Outline Font to Draw File Converter
by Glynn Clements

Note: This application requires outline fonts to be available.

This program allows a Draw file to be generated in which a line of text is
converted into a set of Draw path objects.

When run, the program adds an icon to the icon bar. Clicking Menu over this
icon displays a menu containing six options. Info and Quit have their usual
significance. Font leads to a submenu allowing a font to be selected from
the available list. Size leads to a writeable menu allowing the Font size to
be entered in points. Text leads to a writeable menu allowing a text string
to be entered, of up to 256 characters in length.

The Save entry leads to the usual 'Save as:' dialogue box, allowing the Draw
file to be saved. The resulting Draw file contains the text string in the
form of a number of Draw path objects, generated from the outlines of the
selected font. The character spacing and bounding box are taken from the
font's metrics. The objects are ungrouped initially, so should be grouped if
the string is to be rotated, scaled etc.

