I followed the link to
http://www.high-logic.com/scanahand/cus ... lates.html and found a template which had greek.xml as its name.
This was interesting as until now I had thought of templates as being graphic files.
I then tried some experiments with producing custom templates and then decided to try to produce some publishable files and some notes.
Here is the transcript from my notes.
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Wednesday 5 November 2008
07:53 am
Start Scanahand 2.0
Tools Template Editor... Add
Enter the following in the Name filed.
from_exclamation_to_tilde
Uncheck the Include signature checkbox.
Click on the Code Points panel selector.
Delete everything on the panel.
Add the following to the panel.
33-126
Click on the Characters panel selector.
Click on the Code Points panel selector.
The contents of the panel are displayed as follows.
$21-$7E
That is the 33-126 expressed as hexadecimal numbers.
Click OK
Save the template as a gif file with the following file name.
from_exclamation_to_tilde.gif
Tools Template Editor...
Select the from_exclamation_to_tilde template.
Export...
Save
The following file has been produced.
from_exclamation_to_tilde.xml
Open the from_exclamation_to_tilde.xml file using WordPad.
Open the from_exclamation_to_tilde.gif file using Paint.
08:14 am
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I uploaded the files to the web.
Here are the links.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/f ... _tilde.xml
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/f ... _tilde.gif
I have not filled in the template nor produced a font using the template, so the files are untested.
Some readers might like to try to use the template and to try to produce one or more fonts. This would be a good test of whether the template files which I have produced are satisfactory. Feedback is welcome please.
There are a number of blank cells in this template. Another template which included the "from exclamation to tilde" range of characters could use the extra cells for other characters. If it were desired to produce a font with just the "from exclamation to tilde" range included in the font then those extra cells could be left blank when the other cells had pen marks made in them.
William Overington
5 November 2008