ASCII Chart 4.2 Docs

ASCII CHART DA 4.2 DOCS Purpose: ASCII Chart (AC) is a tool that makes it easy to see all characters in a font at a glance, display a character’s ordinal value and what it considers the best way to generate it, copy specific character(s) to the clipboard, and send font samples to a file or printer. Note that while characters from the selected font are displayed on the chart, Geneva is used for character information on the right side of the window. Installation: System 6.0.x users (or those using earlier systems) may install AC into their System file using the Font/DA Mover or open it with a utility like Suitcase II or Master Juggler. System 7 users should open the suitcase file and drag AC out of it. AC may then be placed into the Apple Menu folder or System file, or used as a “double-clickable” application. The suitcase file can be trashed once AC has been dragged out of it. System 7.0 should display a cool, custom icon for AC. If it uses a generic icon, you may need to change AC’s file Type to “dfil” and file Creator to “ASC4” using ResEdit, DiskTop, Vantage, McSink, or any other utility capable of altering “Finder Information.” Then rebuild the desktop (and lose “Get Info” comments…) or try copying AC to another disk, delete the original, and then copy back. Basic Usage: Choosing the “ASCII Chart” from the Apple menu causes a window to be opened and adds the “Chart” menu to the menu bar. This menu contains three hierarchical menus, and the names of currently installed fonts. The window is filled with a chart displaying all 256 chars or a font sample, depending on what was in use the last time AC was used. Type a character, click on a character’s cell, or paste up to 512 characters from the clipboard. Option-click on a character to copy it to the clipboard or use the standard cut/copy commands to copy the currently selected character. Hold down the shift key when cutting/copying to append a character to existing clipboard text. Pasting more than one character causes each character to highlight in sequence. Click the mouse or press a key after a paste to abort this display. Hold down the shift key during a paste to speed the display. Press the command key to display the currently selected character at 72 point; depress the caps lock key to show the base line. Click on the right side of the window (not on the chart) to display basic usage info; shift-click to see the info displayed in the selected font and size. Click in the zoom box when the chart is shown to resize the window to show/hide the character information area on the right. Hold down the shift, command, or option key when clicking in the zoom box to move the window to the upper left of the main window. Page 2 Menu Items: Choose a font’s name in the Chart menu to cause that font to be displayed. Press command-plus to choose the next font in the menu or command-minus for the previous font; add the shift key to choose the last or…