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Short:Example code for using outline fonts
Author:matsp888 at yahoo.com (Mats Peterson)
Uploader:matsp888 yahoo com (Mats Peterson)
Type:dev/src
Version:1.15
Replaces:dev/src/BulletExamples.lha
Architecture:m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.4
Distribution:Aminet
Date:2019-07-09
Download:http://aminet.net/dev/src/BulletExamples.lha - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/dev/src/BulletExamples.readme
Downloads:3935

Here's some interesting example code dealing with Compugraphic outline
fonts and the Bullet font scaling engine from the 1992 Amiga Mail Vol. 2
article collection. I have modified the code to compile cleanly with
SAS/C 6.58 and to use pragmas and direct library calls rather than
calling the stub routines in amiga.lib.

I have modified the programs to open a new screen. The viewport modes,
bit depth, and background and foreground colors can be set with the
`V=VPModeID', `B=BitDepth' and `C=Colors' command line keywords. The
`V=VPModeID' keyword expects a hexadecimal value. I have included a
small utility called `ListVPModes' that displays a list of available
viewport modes that have a name, and their IDs. The `C=Colors' keyword
expects a six character long hexadecimal value that defines the
background and foreground color RGB triplets. For example, `fff000' sets
a white background and black foreground. The default viewport modes, bit
depth and colors are taken from the Workbench screen.

I have improved `View' somewhat:

- The program supports UCS-2 and UCS-4 encoded text files (use the U=UCS
  command line keyword with 2 or 4 as the value). The Bullet font
  scaling engine is limited to 16-bit code points, though.
- The point size is interpreted as centipoints. So, to set e.g. 14.75
  points, enter 1475.
- The leading (distance between baselines) can be set in percent of the
  point size (default 120).
- The descender (the portion of a glyph that extends below the baseline)
  can be set in percent of the point size (default 25). I wish there would
  be a way to calculate the descender automatically, but that seems to
  take using diskfont.library and OpenDiskFont(). I have made the
  `ViewDiskfont' program mentioned below display some data about the font,
  among them the descender percentage.
- Kerning can optionally be disabled with the N=NoKern command line
  switch.
- Kerning of whitespace can optionally be enabled with the `S=SpcKern'
  command line switch. It's not widely used, however, and it might look
  cramped at times.
- Tabular (non-proportional) figures can optionally be enabled with the
  `T=TabFigs' command line switch.
- The tracking (letter-spacing) can be adjusted with the `R=Tracking'
  command line keyword. The value is percent of the point size, either
  positive or negative.
- Whitespace characters are handled properly.
- The text scrolls up when it reaches the bottom of the window, rather
  than the whole window being cleared.
- The output of the text can be paused/resumed with the Space key, or
  ended with the `q' key.
- The program waits for the user to click the close gadget rather than
  closing the window immediately at the end of the displayed file.

I have added a small program called `ViewChars', that lets you view a
range of Unicode characters. The `StartCode' and `EndCode' command line
arguments are expected to be hexadecimal values. Characters with no
glyph and no width are represented by a white square (U+25A1). The
default range is from U+0021 to U+007E inclusive. For relatively logical
reasons this program doesn't make use of any kerning information.

The statement about the point size being interpreted as centipoints goes
for `ViewChars' and `Rotate' as well.

Outline fonts are supported by diskfont.library in AmigaOS 2.04 (V37)
and up, unfortunately the Text() function doesn't seem to make use of
any kerning information in the font, so if kerning adjustment is desired
it will be necessary to use the Bullet engine directly, and blit to the
raster ourselves, which is also done in the example programs. I have
included an additional program called `ViewDiskfont' that displays a
text string with a chosen font using diskfont.library and the Text()
function for demonstrational purposes. Please note that if you change
the XDPI or YDPI command line argument between invocations, it will be
necessary to use `avail flush' in order to clear any previously
generated font bitmaps from memory.


New in v1.15
------------
    - In `View', whitespace kerning is now once again disabled by
      default. It's not widely used, and it might look somewhat cramped
      at times. Reintroduced the `S=SpcKern' command line switch, which
      now enables whitespace kerning in general.
    - In `View.c', removed the SPCKERN preprocessor macro.

New in v1.14
------------
    - In `View', the "diagnostic" `S=SpcKern' command line switch has
      been removed.
    - In `View.c', added a SPCKERN preprocessor macro that replaces the
      command line switch mentioned above. Also renamed the DEBUG
      preprocessor macro to DISPKERN.

New in v1.13
------------
    - In `View', whitespace kerning is now re-enabled, but only when the
      second character in a kerning pair is a non-whitespace character.
      The main issue in the past was that sometimes (such as with the
      figure `1') extra kerning was added to a glyph when whitespace was
      the second character in a pair, and this kerning value would also
      propagate to each succeeding whitespace character. The `S=SpcKern'
      switch now merely acts as a diagnostic feature to show the
      incorrect whitespace kerning in these isolated cases.

New in v1.12
------------
    - The point size for `View', `ViewChars' and `Rotate' is now
      interpreted as centipoints. So, to set e.g. 14.75 points, enter
      1475.
    - In `View', the tracking (letter-spacing) can now be adjusted with
      the `R=Tracking' command line keyword. The value is percent of the
      point size, either positive or negative.
    - In `View.c', checking for a NULL string pointer was not done
      before calling StrToLong(). Fixed.

New in v1.11
------------
    - In `View', added a `T=TabFigs' command line switch to enable
      tabular (non-proportional) figures.

New in v1.10
------------
    - Due to more problems with the kerning of whitespace than just the
      figure `1' case mentioned below, I've decided to disable it
      altogether by default. Not using whitespace kerning is not
      uncommon, though. Most programs I've seen, both on the Amiga
      platform and otherwise, don't use it. It can be enabled with the
      `S=SpcKern' command line switch if desired.
    - The `O=OneKern' switch has been removed.

New in v1.9
-----------
    - In the `View' program, kerning between the figure `1' and
      whitespace is now disabled by default, since it's rather wonky
      with several fonts for some reason. This kerning can be enabled
      with the `O=OneKern' command line switch. As an example of the
      bad kerning, run `View' with the sample file `Text/BadKern'
      using the `O=OneKern' switch.

New in v1.8
-----------
    - In `View.c', simplified the code for processing UCS-2 and UCS-4
      encoded text.
    - In 'View.c' and 'ViewChars.c', ScrollRaster() is now used to
      scroll the text in the window up, rather than using RectFill() to
      clear the whole window.
    - In `View.c' and `ViewChars.c', the output of the text can be
      paused/resumed with the Space key, or ended with the 'q' key.
    - New file `input.c' that handles IDCMP input.

New in v1.7
-----------
    - Corrected a typo in README; the default code point range in
      `ViewChars' begins at U+0021, not U+0020.
    - Moved the opening of the screen and the window to `window.c'.
    - The programs now make the newly opened screen use the video modes
      of the Workbench screen by default, rather than blindly assuming
      HiRes (640 horizontal pixels).
    - New command line keywords `V=VPModeID', `B=BitDepth' and
      `C=Colors'.
    - A small utility called `ListVPModes' has been included that lists
      available viewport modes that have a name, and their IDs.
    - The `I=Interlace' command line switch has been removed.
    - In `View' and `ViewChars' the descender (the portion of a glyph
      that extends below the baseline) can now be set. I wish there
      would be a way to calculate the descender automatically, but that
      seems to take using diskfont.library and OpenDiskFont(). I have
      made the `ViewDiskfont' program display some data about the font,
      among them the descender percentage.
    - In View.c and ViewChars.c, RectFill() painted over the borders.
      Fixed.
    - Moved the BumpRev revision files to `src/rev'.

New in v1.6
-----------
    - In `ViewChars', the `StartCode' and `EndCode' command line
      arguments are now expected to be hexadecimal values. It's more
      natural to use hexadecimal when dealing with Unicode code points
      after all.

New in v1.5
-----------
    - The sample text files `SampleTextUCS2' and `SampleTextUCS4' in the
      `Text' subdirectory stated that the ff, fi, fl and ffl ligatures
      are located in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A Unicode block. We
      need to get historical here. The Bullet engine was written at a
      time when the Unicode standard was at version 1.0, and these
      ligatures are in fact located in the Unicode 1.0 Private Use Area
      (U+E800-U+FDFF).

New in v1.4
-----------
    - Moved the source code to a `src' subdirectory.
    - Added a command line argument to `View' to set the leading
      (distance between baselines) in percent of the point size (default
      120).
    - `View' now supports UCS-2 and UCS-4 encoded text files.
    - Added a small program called `ViewChars' that lets you view a
      range of Unicode characters.
    - The programs can now be run from Workbench, although you won't be
      able to provide any command line arguments. The default text file
      for `View' is `Text/SampleText'.
    - Now letting the menu bar be visible when opening the window of a
      program.
    - Corrected a statement concerning `ViewDiskfont' in README
      regarding the need to use `avail flush' when changing the command
      line arguments. It only concerns the XDPI and YDPI values.
    - Moved the sample text files to a `Text' subdirectory.
    - Added icons to various files.

New in v1.3
-----------
    - Now using BumpRev to manage revisions. This should have been done
      earlier.
    - Added a note in README about diskfont.library and the Text()
      function seemingly not supporting any kerning information in the
      font. Also included an additional program called `ViewDiskfont'
      that displays a text string with a chosen font using
      diskfont.library and the Text() function for demonstrational
      purposes.

New in v1.2
-----------
    - The programs now open a new screen.
    - New command line switches: `N=NoKern' disables kerning (only
      applicable to `View'), and `I=Interlace' sets interlaced video.
    - The opened window is now made active by using the WA_Activate tag
      in OpenWindowTags() in BulletMain.c and BulletMainFile.c.
    - In View.c, RectFill() didn't fill the whole window. Fixed.
    - In View.c, obtain the width of whitespace characters with
      ObtainInfo() and the OT_WidthList tag, rather than just using 1/4
      em as the width. Also adjust the kerning of whitespace.


Contents of dev/src/BulletExamples.lha
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[generic]                10033   29043  34.5% -lh5- d342 Aug 18  1992 BulletExamples/Bullet.txt
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[generic]                  272     632  43.0% -lh5- c014 Jun  1 07:27 BulletExamples/Original.info
[generic]                 2815    9121  30.9% -lh5- 15a8 Dec 18  1992 BulletExamples/Original/BulletMain.c
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[generic]                 2162    4690  46.1% -lh5- 99e4 Jul  9 03:22 BulletExamples/README
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