Short: The best ColorFont Creator V2.xx Author: classx@pisoft.it (ClassX Development) Uploader: classx@pisoft.it (Michele Puccini) Type: biz/demo *************************************************************************** FontMachine demo, not for commercial use. All rights reserved by: ClassX Development Italy Via Francesca 463, I-56030 Montecalvoli (PI) Tel: +39 587 749206 Fax: +39 587 749206 E-Mail: classx@pisoft.it Feel free to contact us for any further information. *************************************************************************** FontMachine Features: FontMachine is a program in order to create characters for Desk Top Video or other applications which need special characters. It is based on an easy to use and intuitive interface. The generation of fonts upto 256 colours in the AMIGA ColourFont format is done by using the numerous graphical operators, which can be applied directly to the font in the desired size. The base font can be AmigaFont, Agfa CompuGraphic Font or ColourFont, without limits regarding the size (they will be rescaled automatically). There are many graphicals operators available and can be applied all at the same time without any limits. It is possible to add borders of any type, reliefs, shadow and you can even add anti-aliasing, which enhances the quality of the fonts. In addition to this you can use up to two images (datatypes are supported), for creating the border and the front of the font. FontMachine can create textures like sky, ocean, flames, stormes, gold, satin designed to be personalized and totally automatically. The colours of the textures are recalculated automatically (Floyd-Steinberg and Random are also available) in order to adapt their palettes to font. The user keeps control of all actions by looking at the preview window. Once you have defined a style, you can save it and add it to any other font. FontMachine will recalcutate and generate the new font automatically. *************************************************************************** Limitations of the demo version: . there is no installer script; . you cannot save font larger than 25 pixels; . there are no additional textures; . there are no additional fonts; . there is no manual nor packaging; *************************************************************************** What's new with FontMachine2: .New: the Emboss operator; just try it. .New: the palette Optimiser; fast and useful. .New: full ARexx interface. .New: user interface is better and more suited for interlaced screens. .New: automatic attributes remap on palette changes. .New: Random Mapping mode. .New: palette customisation; build your own colour spreads. .New: ready-to-use pattern presets. .New: automatic ColorFonts remap. .New: ColorFonts' palette optimisation. .New: ability to save a subset of the font. .New: close gadgets on font and texture windows. .New: lots of enhancements in the GUI code. .Fix: automatic font redraw now works with AmigaOS2.xx. .Speed: font redraw is about 5 times faster than v1.xx. .Antialiasing: faster and more, more accurate. And lots more... *************************************************************************** Using the demo: * First: start the "Assign_Demo" script (painless, no writes on your HD and no permanent changes at all). * Testing FontMachine from its user interface: FontMachine is really simple and powerful. We suggest you to load one of the ready-made projects, clicking the "Load" button in the "Project" box. Feel free to play with the various settings, resize the textures, change the palette, load new textures, change the font and so on. If the default screen mode (Pal:HiresLace) is annoying, you can change it clicking the "Prefs" button in the "Project" box. Enjoy FontMachine. * A better way: use ARexx ! Just start the "ShowProjects.rexx" script in the Rexx drawer. This script automatically loads and shows the demo projects from the appropriate drawer. When you've finished you can start the interactive tutorial ARexx scripts called "TUT_FontGroviera.rexx" and "TUT_FontOro.rexx". * Last: start the "UnAssign_Demo" script and you can remove the demo disk. *************************************************************************** ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 852 207 75.7% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +Assign_Demo.info 1233 597 51.5% 30-Oct-96 10:10:44 +Brush.info 3189 537 83.1% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +FontMachine.info 1233 596 51.6% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +Fonts.info 1233 589 52.2% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +Project.info 513 255 50.2% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +ReadMe.info 1233 599 51.4% 30-Oct-96 10:55:56 +Rexx.info 852 209 75.4% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +UnAssign_Demo.info 101572 98148 3.3% 29-Oct-96 16:29:50 +FontMachine 23812 13084 45.0% 02-Oct-96 20:07:10 +fontmachine.library 1233 591 52.0% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +Palette.info 840 324 61.4% 09-Feb-95 14:19:16 +128col.palette 1610 475 70.4% 09-Feb-95 14:19:28 +256col.palette 1233 592 51.9% 30-Oct-96 10:09:42 +Presets.info 4135 1763 57.3% 30-Oct-96 10:52:16 +ReadMe 72 58 19.4% 09-Feb-95 14:18:02 +002col.palette 86 66 23.2% 09-Feb-95 14:17:44 +004col.palette 112 79 29.4% 09-Feb-95 14:18:16 +008col.palette 162 101 37.6% 09-Feb-95 14:18:34 +016col.palette 260 131 49.6% 09-Feb-95 14:18:48 +032col.palette 454 184 59.4% 09-Feb-95 14:19:00 +064col.palette 836 423 49.4% 24-Oct-96 11:50:38 +FM2_Andromeda.project 835 423 49.3% 24-Oct-96 11:51:02 +FM2_Andromeda1.project 838 431 48.5% 29-Oct-96 10:37:02 +FM2_Andromeda2.project 415 255 38.5% 30-Oct-96 10:19:04 +FM2_Tubular.project 586 334 43.0% 29-Oct-96 10:25:14 +FM2_Baci.project 980 441 55.0% 29-Oct-96 10:26:20 +FM2_Burning.project 756 404 46.5% 29-Oct-96 10:28:52 +FM2_Digital.project 756 385 49.0% 29-Oct-96 10:46:18 +FM2_Empire.project 758 388 48.8% 29-Oct-96 10:43:36 +FM2_Terra.project 766 395 48.4% 29-Oct-96 10:30:36 +FM2_Erosion.project 587 337 42.5% 29-Oct-96 10:28:14 +FM2_Flares.project 648 330 49.0% 29-Oct-96 10:31:20 +FM2_Golden.project 586 341 41.8% 29-Oct-96 10:31:54 +FM2_IceFire.project 630 352 44.1% 29-Oct-96 10:36:04 +FM2_Raytraced1.project 12460 10469 15.9% 08-Oct-96 11:55:04 +AlienSky_032 6468 5752 11.0% 09-Oct-96 18:49:10 +Chips1_032 10492 7312 30.3% 10-Oct-96 16:30:52 +Lyapunov_032 4352 560 87.1% 17-Sep-96 17:40:14 +FontMachine.shp 577 328 43.1% 29-Oct-96 10:33:16 +FM2_Snake.project 1023 468 54.2% 29-Oct-96 10:34:40 +FM2_TMC2.project 18350 15989 12.8% 08-Oct-96 14:38:56 +Earth1_032 41272 33452 18.9% 08-Oct-96 10:04:02 +Fire1_032 43338 35724 17.5% 08-Oct-96 09:55:18 +Flares1_032 26230 24015 8.4% 09-Oct-96 16:37:20 +Gold_032 5272 1302 75.3% 23-Jan-96 14:15:22 +Groviera 11728 8076 31.1% 23-Jan-96 09:54:26 +Lighting 22744 19209 15.5% 08-Oct-96 12:34:12 +Snake1_032 54032 12469 76.9% 18-Aug-95 11:23:46 +100 72912 15744 78.4% 18-Aug-95 11:24:04 +100 264 58 78.0% 29-Oct-96 10:23:24 +Andromeda.font 264 54 79.5% 29-Oct-96 10:23:24 +Balloon.font 97824 18978 80.5% 18-Aug-95 11:25:00 +100 264 27 89.7% 29-Oct-96 10:23:24 +Euro.font 52576 9514 81.9% 06-Jan-80 02:27:00 +90 264 48 81.8% 29-Oct-96 10:23:24 +AC.font 264 60 77.2% 29-Oct-96 10:23:24 +Agate_Bold.font 141224 15140 89.2% 26-Jan-96 22:13:48 +150 519 351 32.3% 30-Oct-96 10:55:54 +ShowProjects.rexx.info 519 352 32.1% 30-Oct-96 10:55:54 +TUT_FontOro.rexx.info 1577 511 67.5% 04-Oct-96 09:40:24 +Pattern.set 1972 833 57.7% 29-Oct-96 16:57:16 +ShowProjects.rexx 2536 945 62.7% 30-Oct-96 10:53:00 +TUT_FontGroviera.rexx 519 350 32.5% 30-Oct-96 10:55:54 +TUT_FontGroviera.rexx.info 2507 908 63.7% 30-Oct-96 10:53:18 +TUT_FontOro.rexx 1233 591 52.0% 30-Oct-96 11:16:56 FM2_Demo.info 204 119 41.6% 29-Oct-96 10:52:18 +Assign_Demo 2956 805 72.7% 25-Oct-96 15:18:10 +Palette.set 169 113 33.1% 29-Oct-96 10:51:34 +UnAssign_Demo -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 794801 365050 54.0% 31-Oct-96 13:54:30 69 files