★ APPLICATIONS ★ CREATION GRAPHIQUE ★ CHANGE YOUR CHARACTER (HOME COMPUTING WEEKLY) ★ |
| Change your Character (Home Computing Weekly) | Applications Creation Graphique |
The increasing popularity of the Amstrad is inevitably leading to an influx of useful programs. This Character Generator program by Darren Matthews is one such example This program for the Amstrad CPC464 computer allows you to design your own characters. Character numbers 124-255 can be re-defined — giving a total of 132 re-definable characters. Characters are designed on an 8 x 8 grid using keys 1 to 8 to turn a dot on or off, and keys 9 and 0 to move the cursor which is shown as a 'greater than' sign. A hi-res display constantly shows what the character looks like. When you have finished your character, press the 'ENTER' key and it will be stored as the character you wanted. Press 'N' to redefine a new character. Your characters can be saved onto tape, but before you load them into your program you must enter 'SYMBOL AFTER 124'. Many useful routines are included in the program, for instance: rotate through 90 deg.; mirrors; inverse and edit. All instructions needed are shown on the screen.
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