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║ [CHAR] go to CHARacter │ [Home],[End] Beginning, end of row ║
║ [Alt-A] Go to ALPHABET display │ [PgUp/Dn] Top/bottom of column ║
║ [Alt-B] Previous character │ [Ctrl-Left] Move character 1 col. left ║
║ [Alt-C] anti-Clockwise turn │ [Ctrl-Right] Move character 1 col. right ║
║ [Alt-D] Duplicate to buffer │ [Ctrl-PgUp] Move character 1 row up ║
║ [Alt-H] type Help text │ [Ctrl-PgDn] Move character 1 row down ║
║ [Alt-I] Invert pixels in char. │ [+] Insert row into character ║
║ [Alt-L] change Left width │ [-] Delete row from character ║
║ [Alt-M] Mark for paste buffer │ [Esc] Restore character ║
║ [Alt-N] Next character │ [Ins] Insert column into character ║
║ [Alt-P] Paste buffer contents │ [Del] a) in character display: ║
║ [Alt-R] change Right width │ Delete column ║
║ [Alt-S] delete every 2nd col. │ b) in ALPHABET display: ║
║ [Alt-T] change font Type │ Delete (undefine) char. ║
║ [Alt-X] eXtract every 2nd row │ <RETURN> a) in character display: ║
║ [Alt-1] Fold char. vertically │ alternate pixel at cursor ║
║ [Alt-2] Fold char. horizont. │ position ║
║ [F1] Decrease matrix width │ b) in ALPHABET display: ║
║ [F2] Increase matrix width │ go to character ║
║ [F6] Increase matrix width │ Ctrl-<RETURN> EXIT/SAVE ║
╚════════════════════════════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════╝
Font types:
Symb. Description Matrix Char. Chars. per
width width inch
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PR ║ PRoportional spacing │ │ │
║ w. printer initial. │ 37 │ │
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
XX ║ PRoportional spacing │ │ │
║ w./o. pr. initial. │ 37 │ │
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
EL ║ ELite printing │ 26 │ 30 │ (12 cpi)
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
CO ║ COndensed printing │ 20 │ 24 │ (15 cpi)
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
XC ║ eXtremely Condensed │ 16 │ 18 │ (20 cpi)
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
DR ║ DRAFT 12 │ 9 │ 12 │ (12 cpi)
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
PI ║ PIca printing │ 32 │ 36 │ (10 cpi)
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
DH ║ DRaft high speed │ 6 │ 8 │ (12 cpi)
────╫─────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────
Editing draft quality fonts:
1) Switch to the new type (identified by a two-letter-combination) in the
usual manner. If you are editing a draft font, read in on starting the
program, the program will detect the font type automatically. Then proceed as
usual.
2) Edit your font. You will notice that all letters appear much smaller along
the x-axis than they come out on the printer.
3) Save your font.
Using the alphabet display:
1) Pressing ALT-A you get into the alphabet display.
2) You can move around freely with the cursor keys, while a normal DOS cursor
is displayed.
3) If you press RETURN on any character, this character is chosen to be edited
next.
4) Pressing DEL, you can undefine any character (delete it from the character
set).
5) Any errors bring you back to the character display with a warning beep.
ESC brings you back without this beep.
Changing the font type:
1) Press ALT-T (for type) and enter the new two-letter type specification. If
it is a valid type identification name, the program compiles your present font
into the new one. To do so, it must first compile your present character into
the old format. If this cannot be done because of double pixels being
present, you get the usual error message and the operation is aborted.
2) If it can be done, the character set is converted with all widths
informations changed accordingly. If the character boxes of any of your
characters are too large to fit the new format (on changing from a 10 cpi or
proportional font to a 12 cpi font, for instance), they are truncated on the
right side. Otherwise they are left intact.
Saving your font:
1) Press CTRL-RETURN. You shall be asked to specify an output file.
2) Enter the output file (or <RETURN>, if you do not want to save your font.
3) The program then requests you to specify a character widths table file.
Enter the name of this file or <RETURN>, if you do not need such a file.
4) If the output file cannot be opened, the program aborts the process and
returns you to the editor. If the widths table file cannot be written to, it
is left out.