From: 3srf@qlink.queensu.ca (Steve Frampton) Subject: Tips on the new JWP vertical printing font Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 17:04:34 GMT Organization: Queen's University Konnichi wa: As many of you may already know, there is a new file on ftp.monash.edu.au called jwpvfont.zip, which will convert your JWP fonts to allow vertical printing. Having done the conversion, and ending up with fantastic results after some twiddling, I'd like to offer the following tips: - Only convert the font(s) you use for printing. Then rename the resulting .F0 files back to knnxnnV.f00 (where the nn's are the original size, eg. 48). Therefore I now have k48x48.f00 for normal horizontal printing, and k48x48v.f00 for vertical printing. - Add this new font information to your jwp.ini file as detailed in the jwpfont.doc file included with the utility. Remember to change the printing font # to use the new vertical font. - In JWP, your kanji font list will look confusing. There will be *two* 48 x 48 (or whatever size you converted) fonts, both of which appear in the menu identically, but they are both different fonts (horz. & vert.). - Set up your printer to produce landscape text. Also, you may need to experience with your margins to allow perfect printing of vertical text on 8.5"x11" paper. - Try to print a test document, to see how things look. Please note that printing worked *perfectly* on my Okidata OL400e laser printing, but on a friends Canon BJ200 bubble printer, we couldn't landscape (although we could still vertically print). - Now, finally, the twiddling part. You need to go in and edit the new font with JWPFONT. In my example, JWPFONT K48X48V.F00 /E would allow me to edit my 48x48 vertical font. Some of the characters, although they rotated with the rest of them, still look out of place when used vertically. We need to move them around. - All the fonts are in JIS standard order. Most Japanese wordprocessors come with a manual detailing the order of characters. You need to edit the Japanese period (small circle), comma (goes from top left to bottom right), colon, hyphen, all 10 small hiraganas, and 10 katakanas out of 12 (do *not* edit the small katakana "ka" or "ke" - they are fine as is). - For the period and comma, hiraganas, and katakanas, use the and keys to shift the characters to the top left of the screen. Leave about a 2 dot (left) and 4 dot (top) margin. - For the colon, move it to the very left of the screen, and then add a 3rd dot on the very right. Now it will look like the vertical form of "...". - For the hyphen, you need to rotate the font with . This is used in foreign words, like "bi-ru", "pa-tei", etc. Now the characters will look more "natural" when printed with other characters in a vertical format. For those people who do not wish to engage in these edits, please drop me a line @ 3srf@qlink.queensu.ca. I will send a copy of my final font in .ZIP format. Jim Breen, if you're out there, would you consider adding this to the JWP package? --< MAKE MONEY FAST!!! Contact Dave Rhodes for details. >-- Steve Frampton E-mail: <3srf@qlink.queensu.ca>