User`s manual
Section
6
program is very simple. Simply follow the instructions in the windows.
The
Print
System
will recognize and use
these
bidden
point sizes.
There isn't a
program
to
restore the hidden point sizes.
If
this should be
necessary. simple
copy
the
point size back
to
itself
using
FontMove.
FontDistance
This
program
serves
two
purposes - it
marks
a
font
as
an
LQ font,
making
it acceptable
for
the
Print System. and it adjusts the distance between
the
characters in a
font.
As
already stated.
some
of
the larger LQ fonts are
packed. taking
up
less space in a font. This is done by removing the
distance between characters. During printout. the Print System
automatically
adds
the
missing
spaces.
This
distance differs
from
one font
to
another. FontDistance allows
you
to
change this distance
in
existing LQ
fonts
or
in
LQ
fonts
you've
created yourself. The
program
can also be
used
to
check
the
distance
values
of a
font.
After starting the program.
the
font is chosen. "FontDistance" then
shows
the limit point size. That point size (if existing) and all larger ones are
packed
and
need
additional
space
between
the
characters.
The
limit point
size
is
normally
30.
If
you
wish
to
have
no
distance at all between characters.
type in
the
number
64.
After pressing return. you'll be asked for the point
size factor. This factor must be smaller
than
1 and is used by the Print
System
as
a multiplier. This determines the pixel width of the distance
between
characters. If the factor is. let's
say
0.164.
then
every character
in
the
point size
36
will
be
followed by a distance of 5.904 pixels (0.164 x
36). Inserting
more
than
three numbers after the point is not necessary.
When
you
press return
again
the values will
then
be
saved
to
the
fonL
FontAdjust
This
program
will
hardly
be
used
and
is really
only
for experienced
users.
It
can. however. save
you
a lot
of
time. FontAdjust is used to alter the
distance between the letters
of
one or
more
fonts. The distance between
letters
of
a mega-font can be removed as well as standardizing the
height/width
relations of different point sizes
within
an
LQ
fonL
FontAdjust
is
used differently
than
the other font utilities. Information is inserted
into
the
program
via
the
geoWrite
document"
AdjusLtxt".
In
the
fIrSt
line of the file a font name within quotations
is
expected.
In
the
next line the number values. wherein a set
of
three
numbers
belong
to
a
point
size.
The first
number
determines the point size
to
be
worked on.
the
second
the
pixel
width
of
the
number characters
and
the
third determines
the
pixel width of
the
additional distance for every letter. These
numbers
are
50