Intellifont
The Intellifont utility, which is in the System drawer on the
Workbench disk, manages Intellifont outline fonts on your Amiga. Intellifont installs new outline fonts on your
system, specifies new sizes for existing fonts, and deletes fonts that are not longer needed. Intellifont also
allows you to create bitmap versions of any size outline font that can be used in applications that do not support
outline fonts directly. These fonts load faster since they are not computed every time they are used.
Intellifont can use Agfa Compugraphic fonts from MS-DOS FAIS
disks, as well as font disks for the Amiga. Since standard Compugraphic FAIS disks are in MS-DOS format, CrossDOS,
an Amiga Bridgeboard, or other MS-DOS emulator must be used to convert the files to AmigaDOS format. When the fonts
are properly installed, they are available to any application programs that can use them.
Installing Outline Fonts
Figure 8-3 illustrates the Intellifont window.
Figure 8-3.
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Intellifont
Window
Note:
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On-line Help is available in Intellifont at all times by
pressing the Help key. Click on the various items in the Intellifont window for an explanation of their function.
Press Esc to exit Intellifont Help.
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To install an outline font:
- Enter the complete path to the fonts you want to install in
the Outline Font Source text gadget or select the file folder gadget next to it to open a file requester. The path
should end with the directory that contains the outline typeface .type files.
- Select OK and the Source Typefaces scroll gadget displays the
available outline fonts in that directory.
- Verify that you want to install the fonts in the drawer displayed
in the Destination Font Drawer text gadget. If you have more than one font directory set up in your FONTS: assign
path, use the Fonts: Path Component cycle gadget to switch between them. A non-assigned directory can also be entered.
(In this case, the cycle gadget displays Not in Fonts: Path.) The contents of the Destination Font Drawer are shown
in the Existing Fonts and Typefaces scroll gadget. Outline fonts are indicated with a small bullet (o) on the right
in the scroll window.
- In the Source Typefaces display, click on each typeface to be
installed. A plus sign (+) indicates selection.
- Select the Install Marked Typefaces gadget to copy the typefaces
to the Destination Font Drawer.
- Select the Modify Existing Typefaces gadget to add or delete
point sizes for any of the outline fonts listed in the source typeface display.
Modifying Outline Fonts
using the Modify Existing Typefaces window, you can create or
remove point sizes and bitmap images for a typeface. The window, illustrated in Figure 8-4, lists the typefaces
and sizes available in the drawer you selected on the Intellifont window.
Figure 8-4.
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Modify Existing
Typefaces Window
Click on the typeface you want to modify. Use the gadget in the
lower half of the screen to:
Delete Typeface
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Select one of the Existing Outline Typefaces. The selected
typeface moves to the display box. Click on the Delete Typeface gadget.
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Add Size
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Enter a new size into the Size display box and choose the
Add Size gadget.
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Delete Size
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Select a size or enter one into the Size display box and
choose the Delete Size gadget.
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Create Bitmap
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Creates a bitmap font based on the selected outline typeface
and size. If you routinely use one size, create a bitmap for it. Note that this can use a large amount of disk
space.
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Delete Bitmap
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Deletes the bitmap file for the size displayed. The size
is still available as an outline font.
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Perform Changes
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Saves your changes.
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Cancel
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Returns to the original Intellifont window.
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The Close gadget closes the Intellifont windows and exits the
program.
Keyboard shortcut: Instead of selecting the gadgets previously
described, press the initial letter of the gadget (underlined on the display).