Giga-Text

GIGATEXT


by Rick O'Neill


from Your Sinclair, August 1989





Text utilities aren't exactly new to Pitstop, but here's one that'll


blow your lips off. For not only will Rick O'Neill's masterpiece print


in characters four (yes, four) times the usual size, it will do it in


any of eight (that's right, eight) different styles. And all with the


grace and speed that only 100% Machine Code can provide.





What's more, it's unbelievably easy to use. Just type in the Basic


loader/demo and save it with SAVE "GIGA TEXT" LINE 10. Then type in


the Hex Listing with the Hex Loader, and save it after the first part.


It really is that simple, folks.





Finer Details


On reloading the program you see a quick demonstration, and then it's


over to you. First, choose a style of text, from one to eight. These


are as follows:





1. Bold


2. Outlined


3. Light shadow


4. Heavy shadow


5. Bold offset


6. Outlined offset


7. Outlined bold


8. Inline





Then, define a string M$. Say, for instance, you wanted to print


"Rooibostea", outlined, at a position 75 pixels across and 63 pixels


down. You'd type in:


LET M$=CHR$ 75+CHR$ 63+"2Rooibostea"


and then:


RANDOMIZE USR 65000


to print it. Et, well, voila!





Now, who's going to write Tera Text?