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<TITLE>BDF Info (Properties) Dialog</TITLE>
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BDF Info Dialog
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<IMG SRC="bdfinfo.png" WIDTH="446" HEIGHT="476" ALT="BDF Info dialog" ALIGN="Right">If
your font contains bitmaps you may want control over the BDF Properties
associated with those bitmaps. Each pixel size (bitmap strike) has its own
set of properties.
<P>
The X11 consortium has defined certain conventional properties and defines
their meaning in the
<A HREF="http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.5.0/doc/xlfd.txt">X Long Font
Descriptor</A> specification.
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When you first create a bitmap strike (with
<A HREF="elementmenu.html#Bitmaps">Element->Bitmaps Available</A>) it
will have no properties associated with it. If you then generate a bdf file
based on that FontForge will give you some default properties.
<P>
You may view these default properties in this dialog by pressing the
<CODE>[Default All] </CODE>button -- this will remove any current properties
(except for <CODE><A HREF="#res-y">RESOLUTION_Y</A></CODE>) and replace them
with the defaults that FontForge calculates).
<P>
You may select any property and press the <CODE>[Default This] </CODE>button
to find its default value (There are some properties that FontForge cannot
default, you'll have to figure these out yourself).
<P>
You may use the <CODE>[Delete] </CODE>button to remove a property.
<P>
You may use the up and down arrows buttons to move the selected property
up or down in the list (as far as I know, there is no functional reason for
doing this, but if your esthetics prefer a different ordering you may enforce
it).
<P>
To change a property name depress the mouse on it. You should get a list
of all standard properties. At the bottom of the property list is a special
line labeled "New...", clicking on it brings up the same popup menu and allows
you to create a new property.
<P>
To change the value of a property, click in the value field and type in the
new version.
<P>
To select a property without bringing up the popup menu or the editing field,
click on the extreme left of the property.
<P>
The one essential <A NAME="res-y">property</A> that FontForge can't always
guess correctly is the resolution (in particular <CODE>RESOLUTION_Y</CODE>).
When you press <CODE>[Default All] </CODE>FontForge will retain the current
value of this property and base the others on it.
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