{"id":757,"date":"2014-04-29T21:40:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T05:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/?p=757"},"modified":"2014-07-17T13:18:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T21:18:59","slug":"tdf-thedraw-fonts-file-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/tdf-thedraw-fonts-file-tool\/","title":{"rendered":".TDF TheDraw Fonts File Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After my blog post about the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/thedraw-fonts-file-tdf-specifications\/\" target=\"_blank\"> .TDF Fonts file specification<\/a> is decided to write a little tool myself. I also have a large collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/thedrawfonts-tdf.html\" target=\"_blank\">TheDraw ANSI fonts<\/a> to check out. The Editor &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/roy-sac_downloads_links.html#ansedit\" target=\"_blank\">TheDraw<\/a>&#8221; is also available for download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/roy-sac_downloads_links.html#ansedit\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. To be able to run the Editor, you require an emulator for MS-DOS. I recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/roy-sac_downloads_links.html#emus\" target=\"_blank\">DOSBOX<\/a>, which is also available for download in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/roy-sac_downloads_links.html#emus\" target=\"_blank\">my downloads section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>.TDF<\/strong> Files are font files for <strong>TheDraw<\/strong>, the <strong>ANSI Text Editor<\/strong> for MS-DOS. The Editor comes with a tool for managing .TDF files called <em>TDFONTS.EXE<\/em>, but my tool provides some features that are not provided by the original tool. Also my tool is for Windows, meaning that you don&#8217;t need an MS DOS Emulator like <em>DOSBOX<\/em> etc. to run it.<\/p>\n<h1>Main Tool Window<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blogimages\/TDFTOOL_Main.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>The Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Instant <strong>Preview<\/strong> of the Font(s) (80&#215;25 and 80&#215;50 mode are available)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Re-Arrange<\/strong> Order of Fonts in Collection (Including Sorting Fonts by Title)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add\/Remove<\/strong> Fonts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rename<\/strong> FontsSimply double-click on the title column of the font.<br \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blogimages\/TDFTOOL_ChangeTitle.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Change <strong>Spacing<\/strong>Simply double-click on the spacing column of the font.<br \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blogimages\/TDFTOOL_ChangeSpace.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Change Font Type: &#8220;<strong>Outline<\/strong>&#8221; to &#8220;<strong>Color<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>Block<\/strong>&#8220;, &#8220;<strong>Block<\/strong>&#8221; to &#8220;<strong>Color<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>Color<\/strong>&#8221; to &#8220;<strong>Block<\/strong>&#8220;Simply double-click on the Type column of the font.<br \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blogimages\/TDFTOOL_ChangeType.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Create<\/strong> a Fonts Collection of all your TheDraw fonts and save it as .TDFX proprietary Collection File<\/li>\n<li><strong>Save<\/strong> Collection as .TDF Fonts File Collection<\/li>\n<li><strong>Export<\/strong> Individual Fonts as .TDF Fonts File<\/li>\n<li><strong>Export<\/strong> Font Preview as Image or Text<br \/> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Supported Image Formats:<\/span><br \/> <i>.PNG, .BMP, .JPG, .ICO, .GIF, .TIF, .EMF, .WMF<\/i><br \/> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Supported Text Formats:<\/span><br \/> <i>.ANS, .ASC, .PCB, .WC2, .WC3, .AVT, .BIN<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>The Settings Screen<\/h1>\n<h1> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/blogimages\/TDFTOOL_Settings.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/roy-tools\/tdf-fonts-tool.html\" target=\"_blank\">.TDF Fonts Tool<\/a> is available for download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roysac.com\/roy-tools\/tdf-fonts-tool.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the download package is also a collection of <strong>145<\/strong> TheDraw fonts in <strong>.TDFX<\/strong> format.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you like it.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Carsten aka Roy\/SAC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my blog post about the .TDF Fonts file specification is decided to write a little tool myself. 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