========================== FontConvert 1.0 ===========================
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A  printer font conversion program, written by Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel of
MXM.   Copyright,  © 1990 by MXM.  Shareware, all rights reserved.  No
guarantee  of  any  kind is made that the program(s) described in this
document are 100% reliable.  You use this material on your own risk.

============================== Purpose ===============================
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I  just  got  rid  of  my  ol'  faithful  Epson 9-pin printer and soon
discovered  that  my  new printer supports user defined printer fonts.
Since  I  didn't  want  to  buy  a  whole  lot of font cards I thought
'couldn't I upload my Amiga fonts to the printer?'.
   As  it  turns  out,  this  little  cutie  handles this job for you.
Select  the  font  you  want  (any  size),  the  styles you want it to
receive,  if  it should be sent to the printer, to a disk file or both
and  if your printer accepts 256 custom characters or 128 and watch it
fly!

=============================== Usage ================================
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Make  sure  that  you  have  req.library  and diskfont.library (WB 1.3
revision!) in LIBS:, serial.device or parallel.device (depends on your
printer connection) and printer.device in DEVS:.
   Start  the  program (it is pure!) and watch the window open on your
default  screen  (the  gadget  stuff  is  created dynamically and will
probably  look  u-g-l-y with a nonstandard custom font under Kickstart
2.0 -sorry!).
   There are about seven gadgets displayed in the window:

Make the font underlined....... Set  the font style for the font to be
                                converted.

Make the font bold............. Guess what?

Make the font italicized....... "     "

Convert 256 characters......... Select  this  button  if  your printer
                                supports  definition of 256 characters
                                (well, 217 actually).  Not all printer
                                models will  support  this option.  If
                                your  hardware  doesn't  support it it
                                will  probably  spill all  the  secret
                                codes  it  has  been taught by the KGB
                                (unless it is stopped).

Capture to file................ Convert the font and send it to a disk
                                file.   Use  this if you don't want to
                                convert  your  fonts  again and again.
                                Just  copy  the  captured file to PAR:
                                or  SER:   (as  always depends on your
                                printer connection).

Send font to printer........... This  is the default, copy the font to
                                the printer currently connected to the
                                serial  or  parallel  port (depends on
                                the current preferences settings).

Start conversion............... Turns  on  the  printer and starts the
                                font    conversion   (what   did   you
                                expect?).

The  font  scaling routine isn't the most powerful ever created.  Some
fonts  will  look  crude,  some  will appear to come out in a very low
resolution.

   For best results keep the following rules of thumb in mind:

- Fonts which are an even number of lines high will look smoother than
  those which are an uneven number of lines high.

- Fonts which have to be scaled down will look uglier than those which
  have to be magnified.

- Fonts which are between 20 and 40 lines high will look best.

============================== Credits ===============================
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Credits  go  to  Bruce  Dawson  and  Colin Fox for req.library.  Don't
forget to register to vote!

=============================== Author ===============================
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This  program was written by Olaf Barthel of MXM.  All files have been
placed in the public domain.  You may freely distribute this material,
even  a  small  copy  fee  is  okay  but  everything  which looks like
commercial distribution is forbidden.  Still you may use this material
for software development without giving credit to the original author.

The  program  and the accompanying files are distributed as Shareware.
If  you  like  'FontConvert 1.0' and use it frequently, please send at
least  10  US$  or DM 15,- to cover our media costs.  If you enclose a
self  adressed  (and  stamped)  envelope (note:  Germany only, for all
other  countries  enclose  postage  separately)  you  will receive new
material and updates from MXM.

Send   new   program  revisions,  comments,  bug  reports,  donations,
unmarried   sisters,   non-poisoned   candy,  home-grown  palm  trees,
horoscopes, promising capital investments, etc.  to:

                          Olaf Barthel, MXM
                          Brabeckstrasse 35
                          D-3000 Hannover 71

                     Federal Republic of Germany

============ Revision history (most recent change first) =============
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V1.0    Does it work? Really? Can't believe it!

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             Do only its possibilities make it an Amiga?

                        WHERE IS THE MAGIC ???