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<TITLE>Bitmap Character View</TITLE>
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<H1 ALIGN=Center>
Bitmap Character View
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<IMG SRC="BitmapView.png" WIDTH="254" HEIGHT="273">
<P>
The bitmap view is vaguely similar to the <A HREF="charview.html">outline
view</A>. It is also designed for editing character shapes, but here bitmap
character shapes.
<P>
At the top of the view is a small region showing an unmagnified view of the
character, to the right of that are two information displays, the first shows
the current location of the mouse pointer, and the second shows (if the mouse
button has been depressed and not released yet) the offset from the place
where the mouse was pressed to the current pointer location. The coordinate
system here is in pixels with the origin at the character's origin. Next
to this is a button (here truncated) that allows you to recalculate the bitmap
(rasterize the outline and place the result in the window for editing).
<P>
Underneath is the main display, showing the bits in the image, the outline
of the character and a grid.
<H2>
<A NAME="Layers">Layers</A>
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<IMG SRC="bvlayers.png" WIDTH="77" HEIGHT="77">
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There are three layers to the bitmap view, the bitmap itself, the outline
character and the grid lines. You are always editing in the bitmap layer
so there is no control over what layer is editable, just which ones are visible.
<H2>
<A NAME="Tools">Tools</A>
</H2>
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<IMG SRC="bvtools.png" WIDTH="57" HEIGHT="83">
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There are only six tools on the bitmap palette (there are some others available
by right clicking in the view, this generates a popup menu.
<P>
The pointer tool allows you to select a region of the screen, and move it
around or copy it (a copy when nothing is selected copies the entire bitmap).
The arrow keys will also move the selection around.
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The if you click with the magnifying tool the view is magnified, centered
around the point at which you clicked. If you hold down the Meta (or Alt)
key during the click then the view will be minified.
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The pencil tool allows you to set or clear bits. If you depress the mouse
button then the pencil will toggle the bit under the cursor, if you then
drag it over other bits they will be set if the first bit was set, and cleared
if the first was cleared.
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The line tool (the pencil with the line beside it) will draw straight lines.
It behaves like the pencil tool on whether it sets or clears a line. The
Shift key does not constrain this window.
<P>
The four-arrow tool moves the entire bitmap.
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The hand scrolls the screen.
<H3>
Additional tools from the popup menu.
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<UL>
<LI>
Draw an open rectangle
<LI>
Draw a filled rectangle
<LI>
Draw an open ellipse
<LI>
Draw a filled ellipse
<LI>
Rotate the bitmap 90° Counter Clockwise.
<LI>
Rotate it 90° Clockwise.
<LI>
Rotate it 180°.
<LI>
Flip it horizontally
<LI>
Flip it vertically.
<LI>
Set Width<BR>
This is only available if there is no outline font (ie. if you opened a bdf
file directly).<BR>
It sets the width (character advance) of the bitmap.
</UL>
<P>
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