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Font Editor Help Index

Menu Commands

File Menu

New

Open

Save

Save As

Exit

Edit Menu

Copy

Paste

Next

Back

Zoom

Point Size

Number of Characters

Window Menu

Cascade

Tile

Close All

Help Menu

Index

Help on Help

About


File | New command
File  New command

Use this command to start a new font.

The new font will use a default character set with 128 characters and a point size of 8.  If you want the font to have a different number of characters or point size, use either the Edit|Number of Characters or Edit|Point Size commands respectively.

If you've been working on a font before choosing this command, you will be asked if you want to save your work first.


File | Open command

Use this command to open a font file for editing.

If you've been working on a font before choosing this command, you will be asked if you want to save your work first.


File | Save command

Use this command to save the current font file.

If the current font file is "(untitled)", you will be asked to name it.


File | Save As command

Use this command to save the current font file under a different name or in a different directory or disk drive.


File | Exit command

Use this command to exit Font Editor.

If you've been working on a font before choosing this command, you will be asked if you want to save your work first.


Edit | Copy command

Use this command to copy the currently selected character to the clipboard so that you can paste it over another character with the Edit|Paste command.

This command is unavailable if no character is selected.

You can select a character and copy it to the clipboard at one time by SHIFT+clicking on it.


Edit | Paste command

Use this command to paste the character in the clipboard over the currently selected character.  Use the Edit|Copy command to copy a character to the clipboard.

This command is unavailable if there is no character in the clipboard or if there is no character selected.

You can select a character and paste over it at one time by CONTROL+clicking on it.


Edit | Next command

Use this command to display the next character of the font in the current edit window.


Edit | Back command

Use this command to display the previous character of the font in the current edit window.


Edit | Zoom command

Use this command to change the amount characters are expanded in edit windows.

You can zoom characters up to twenty times their normal size.


Edit | Point Size command

Use this command to change the point size of the current font.


Edit | Number of Characters command

Use this command to change the number of characters in the font.  The maximum is 256 characters.


Window | Cascade command

Use this command to arrange edit windows so they are overlapped.


Window | Tile command

Use this command to arrange edit windows so they are all visible.


Window | Close All command

Use this command to close all edit windows.


Help | Index command

Use this command to display the help index.


Help | Help on Help command

Use this command to get help on using help.


Help | About command

Use this command to display the version number and authors of this program, and the amount of memory free.


Point size is the height of each character in the font, expressed as a number of pixels.


To select a character, click on it once.  A dotted line will appear around it.