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Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font??

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>I cooked-up an example.
>
>%!
>%customchar.ps
>%Example replaces the space char (using ASCII decimal code)
>%with a big black 'em'-square
>
>/q{0 0 moveto 1 0 lineto 1 1 lineto 0 1 lineto closepath}def
>
>/X<</FontType 3/FontBBox[0 0 1 1]/FontMatrix[1 0 0 1 0 0]
>    /Encoding StandardEncoding
>    /BuildChar{ % font char(int)
>        exch pop
>        dup 32 eq { pop
>            1 0 0 0 1 1 setcachedevice
>            q fill
>        }{
>            /Times-Roman 1 selectfont
>            (?) dup 0 4 3 roll put dup stringwidth %(?) Wx Wy
>            0 0 1 1 setcachedevice
>            0 0 moveto
>            show
>        }ifelse
>    }
>>>definefont pop
>
>/X 30 selectfont
>
>100 300 moveto
>(Modified Font?) show
>

Thanks for saving people some programming.

I will save this post for possible future use.

But first a probably insulting question: you did TEST
the code?

(I ask only because so many cs textbooks include program
after program (source) that won't even compile, perhaps
even in the human brain!)

David

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Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? Ramon F Herrera <ramon@conexus.net> - 2012-07-16 12:07 -0700
  Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? Bill <billsrrempire@gmail.com> - 2012-07-16 12:29 -0700
  Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? Character <Char@cters.bold.italic> - 2012-07-16 17:20 -0700
  Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-07-16 20:51 -0700
    Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) - 2012-08-13 13:15 +0000
      Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-13 15:54 -0700
    Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) - 2012-08-13 13:48 +0000
      Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-16 03:09 -0700
        Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) - 2012-09-24 06:21 +0000
          How to do Algebraic Mode in PS like the HP does? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 22:48 -0500
            Re: How to do Algebraic Mode in PS like the HP does? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 00:57 -0500
              Re: How to do Algebraic Mode in PS like the HP does? Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss@alumni.tu-berlin.de> - 2012-09-30 22:40 +0200
                Re: How to do Algebraic Mode in PS like the HP does? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 12:32 -0500
              Re: How to do Algebraic Mode in PS like the HP does? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 01:40 -0500
                Re: How to do Algebraic Mode in PS like the HP does? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 00:51 -0500
                Re: How to do Algebraic Mode in PS like the HP does? "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 04:43 -0500
  Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? SaGS <sags5495@gmail.com> - 2012-08-13 20:04 -0700
  Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? John Deubert <john@acumentraining.com> - 2012-08-21 06:48 -0700
    Re: Is it possible to replace 1 custom character in a font?? dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) - 2012-09-24 06:23 +0000

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