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Name: Background menu The Background menu contains functions to manage options of the imported background. Name: Import Background Use the Import to import a background for your SimpleFont project. A background can be:
Name: Update Background This function is useful if you are editing the background image in an external program while working in SimpleFont. Use Update to update the background found in an external file. Name: Drop Background Use Drop to remove the background image. Name: Change background properties If you have imported a font as background, the imported font properties dialog lets you setup the font as background:
When a font file is chosen, SimpleFont displays the glyph of the character selected in the character selection grid for background. If you have imported an image as background, the Background properties dialog lets you setup the image as background:
If the imported background contains dark pixels, it is useful to select a different pattern color in View | Change Pattern color to clearly see the character drawn. Name: Scale background Use Scale background to free transform the background image. After selecting this menu item, a dashed line will be displayed around the background. The background image can be resized by moving the mouse over the dashed line and dragging it to the appropriate size. Name: Move Background Use Move background to move the background. This tool moves the background as you drag the mouse over it. When the background is joined with the character points, this tool works like the pan tool. When the background is not joined with the character points, this tool only moves the background. Name: Join with character points Use Join with character points to connect the font you are editing to the background image. After joining you can move them together. Name: Disjoin with character points Use disjoin with character points to detach the font you are editing from the background image. Name: Move forward Use Move forward to move the background image above the character you are editing. Name: Push back Use Push back to move the background image under the character you are editing. Name: Background On Use Background On to make the imported background visible. Name: Background Off Use Background Off to make the imported background invisible. Name: Trace Use Trace to trace background for the current character. To use the Trace tool you may set up the trace color first by using the Color picker tool. The tracing method and the color threshold can be setup on the Tracing properties window. Name: Trace all Use Trace all to trace background for all characters. This function can be used with TTF backgrounds. The progress of tracing will be displayed on the status bar. The tracing of a whole font project may take several minutes. To stop it, press the Esc key. Use the Color picker tool. to set the tracing color. The tracing method and the color threshold can be modified on the Tracing properties window. Name: Tracing properties When the background contains gradient fills, for effective tracing you should set the threshold value. Use the Tracing properties dialog to set the threshold value with the slider. The higher the value the higher the tolerance. On the Tracing Properties dialog you can choose between two tracing algorithms. The algorithm to choose depends on the background image complexity and quality. |
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