expansion cartridge 22707 A or 22707 B.

Shareware
=========
It took me a lot of hours to make this program. Therefore I would 
appreciate  some  economical reward!  If you like  this  program, 
please send me the small amount of SEK/DKR 150:-/US$ 20:-/DM 30:- 
or the corresponding amount in any European currency!

Instructions
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1. Load font or type N for New font! Load font -> 6!

2. Type the name of the new font! Maximum 16 letters!

3. Type the font width pitch (letters/inch)!  Anyting more than 9 
   is valid.

   Specify  if  you want to make block letters or  a  handwriting 
   style font (Like for examples Arabic!).  In the first case you 
   get  some  space between the  letters.  Otherwise  you'll  get 
   access to the full cell width!

4. Type the character set ID! This is what you find after Esc( in 
   the character set commands.  See Owners manual  p.C-8!  RETURN 
   will give you the default 99T!

   Type the typeface code.  This is what you find in the  Esc(s#T 
   commands. Se Owners manuals p.C-9! It's a good idea to use [3] 
   as it is the internal courier code!

5. Specify  the base line position in points from the top of  the 
   cell! I have found out that the internals use 39!

6. Back  in the editor - Use the mouse and select a character  to 
   edit!

In the upper right corner of the screen you can see a small image 
of  the edit cell.  To the right of that cell,  you see the  copy 
cell.  To  the  left of the small edit cell you  see  the  actual 
character  you are editing,  and under it the first and the  last 
character  of the font you are working with.  A font can  contain 
anything between 1 and 255 characters.

I am not going to explain more about the menu options I, N, L, S, 
R,  T,  D, C, P, B and Q. You can selectct them with the mouse or
the keyboard. You'll soon find out how it works. I'll just  men-
tion some extra options.

B  Resize the character buffer. The 64 char. buffer takes 170 Kb
   more  memory  than  the 16 char. buffer. If you change buffer
   size you  can select to save the content of the old buffer at
   the disk. The content will be automaticly loaded into the new
   buffer.  A file COPY.BUF will be created at your disk. If you
   choose not  to change the buffer size you'll be given the op-
   tions to save or load buffer content.

R  When you rename a font you can also change the pitch.  If  you 
   for example have made a pitch 10 font it is very easy to  make 
   it to a pitch 12 font.

S  When you save  a  font you can select Portrait  or Landscape. 
   Save  always as Portrait first!   HP_EDIT >v.1.05  can produce 
   Landscape fonts.  But you can't reload a Landscape   font. So,  
   save  always  as Portrait first!


Making lines
------------
It is easy to make straight lines in the editor cell.  Do it like 
this:

1. Put the mouse curser in the start position of the line.
2. Press both mouse buttons,  starting with left button and  then 
   right button.
3. Do the same procedure at the end position of the line, and the 
   editor will make a straight line between the positions.


The Arrow keys
--------------
With the four arrow keys left, right, up, down, you can move your 
character in four directions inside the edit cell.


HP_FONT.PTH
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This  file shows the path to your fonts.  Change it as you  want! 
The following is an example:

C:\HP_FONTS\*.HP*



V.1.01    Menu  selection  with  the mouse and  a  lot  of  other 
          improvements. 

V.1.02    Faster copy function.  The HP_FONT.PTH file in the same 
          directory as the HP_EDIT.PRG lets you specify the  path 
          to the folder  where you store the fonts.

V.1.03    Lets  you  specify Italic or Upright.   And some  minor  
          bugs  are fixed.

V.1.04    Some small improvements.

V.1.05    Now, Landscape fonts!

V.1.06-7  Small improvements.

V.1.08    Reads some fonts made by other editors e.g. Fontkit Plus 4.

V.1.09	Multi character buffer.

V.1.10-11    Some bugs fixed.


Stig Norin
Nbbelvs Kyrkovg 105
S-226 53 LUND
Lund
Sweden  

