Modify characters
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With an RFF font file open:
| • | Click Modify from the menu bar. |
FONTEDIT shows the character glyphs positioned in a regular grid see Recode font. Initially, the window is displayed "maximized" – you may click 
to switch to a re-sizable window.
| 1. | To change the scale at which the characters are displayed click View on the menu-bar then choose one of these options: |
| o | 100% |
| o | 50% |
| o | 33% |
| o | 25% |
| o | Custom zoom: enter a scaling factor (as a percentage) then press Enter key or click Yes. |
| 2. | To overlay the bounding box and baseline to show the position of each character within its cell, e.g.  , tick Show cell. |
| 3. | Select character(s): see Rearrange character codes. (Selected characters are shown highlighted on a cyan background.) |
| 4. | To delete the selected character(s), click Delete. To bring back deleted character(s), click Restore. |
| 5. | To modify selected character(s), click Edit... or right-click to display the pop-up menu. Select an Edit option: see below. |
| 6. | Click OK. |
Option |
Action applied to selected character(s) |
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Copy character(s) and delete them from the font. The first character in the selection is put on the clipboard as an image, so can be edited by a painting program or image modification program such as |
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Copy character(s). The first character in the selection is also put on the clipboard. |
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Paste character or range of characters from the clipboard into the font, overwriting any existing character(s) in the selected range. May also be used to paste a black and white image into a character's raster. Note: You will be prompted to apply the old character width to the new character (Yes) or to use the width of the pasted image (No). |
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Delete the selected character(s). |
DELETE or DEL |
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Select all characters present in the font. |
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Deselect all characters. |
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Prompts for a number of pixels and then: |
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...moves character(s) up in the cell, |
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...moves character(s) down in the cell, |
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...moves character(s) left in the cell, |
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...moves character(s) right in the cell. |
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Prompts for: |
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...an enlargement factor (<=10.0), |
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...a reduction factor (<=10.0). |
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Prompts for a number of pixels and then: |
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...extends the character cell to the left, |
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...extends the character cell to the right, |
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...extends the character cell at both sides, |
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...sets the escapement, |
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...centers the black portion of the character, |
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...forces the character to fit in the width, scaling down if necessary, |
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...forces the specified amount of white space above the black area, |
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...forces the black area to be specified amount above the baseline (can be negative). |
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Enter a number n to slant selected character(s) by 1 in n: the top of the character(s) will be tilted to the right and may extend out of the cell. |
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Make selected character(s) bolder. |
BOLDEN or BOLD |
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Make selected character(s) lighter. |
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Enter a number n (between 1 and 9) to draw selected character(s) as a hollow outline n dots thick. |
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Rotate n right-angles counterclockwise; black areas of characters may extend out of the cell. |
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Reflect selected character(s) left-to-right. |
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Black parts of selected character(s) become white and white parts become black. |
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Displays the Console window listing the width, size and offsets of black area(s) of all selected character(s). |
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Enter a command, for example: RIGHT 3 then click Yes. (You may be prompted for sub-options, see Batch processing commands Syntax for details.) |
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