JOYTemplate for Footer group  hXX/kIz k phlI Y%z kZ-KiZ-K N"զI` {x R< N"զI` {x R<L$ЦIz yx UL$ЦIz xx UL$ЦIz x UL$ЦIz ~x UL$ЦIz }x UL$ЦIz |x UL$ЦIz sx UL$ЦIz rx UModern ++Y"ټKۺ[X۹:ѩںRj}[Yq˫˻"wDd9r99̷ܻۛYgͻںۻɫۻʘ٩۫٘ xScript 1: 0x R<  DatabasetoNewsdeskx xScript 1: 0x R<  &KPage=== :(c)copyright1989byGeoffBuckeridge xScript 1: 0x R<  DatabasetoNewsdesk(cont)x xScript 1: 0x R<  &KPage=== :(c)copyright1989byGeoffBuckeridgex xScript 1: 0x R<  Thisprogramconvertsfontsdesignedtorunon'TheDesktopPublisher',sothat  %theycanbeusedon'NewsdeskInternational'.Youmust,ofcourse,owncopies=ofbothDTP's,andusethisprogramonlytoconvertfontsforyourownuse.  CopyBASIC.COM,D2N.BAS,andnomorethanaboutthreeorfourDatabasefonts totheMdrive.FromtheMprompttype:BASICD2N.Fromnowonyou YBareundercontrolofD2Nandwillbepromptedforthenameofthefileyou wishtoconvert.Donotincludetheextensionwhichwillbeassumedtobe.FNTthenormalextensionfortheDatabasefiles.  Theprogramthenplodsonreading,rearrangingandrewritingthefont.  Althoughquiteslow,eachfonttakesabout30minutestodo,youareconstantly .keptinformedofwhatisgoingon.Italsodisplayseachcharacteronscreeninlargeformat.  0Whenithasfinishedconverting,theNewsdeskfontwillhavea.NEWextension. bKCarryonchangingasmanyfontsasyouwanttodoatthissession.Then 5copythesenewonestoyourNewsdeskdiscforchecking.Makesurethatthe &newfilesontheNewsdeskdiscarerenamedwith.FNTextensions.Thiscanbedonewithonecommand,similarto:PIPA:ITALIC.FNT=M:ITALIC.NEW.  `5NowfireupNewsdeskInternationalandgostraighttothe'EditFont'menu.  Chooseoneofthenewfontsandeditanycharacterforstarters.The  ^Gcharacteryouchosewillbedisplayedinthreenormalsizesandanenlarged ~version.PressL2andtheentiresetwillbeshownonscreenforyoutoinspect.P xScript 1: 0x R<  YouwillseethatD2Nmadecertainassumptionsabouteachcharacterbeforeit convertedit.Forinstanceallwerepushedasfarleft,onthematrix,asthey ! wouldgo.Mostwerealsopushedasfardownonthematrixastheywouldgo, withtheexceptionof,forinstance<,=,and>whichhavebeenleftfloating. Somefinishingtouchesareneeded.Likecharssimilartog,j,p,qandy,need  s\thedecenderpositionchanged,bymovingthecursortothatpositionandpressing'D'.  uTheoriginalfontwouldhaveconvertedbeautifullytoa32x32gridand M6Newsdeskonlyhasa30x32grid.Suchislife.Nevermindtheonlychars effectedarethoseverytalloneslikethebrackets[{()}],wheresometimesthetopgetschoppedoff.Thesewillhavetobemendedusingtheeditfeature. Itisalsoassumedthatonlythetwolargestfontswillbereadable,sothe12pt fontislockedout.DisplayallthreefontsusingL1,L2,andL3,andmakeany alterationsthatmaybenecessary.Ifthe12ptfontisuseablethenpressA1 andalterthedefaultspacingvaluestotheonesyouwant.AlsocheckA2,and  C,A3,especially'LineSpacing'whichshouldbe1,2and4,respectively.Havea1lookatthevaluesinthefileDEFAULT.FNTifyouarenotsure.  ,ThisprogramwillmaketheexcellentfontsthatcomewithDesktopavailableto aJyourcopyofNewsdesk.ImayatsometimedevelopaN2Dprogramtohelp   redressthebalance.BothDTP'shavethereownstrengthsandweaknessesandIfindusesforeachoftheminturn.