Font Explorer (Amiga)

Highlights:

• View any bitmap or colour bitmap font, from anywhere
• Assign the directory you want to use
• Shows font sizes up to 133 point.
• Shows AaBc, a line of text, and a line of symbols.
• Move Up and Down the list with the Arrow Keys!
• Install any font from anywhere to Sys:Fonts with one button.
• Delete any font from its current location via pulldown menu 
• Expand the screen area to see longer example text
• Return to Sys:Fonts with the touch of one button.
• Opens in a 320x200 window, for full NTSC compatibility.

Why?

While making Graphic Designer, it was a struggle to see all of the fonts on my hard drive. I wanted to be able to stroll down a list of all of my fonts, in Sys:Fonts, but also in any other directories, and to see a preview by pressing up and down on the arrow keys. I wanted to select any font, and install it to my Sys:fonts folder by pressing one button. The selected font could then be imported back into Graphic Designer. So I broke off making that to make this.

What does it do?

The tool reads in whatever the assigned Fonts: path is, and loads it up. It displays the fonts in the list in a small window, or by expanding the screen, in a big window. You can assign a new Fonts: path with the top button. You can install any font from anywhere to Sys:Fonts with the Bottom Button. You can return to Sys:Fonts with the middle button. There is also a hidden Delete function in the pulldown menu.

WARNING:

Because the tool re-paths the Fonts: path, it means any other programs which rely on those fonts to be assigned correctly might break or crash. So it is important to only use this tool when no other apps are running. And dont run any apps while the tool is running. The CLOSE button will re-assign Fonts: back to Sys:fonts again for you on exit.

Why Two Versions?

The Command version is the complied code for the tool, but will only work on machines with the CanDo.library already in Libs. The WB `Tool` version already contains the CanDo.library, so it should run from anywhere without needing installation.  However, if Assign, MakeDir, Delete and Copy are not present in c:, then those functions wont work in either version.

Will the app install all font sizes?

Yes, it copies all of the contents of the folder, plus the .font file, to Sys:Fonts.

When I make the window smaller, it messes it up.

If you minimise the window area, the app will struggle to refresh. To fix this, select the Reset Window option from the pulldown menu, and then make the screen area bigger.

I made the window big, but now it is reset to small?

The window will reset back to 320x200 each time the assigned Fonts: path is changed, or when you install or delete anything. This is normal.

I press Up and Down arrows and only the pointer moves?

This is sometimes a quirk of UAE. Press the Right Shift, Right Amiga and Right Alt with the arrow keys until the screen pointer stops moving. Then click on the tool and the up and down should now be working.

Changelog:
V1.00 - Initial release
V1.01 - Directory requester bigger, Bad dir = Error Message
V1.01.GER - A special German version called Schriftarten Explorer.
V1.1 - Border fix, memory protection, memory printed on screen.
V1.1b - Fixed a font flush bug, added flushing options.