Intellifont

The Intellifont utility, which is in the System drawer on the Workbench disk, manages Intellifont outline fonts on your Amiga. Intellifont installs new outline fonts on your system, specifies new sizes for existing fonts, and deletes fonts that are not longer needed. Intellifont also allows you to create bitmap versions of any size outline font that can be used in applications that do not support outline fonts directly. These fonts load faster since they are not computed every time they are used.

Intellifont can use Agfa Compugraphic fonts from MS-DOS FAIS disks, as well as font disks for the Amiga. Since standard Compugraphic FAIS disks are in MS-DOS format, CrossDOS, an Amiga Bridgeboard, or other MS-DOS emulator must be used to convert the files to AmigaDOS format. When the fonts are properly installed, they are available to any application programs that can use them.

Installing Outline Fonts

Figure 8-3 illustrates the Intellifont window.

Figure 8-3.

Intellifont Window

Note:

On-line Help is available in Intellifont at all times by pressing the Help key. Click on the various items in the Intellifont window for an explanation of their function. Press Esc to exit Intellifont Help.

To install an outline font:

1. Enter the complete path to the fonts you want to install in the Outline Font Source text gadget or select the file folder gadget next to it to open a file requester. The path should end with the directory that contains the outline typeface .type files.
2. Select OK and the Source Typefaces scroll gadget displays the available outline fonts in that directory.
3. Verify that you want to install the fonts in the drawer displayed in the Destination Font Drawer text gadget. If you have more than one font directory set up in your FONTS: assign path, use the Fonts: Path Component cycle gadget to switch between them. A non-assigned directory can also be entered. (In this case, the cycle gadget displays Not in Fonts: Path.) The contents of the Destination Font Drawer are shown in the Existing Fonts and Typefaces scroll gadget. Outline fonts are indicated with a small bullet (o) on the right in the scroll window.
4. In the Source Typefaces display, click on each typeface to be installed. A plus sign (+) indicates selection.
5. Select the Install Marked Typefaces gadget to copy the typefaces to the Destination Font Drawer.
6. Select the Modify Existing Typefaces gadget to add or delete point sizes for any of the outline fonts listed in the source typeface display.

Modifying Outline Fonts

using the Modify Existing Typefaces window, you can create or remove point sizes and bitmap images for a typeface. The window, illustrated in Figure 8-4, lists the typefaces and sizes available in the drawer you selected on the Intellifont window.

Figure 8-4.

Modify Existing Typefaces Window

Click on the typeface you want to modify. Use the gadget in the lower half of the screen to:

Delete Typeface	Select one of the Existing Outline Typefaces. The selected typeface moves to the display box. Click on the Delete Typeface gadget.
Add Size	Enter a new size into the Size display box and choose the Add Size gadget.
Delete Size	Select a size or enter one into the Size display box and choose the Delete Size gadget.
Create Bitmap	Creates a bitmap font based on the selected outline typeface and size. If you routinely use one size, create a bitmap for it. Note that this can use a large amount of disk space.
Delete Bitmap	Deletes the bitmap file for the size displayed. The size is still available as an outline font.
Perform Changes	Saves your changes.
Cancel	Returns to the original Intellifont window.

The Close gadget closes the Intellifont windows and exits the program.

Keyboard shortcut: Instead of selecting the gadgets previously described, press the initial letter of the gadget (underlined on the display).