<HTML> <HEAD> <!-- Created with AOLpress/2.0 --> <!-- AP: Created on: 14-Jan-2006 --> <!-- AP: Last modified: 14-Jan-2006 --> <TITLE>BDF Info (Properties) Dialog</TITLE> <LINK REL="icon" href="fftype16.png"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="FontForge.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id="in"> <H1 ALIGN=Center> BDF Info Dialog </H1> <P> <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. <P> 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. </DIV> </BODY></HTML>