Short:        The best ColorFont Creator (demo)
Author:       classx@pisoft.it (ClassX Development)
Uploader:     classx pisoft it (Michele Puccini)
Type:         gfx/edit
Version:      2.x
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

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   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.

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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.

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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;

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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...

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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.

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