http://bill.welliver.org//space/letterpress/monotype/monotype software featuresThe following list of features is not complete, but should give an idea of the level of development of the software component of the caster interface.<p class="paragraph"/> <b class="bold">Caster Controller</b> <ul class="minus"> <li>easy to use graphical interface</li> <li>support for manually enabling air codes (such as for testing or casting sorts)</li> <li>sample screenshot: <a href="/space/letterpress/monotype+adventures/screenshot2.png" class="wiki_link_external" >/space/letterpress/monotype+adventures/screenshot2.png</a></li> </ul><b class="bold">Ribbon Generator</b> <ul class="minus"> <li>support for italic, small cap, etc alphabets</li> <li>automatic calculation of justification codes</li> <li>can calculate ragged left, ragged right and centered justification on a per-paragraph basis</li> <li>fixed spaces can be added at any point</li> <li>support for quadding a line</li> <li>letterspacing support</li> <li>hyphenation support (us english dictionary available currently) with a preference to avoid hyphenating twice in a certain number of lines (all settings will be made configurable)</li> <li>support for automatically detecting and using ligatures in the matcase in a job. this can be disabled completely for a job, and can also be disabled for a ligature sort by marking it as non-automatic in the MCA</li> <li>when quadding, narrow fixed spaces are placed as far from the end of the line as possible, in order to prevent sorts from toppling over</li> <li>when quadding, en and em quads are alternated in order to minimize line length errors caused by worn wedges</li> <li>Sorts can be adjusted using whatever mechanisms are available on a give caster: wedge adjustment, unit adding, unit spacing. The generator will use the most efficient means available to create sorts of the desired width (within the physical limitations of the equipment).</li> <li>ribbons for generating fonts can be generated for any desired font strength, based on a given sort ratio table</li> <li>a number of "stupid caster tricks" are available, such as tables, multiple columns per delivered line and flowing text into a given shape, with varying levels of success</li> <li>a "soft proof" is generated showing proposed text layout and sort/space widths</li> <li>job settings can be saved for use later</li> </ul><b class="bold">TO DO</b> <ul class="minus"> <li>add ability to specify ribbon in a text box rather than a file, such as for quick jobs. (COMPLETE)</li> <li>option to choose minimum justification setting (COMPLETE)</li> <li>when adding fixed unit spacing, make up larger spaces from smaller if exact space not available. (COMPLETE)</li> <li>option to select hyphenation language (COMPLETE, includes english, german, dutch and french)</li> <li>add list of MCA problems (duplicate mats, etc) and make it possible to highlight the problems (IN PROGRESS)</li> <li>header and footer support (COMPLETE)</li> <li>add non-standard line breaks for use in generating font ribbons (COMPLETE)</li> <li>add manual pin control with cycle sensor override (COMPLETE)</li> <li>add cycle sensor indicator in caster controller application (COMPLETE)</li> <li>add "jump to line" feature in caster controller (COMPLETE)</li> <li>figure out why dojo doesn't always load, requiring a refresh of the page (COMPLETE)</li> <li>allow drag and drop in matcase between elements (COMPLETE)</li> <li>recognize when a matrix has been removed from a matcase, and add it to the "not in matcase" list (COMPLETE)</li> <li>make "not in matcase" list configurable (COMPLETE)</li> <li>display markup help when entering text via text box (COMPLETE)</li> <li>add ability to select override settings for a given row (minimum spacing, hyphenation, etc)</li> </ul>Fins 0.9.7http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss