F O N T R I X - S O F T D O C S - BY DATA TRANSFORMS BOOT-UP ======= FIRST, CONFIGURE YOUR FONTRIX DISK FOR YOUR COMPUTER AND PRINTER. MAKING A GRAFILE ================= WHAT IS A GRAFILE? A GRAFILE IS A BINARY FILE WHICH HOLDS ALL OF THE EXTENDED SCREENS THAT YOU WILL BE WRITING ON. THE GRAFILE MUST BE MADE BEFORE YOU START WRITING ON THE SCREEN. ONCE MADE, THE GRAFILE RECORDS INFORMATION EACH TIME YOU GO OFF THE SCREEN YOU ARE DRAWING ON AND THEN GIVES YOU MORE ROOM, UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF IT. FIRST, CHOOSE THE "G" COMMAND FROM THE MAIN MENU AND GO TO THE GRAPHIC WRITER SECTON. ONCE THERE, YOU SHOULD LOAD YOUR FONT THAT YOU WISH TO USE ON THE GRAFILE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FONT YOU WANT TO USE, JUST HIT THE "D" COMMAND AND CATALOG THE DISK. ONCE YOU'VE FOUND THE FONT YOU WANT TO LOAD, JUST LOAD IT BY HITTING THE "F" COMMAND AND TYPE IN THE FILE NAME, WITHOUT THE "SET" PART, IT LOADS THAT AUTOMATICALLY. NEXT, YOU NEED TO OPEN THE GRAFILE. DEPENDING ON THE SIZE YOU WISH TO OPEN IT AS, YOU WILL NEED, ROOM ON ANOTHER DISK FOR IT. IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE 1 DISK COMPLETELY FOR GRAFILES. ANYWAYS, CHOOSE DTHE "O" COMMAND AND ENTER THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SECTORS (A TABLE FOR DIFFERENT SECTORS ARE AT THE END OF THIS SECTION). THE DISK WILL WHIR FOR A WHILE AND THEN, THE GRAFILE WILL BE MADE. NEXT, CHOOSE THE "W" COMMAND AND MAKE SURE THE GRAFILE DISK IS IN THE DRIVE. YOU WILL NOW BE PROMPTED IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF COMMANDS, THESE ARE THE HELP COMMANDS, AND CAN BE DISPLAYED AT ANYTIME BY HITTING . NOW YOU CAN TYPE WHATEVER YOU WANT, AND WHEN YOU ARE READY TO CLOSE THE GRAFILE, JUST TYPE AND THEN YOU WILL BE BACK AT THE MENU. NOW, TYPE "C" FOR CLOSE AND THE GRAFILE WILL BE CLOSED. YOU CAN NOW GO TO THE DUMP SECTION AND PRINT OUT YOUR GRAFILE. IN THAT SECTION ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS INPUT THE NAME OF THE GRAFILE AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS ON. HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL SECTORS ============================= HORIZONTAL SECTORS FOR A RGUALAR 80 COLLUMN PIECE OF PAPER IS 16. HORIZONTAL SECTORS FOR A LABEL IN PERFORATED HOLDER IS 6. MINIMUM HORIZONTAL SECTORS IS 5. MAXIMUM HORIZONTAL SECTORS IS 20. MINIMUM VERTICAL SECTORS IS 6. MAXIMUM VERTICAL SECTORS IS 20. GRAPHIC WRITER COMMAND CONTROL KEYS =================================== CTRL - A = ASK FOR HELP (DISPLAYS SCREEN) CTRL - B = SET BACKGROUND COLOR (CTRL-B + #) CTRL - C = CAPS LOCK & UNLOCK CTRL - D = DEFAULT WINDOW (RESELECTS WINDOW TO FULL SCREEN) CTRL - E = ERASE WINDOW CTRL - F = SET FOREGROUND COLOR (CTRL-F + #) CTRL - G = GRAPHIC INPUT SELECTS CURRENT GRAPHIC INPUT DEVICE CTRL - H = BACKSPACE CTRL - I = INVERSE CTRL - J = LINEFEED CTRL - K = REVERSE LINEFEED CTRL - L = SET LINEFEED SPACING (CTRL-L + #) CTRL - M = CARRIAGE RETURN CTRL - N = NORMAL (CANCELS INVERSE) CTRL - O = OVERLAY (CANCELS R & T) CTRL - P = POINT MODE (DRAW WITH A SINGLE DOT) CTRL - Q = QUIT (BACK TO GRAPHIC WRITER MENU) CTRL - R = REPLACE (CANCELS O & T) CTRL - S = SET SPACING BETWEEN CHARACTERS (CTRL-S + #) CTRL - T = TRANSPARANT. INVERT BACKGROUND (CANCELS R & O) CTRL - U = FORWARD SPACE CTRL - V = VIEWPORT. VIEW FILE PARAMETERS CTRL - W = SET WINDOW (USE I,J,K,M TO SET) CTRL - X = BACKSLASH CHARACTER CTRL - Y = YANK SCREEN FROM GRAFILE (RESTORE) CTRL - Z = ZERO CURSOR (MOVE TO TOP LEFT OF SCREEN) ESC = USE I,J,K,M TO MOVE CURSOR. FONTRIX FONT EDITOR =================== SET PARAMETERS: SET NAME - 1 TO 15 CHARACTERS (ALPHANUMERIC AND PERIOD ONLY) TOTAL CHARACTERS - 1 TO 94 FIRST CHARACTER - "!"-FIRST "-"-LAST HORIZONTAL CELL SIZE - 1 TO 32 VERTICAL CELL SIZE - 1 TO 32 PROPORTIONAL - YES/NO EDIT SET COMMAND KEYS: I,J,K,M, AND ARROWS = MOVE CURSOR TO CHOOSE WHICH CHARACTER TO EDIT V = VIEW THE ENTIRE SET (AGAIN TO CANCEL) C = COPY ONE CHARACTER CELL INTO ANOTHER O = OVERLAY ONE CHARACTER CELL OVER ANOTHER RETURN = SELECT A CHARACTER FOR EDITING Q = QUIT AND RETURN TO FONT EDITOR MENU EDIT SINGLE CHARACTER COMMAND KEYS: I,J,K,M,AND ARROWS = MOVE CURSOR WITHIN CHARACTER CELL SPACE-BAR = CHANGE A PIXEL(ON/OFF) CTRL - E = ERASE CONTENTS OF CHARACTER CELL CTRL - P = POSITION WITHIN CELL. (I,J,K,M,ARROWS) CTRL - X = RETURN TO EDIT SET WITHOUT SAVING CHANGES TO CHARACTER RETURN = RETURN TO EDIT SET AND SAVE CHANGES TO CHARACTER NOTES ABOUT GRAPHICS ==================== ONE VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF FONTRIX IS THE ABILITY TO PRINT GRAPHICS ALONG WITH YOUR GRAFILE. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY WRITE WORDS AND PRINT THEM OUT; YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE PICTURES ALONG WITH THE WORDS. WELL, FONTRIX CAN DO THIS. THERE IS THIS THING CALLED A GRAPHIC; WHICH IS JUST A FANCY WORD FOR A HI-RES PICTURE (YOU KNOW, THE KIND YOU SAVE AT $2000 AND $2000). IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PICTURE THAT YOU WANT TO LOAD, JUST USE THE COMMAND THAT LOADS THE GRAPHIC, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY POSITIONED IN YOUR GRAFILE (WHICH SHOULD ALREADY BE OPEN AND READY) SO THAT WHEN THE PICTURE IS LOADED, IT WILL LOAD INTO THE SPOT IN YOUR GRAFILE THAT YOU WANT IT TO. THIS WAY YOU COULD LOAD ABOUT 16 SCREENS ACCROSS AND ABOUT THE SAME DOWN WORTH OF GRAPHIC PICTURES AND PRINT THEM ALL OUT AT THE SAME TIME! THIS SPECIAL FEATURE CAN BE VERY USEFUL ONCE YOU FIND THE USE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - end of documentation -