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UltrafontPC V0.9b by Arkanix Labs



UltrafontPC is an application coded in PureBasic to assist in designing hires character sets for the Commodore 64. This Windows application is inspired by the C64 native Ultrafont program by Charles Brannon.

UltrafontPC serves as a companion piece to our CartographPC, an editor used to create maps from hires character sets.

Credits
Adapted from VICZen 0.6a by Mark Thomas Ross (AuMTRoN)
Fixes, changes, and additional code by Andrew Vaisey (aNdy)
Suggestions and Testing: Jon Mines (Moloch), Ray Lejuez (Warlock)

Download
Arkanix Labs
Commodore Scene Database

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

Glad to know that it was coded in PB Andy as a C64 scener myself

majikeyric wrote:Glad to know that it was coded in PB Andy as a C64 scener myself

Yes, have seen your 'name' in various C64 related places...

Started with PB around June last year. What a fantastic language! Hopefully going to create a few other PB coded tools to help with creation of C64 resources.

Work progresses heading towards UltrafontPC V1.0!

Many features requested by users are now already functioning in non-released, working versions (now at V0.9.6). An inbuilt screen editor for testing charsets is currently being coded.

All details in the support forum:
http://www.arkanixlabs.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=76

I appreciate that this application is aimed at a pretty small audience, but *any* comments about it's interface, usability, etc. (or bug reporting!) is welcome from the knowledgable members of the PureBasic forum!

UltrafontPC V1.0 by Arkanix Labs

UltrafontPC has reached V1.0!



UltrafontPC is a PureBasic coded application to assist in designing hires character sets for the Commodore 64. This Windows application is inspired by the c64 native Ultrafont by Charles Brannon.

UltrafontPC serves as a companion piece to our CartographPC, an editor used to create maps from hires character sets.

Changes since UltrafontPC V0.9b (2/23/2017)

Added
- Application window no longer limited to 1975x1124 (experimental)
- Status bar shows hex number of char and which charset is being edited
- Two charsets that can be in memory at same time, are now displayed at bottom of the main editor window
- Import of previously save charset images in PNG/JPG/BMP format. UFPC will import any image, but will resize to 512x128 and reduce to 1bit depth
- Screen editor can switch between U.S. and U.K. keymaps
- Simple screen editor to allow typing test of custom charset/font, with various tools
- Slide up, down, left, right of entire charset without individual char wrap
- Preview of 1x2, 2x1, and 2x2 auto-created fonts in preview window
- Preview window of 1x2, 2x1, and 2x2 fonts can now remain open while editing and edits update instantly in preview window
- If scanline emulation is selected from main menu, this carries over to auto-create preview window
- Brightness of char edit/preview windows selectable (high, medium, low) and state saved to/loaded from ini.
- Flip char vertical / horizontal
- Status bar showing original ROM symbol and number of char being edited
- Dump charset as image to clipboard
- Both x86 and x64 versions available

Changed
- Image dumps now uses name of current file being edited instead of hard-coded filename to avoid image overwrites.

Fixed
- Random crashes when exporting charset as PNG/JPG/BMP image
- Redo no longer crashes when at end of list
- changelog.txt file decodes and displays correctly in 'About' window change log panel

Credits
Adapted from VICZen 0.6a by Mark Thomas Ross (AuMTRoN)
Fixes, changes, and additional code by Andrew Vaisey (aNdy)
Suggestions and Testing: Jon Mines (Moloch), Ray Lejuez (Warlock)

Thanks to all those who made comments and suggestions after V0.9b release!

Download available from the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb)...
http://csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=156195

And I am "AuMTRoN". Will release mine some time Andy (Heard that before? )

oreopa wrote:And I am "AuMTRoN". Will release mine some time Andy (Heard that before? )

And I guessed ages ago it was you by the avatar.

I would like to publicly thank you for the code you did write in UFPC and for unintentionally introducing me to this rather good coding language called PureBasic!

Other applications are in progress!

And we are *still* looking forward to a VICZen release, even if it is in 50 years...

I knew I'd seen this app before... Lemon64 forum!