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:load1 darkbold.f16 :load2 heading1.p16 :font 1 :lpi 9 :dson ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ IHSUTIL USER GUIDE 3-1 ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ :lpi 6 :font 0 :space 4 :font 2 INTRODUCTION :font 0 :space 2 :dsoff :eon IHSUTIL is a single screen, interactive utility which allows you to perform four very important functions on the font files you create using the IHSFONT program. These functions are: 1. Get a complete view of all the ASCII positions being used within a font file. 2. Merge blocks of characters from one font file into another, either at the same location or another location within the file. 3. Proportionalize an entire font file to a standard fixed character width so that editing the file with IHSFONT will be simplified. 4. Order any font file into ascending sequence by character code (ASCII value). Figure 4.1 on the next page illustrates the single screen which is displayed when IHSUTIL is invoked. Upon initial entry, the box on the right of the screen labeled 'UTILITY Processing Options' will be displayed in reverse video and the words 'SELECT FUNCTION' will be blinking. This means that IHSUTIL is waiting for you to press one of the specified FUNCTION KEYS on the left of your keyboard. A more detailed explanation of the various functions follows and you might find it useful to actually invoke IHSUTIL and perform the various actions as you read. :eject :font 1 :lpi 9 :dson ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ 3-2 IHSUTIL USER GUIDE ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ :lpi 6 :font 0 :space 10 :load2 normal.p08 :font 2 :lpi 9 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▌ ▐ ▌ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ ║ I H S U T I L V 1.0 (C) Copyright, IHS Systems, 1983 ║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ ╔╡INPUT FONT FILE #1╞╗ ╔╡INPUT FONT FILE #2╞╗ ╔╡ OUTPUT FONT FILE ╞╗ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ ╚ ╝ ╚ ╝ ╚ ╝ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ 1111111111 1111111111 U T I L I T Y ▐ ▌ 01234567890123456789 01234567890123456789 Processing Option ▐ ▌ ╔════════════════════╗ ╔════════════════════╗ ╔════════════════════════╗ ▐ ▌ 0║ ║ 0║ ║ ║ FKEY ║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 20║ ║ 20║ ║ ║ 1 ═ Load Font Table 1║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 40║ ║ 40║ ║ ║ 2 ═ Load Font Table 2║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 60║ ║ 60║ ║ ║ 3 ═ Save Font Table 1║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 80║ ║ 80║ ║ ║ 4 ═ Save Font Table 2║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 100║ ║ 100║ ║ ║ 5 ═ MERGE from 1 to 2║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 120║ ║ 120║ ║ ║ 6 ═ MERGE from 2 to 1║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 140║ ║ 140║ ║ ║ 7 ═ PROPORTIONALIZE 1║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 160║ ║ 160║ ║ ║ 8 ═ PROPORTIONALIZE 2║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 180║ ║ 180║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 200║ ║ 200║ ║ ║ 10 ═ EXIT IHSUTIL ║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 220║ ║ 220║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐ ▌ 240║ ║ 240║ ║ ║ SELECT FUNCTION ║ ▐ ▌ ╚════════════════════╝ ╚════════════════════╝ ╚════════════════════════╝ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▌ ▐ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ :joff :load2 heading1.p16 :font 0 Figure 4.1 - IHSUTIL Interactive Screen :eject :font 1 :lpi 9 :dson ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ IHSUTIL USER GUIDE 3-3 ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ :lpi 6 :font 0 :space 4 :font 2 SELECTING FONTS :FONT 0 :space 2 :dsoff Before you can do anything with IHSUTIL, you must LOAD one or two font files into main memory. Whether you load 1 or 2 files depends on what you want to do. For example, if you intend to MERGE characters from one font into another, you must load 2 font files; one to take the characters from and another into which you want to place the characters. If you intend to proportionalize a font, you only need to load the font file you are going to proportionalize. Start by pressing either function key F1 or F2, since it does not matter which one you use for which font. If you choose to press F1, then the reverse video field will move under the label 'INPUT FONT FILE #1'. When this happens, IHSUTIL is waiting for you to enter the fully qualified name of a font file (e.g. A:GOTHIC.FNT). After you enter the font file name, press the ENTER-KEY and watch the table beneath the font file name. IHSUTIL will load the named font file into main memory and display the contents of the file in the appropriate table. Remember that the characters displayed in the table only represent the ASCII character code positions which are defined in the particular font which you selected. The actual symbol depicted in the font may differ from what you see. In order to see what will actually be printed, you must print a report using the specified font file (see Appendix F, Printing Reports). Once the font file is loaded into main memory, IHSUTIL will wait for you to push one of the processing option function keys. :eject :font 1 :lpi 9 :dson ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ 3-4 IHSUTIL USER GUIDE ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ :lpi 6 :font 0 :space 4 :font 2 SAVING FONTS :FONT 0 :space 2 :dsoff Once you have loaded a font file into main memory you can save it back onto a diskette. Press F3 to save from table 1 or F4 to save from table 2. Whenever either of these keys are pressed the reverse video field moves under the label 'OUTPUT FONT FILE' and IHSUTIL waits for you to enter the name of the font file into which you want to save the appropriate table. You can choose to enter the same name you used when loading the font or you can use another name. Regardless of the name you use, the appropriate font (#1 if you pressed F3 and #2 if you pressed F4) is written to the diskette. However, the font is still in main memory, allowing you to continue making modifications if you wish. One interesting aspect of IHSUTIL is the fact that by simply loading and saving a font file, you can arrange it in ascending sequence by ASCII code. You may have noticed that the IHSFONT program does not necessarily keep characters in ascending sequence; it keeps them in the order you defined them. This is o.k. as long as you define them in sequence (i.e. A-Z, a-z ). As often happens, however, you need to create new characters which are not in sequence, thus creating a font file which is sometimes confusing to work with when using IHSFONT. :eject :font 1 :lpi 9 :dson ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ IHSUTIL USER GUIDE 3-5 ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ :lpi 6 :font 0 :space 4 :font 2 MERGING CHARACTERS FROM ONE FONT TO ANOTHER :FONT 0 :space 2 :dsoff The ability to merge characters from one font into another is one of the most powerful features of IHSUTIL. It allows you to create font files with standard characters (for example, graphic lines, special symbols, etc) and then merge them into each new font that you create. In order to take advantage of the MERGE facility, you must first have loaded two fonts AND both fonts must be of the same SCALE. Function keys F5 and F6 allow you to merge from table 1 to 2 or table 2 to 1, respectively. For example, if you press F5, the following messages will appear at the bottom of the screen: :load2 normal.p08 :font 2 :jon :dson Merging File 1 [From char _ to char _] into File 2 [Beginning at char _] Press F10 to Exit Merge Function :joff :dsoff :load2 heading1.p16 :font 0 :ccon You may now enter up to three characters which will control what is merged and where it is placed. Start by entering the ='from character'=. For example, if you entered a '0', it tells IHSUTIL to start merging from character '0'. If you only wanted to merge that one character, you could now press the ENTER-KEY and just the one character would be merged. If, however, you wanted to merge more than one character, you can now enter the ='to character'= (for example, '9'). This would tell IHSUTIL to merge the 10 characters starting at character position '0' through character position '9'. (These characters have ASCII values of 048 and 057 respectively). If you want to just have the characters you specified merged into the exact same location in the receiving table, you can press the ENTER-KEY, and !voila!, they are merged from one font to the other. :ccoff :eject :font 1 :lpi 9 :dson ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ 3-6 IHSUTIL USER GUIDE ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ :lpi 6 :font 0 :space 4 :font 2 MERGING CHARACTERS (CON'T) :FONT 0 :space 2 :ccon :dsoff If you want to merge the character or characters into a different location in the receiving table, enter the `=beginning at=' character. This tells IHSUTIL to take the specified characters from the `=from-table=' and merge them starting at another location in the `=receiving-table='. REMEMBER, when entering any of the three character values, you can either use a standard keyboard value (like 'A','m',')', etc) or you can enter the actual ASCII code by holding down the ALT key, keying the 3 digit code on the numeric keypad, then releasing the ALT key. This latter method is necessary for merging characters in the 'high end' of the character set (128-255). Once you understand this basic step of merging, you can continue to merge characters until you press F10, which stops the merge operation and puts you back into IHSUTIL Processing Option selection. :ccoff :dson ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT!!! Don't forget to save the font into which you are merging new characters. All the merging is done in main memory and nothing will be permanently saved until you perform a SAVE operation. :dsoff :eject :font 1 :lpi 9 :dson ╔══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ IHSUTIL USER GUIDE 3-7 ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════╝ :lpi 6 :font 0 :space 4 :font 2 PROPORTIONALIZING FONTS :FONT 0 :space 2 :dsoff As described in Chapter 2, the IHSFONT program allows you to create proportional fonts, and as described in Chapter 3, the IHSPRINT program will let you use these proportional fonts when printing your documents. Occasionally you will need to change a particular font from fixed character width to variable character width (proportional) and IHSUTIL will assist you in doing this. IHSUTIL allows you to change the width of all the characters in a given font, thus making it easier to see the position of the character when you subsequently use IHSFONT to 'smooth out' the rough edges. You must first select a font on which you want to change the standard character width (see Selecting Fonts, page 2-3). Then press the appropriate function key (F7 or F8) and enter the width. If the font being proportionalized is SCALE 1, the maximum width is 12. If the font is SCALE 2, the maximum width is 24. :dson REMEMBER... Save the font after you have proportionalized it. :dsoff After you have proportionalized the font, you will need to use the IHSFONT program to review each character in the font to insure that each character fits within the bounds of the standard width you have set. :eject