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░▒▓█ I T F █▓▒░ September 17, 1996 v1.61
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ƒrom ZaStaR
The Impulse Tracker Font Customizer.
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Are you using a text mode tracker?
Do you squint at the tiny indicators?
Do you complain about fat letters?
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Well Complain no more! Now, with ITF,
you can choose (and make!) your own fonts!!
(Relax, ITF wastes no memory space from
Impulse Tracker!)
____Using ITF_____________________________
Basically its much like ST3 and IT's
controlls...
Load up a font set and pressing Ctrl-S
will save that font. Then load IT and
hey! It's all there now! ('FONT' is
the current font set you've set IT to use!)
Arrows Navigate inside the edit box
Tab Go Between the Edit Box and
Font List Screens. (If you're
really good, you can even
directly copy and paste from
the Font List box! :)
Space Plot if Empty before
Blank if Plotted before
Del Blank a line Horizantally
Ins Fill a line Horizontally
+ Next Character to Edit
(Also Ctrl+RightArrow)
- Previous Character
(Also Ctrl+LeftArrow)
PageDown 4 Characters Ahead
PageUp 4 Characters Before
Home First editable Character
End Last editable Character
i Inverse the current character
(just try it, you can inverse
again to get it back :)
Shift+Arrow Shifts a character a
bit left, right, higher, or
lower
Alt C Copy a Character
Alt P Paste a Character
Alt Z Clear the Edit Box
Ctrl R Reload Character Bank
Use the arrow keys here and
Enter to load up a file to
see the fonts they hold.
Ctrl S Save Character Bank to IT's
used font list.
(Remember, nothing's really
done until you save!)
BackSpace
You can IGNORE this button.
It just reloads the old
standard 8x8 ROM font... but,
I'm sure you'd prefer the other
cool fonts.
Control+BackSpace
You can ignore this one too.
This only reloads the default
IT graphics set - so the
other characters (like A to z)
are not defaulted.
Ctrl Q Go make a Song.
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____Note________________________________________
Everything is reletively easy to
try out so just run ITF and see for
yourself. *Remember!: Impulse Tracker
and ITF strictly use Font.Cfg. If you
have another font, rename it to
Font.Cfg (after making a backup for
the original, of course ;)
*Also, a minor adjustment for those familiar
with previous versions: ITF now uses the
'ITF' extension instead of 'CFG' except
for Font.Cfg. This way, the files that IT
uses directly are the ones with 'Cfg'
(just a little more organized, don't
you think? ;)
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Some predefinted font sets are optimized
for special features.
'FineLine' uses a thin font set.
'J-Electr' is a fancier 'FineLine.' Font by
Jari Karppinen.
'J-Flux' is a thicker 'J-Electr.' Font also
by Jari Karppinen.
'Ariel' is a nice standard to use.
'FN-Ice' is a useful font with style. It features
updated scrollers and volume bars. Font by
Phantasm.
'FN-Round' is another by Phantasm. Much like Ice,
but check it out :)
'EK-Mac' uses the crisp standard font from a Mac.
Modified frames and scroll bars - this font's
by Electric Keet.
'EK-Space' mostly an ariel font. Also has modified
volume bars (sine waves), borders, and an
animated scroll bar (melting ball).
Also from Electric Keet.
'KanaFont' is a thick font - very legible :) Font by
Jari Karppinen.
'Thick' is a very clear font set with nice big
legible words. If you like big letters,
this is the right one for you. Font by
Jari Karppinen.
'J_Termo' is the thickest (and large-looking) font
set. It's even thicker than 'Thick!' Also
by Jari Karppinen.
'SmallCap' is also superlegible, using capital
letters for all (shorter ones for lower
cased ones). Font by Zirconia.
'PeriSoft' is another great (and artistic) font
set with updated boarders, a robot
slider,...just try it out :) This one really
shows how ITF can change the way IT looks.
Font by PeriSoft.
'ZircFont' is very nice and artistic and
also useable for general
purposes. Another font by Zirconia.
'GTHS-Bug' is a very legible font from Graham the Happy
Scum. It's got borders, scrollers, and everything.
'Script' is a cursive font made by Jeffrey Lim himself.
'J_Curse' is a font leaning to the right. Also
by Jari Karppinen.
'Font' is the font set that IT will use - so,
remember to always save! (pressing
control-s will automatically save
into this file)
_______________________________________________________
Many thanks to Emmanuel Giasson (Zirconia) for
the 'ZircFont' and 'SmallCap' (giassone@ift.ulaval.ca).
And to PeriSoft/capacala for the 'PeriSoft' font
(w23@cornell.edu)
And to Jari Karppinen for the 'Thick,' 'J-Curse,'
'J-Electr,' 'KaraFont,' 'J-Flux,'and 'J-Termo' fonts.
And to Phantasm for the 'FN-Ice' and the 'FN-Round' font.
(crose@julian.uwo.ca)
And to Electric Keet for 'EK-Mac' and 'EK-Space.'
And to Graham the Happy Scum fot 'GTHS-Bug.'
(gths@itclub.mur.csu.edu.au)
Thanks to all who give me those interesting lil' ideas :)
Did I get everyone?
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Special thanks to Jeffrey Lim for some
vital programming support (testing, info,
supporting ITF in IT, music to listen to,
and, basically, everything).
_________________________________________________
And a Standard Disclaimer...
"I disclaim all responsibility for all
possible 'bad' stuff ITF may possibly
do." ---ZaStaR
_________________________________________________
Questions? Comments? Or, :) If you make a
great new font set (usable OR artistic)
please send them to me...I may be able
to release them in the future for everyone.
I'm at (zastar@uclink4.berkeley.edu), mail
me, even if it's just to see if I really
exist :)
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And Finally....
Stop Reading this and GO MAKE THAT
great S O N G for all to Hear ! ! !
(or the environment to make that song) ;)
\ /\ /
\ //~~\\ /
Z a S t a R
/ \\__// \
/ \/ \
P.S.
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If you thing you're REALLY good, you can try out
the -a option (it stands for "advanced"). Type
"ITF" to get some info on it. With it, you can
save over the standard ITF fonts with your own
modifications.
There's even a way to load graphics into the font ;)
Remember, -a is all undocumented so be very
careful...but have fun, it's packed with a lot
of extra options.
I kept -a appart from the standard program to try to
keep the basic ITF simpler to use (hope I succeded).
Also, IT will internally change some characters>127
anyway.
-a also allows the Shift-G, which saves the font into
a raw graphics file (8x2048). Just Press Shift-G
anytime in the Control-S saving window...it'll always
save only into "ITF.Raw"
Another option is -f which loads a 8x16 font file and
*tries* really hard to squish it into the 8x8 form.
If you got suggestions for more additional
functions for whatever need, just tell me. I'll
put it in (if my University allows me the time ;)
Okay, that's all! Now go make that song !!