# The View menu

The View menu lets you determine which of the 3DO FontWriter windows are visible, and lets you show or hide guides and gridlines in the Character Edit window.

Figure 1: FontWriter View menu.

Table 1 lists the FontWriter View menu commands.

    Table 1:  FontWriter View menu commands.
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    Command           |Description
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    Show/Hide         |Shows/hides gridlines the size of the
    Gridlines         |individual font pixels.
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    Show/Hide Guides  |Shows/hides the lines indicating font
                      |baseline and character width.
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    Show/Hide Preview |Shows/hides the Preview window.
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    Show/Hide Sample  |Shows/hides the Sample Text window.
    Text              |
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    Show/Hide         |Shows/hides a window that displays all
    Character Map     |characters in the font. If you select
                      |a character in that map, it appears in
                      |the edit region of the Character Edit
                      |window.
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    Show/Hide Key     |Shows/hides a window with information
                      |about font terminology.
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    Init Artist Card  |Clears the TV monitor screen by
                      |initializing the Artist Card.
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    Init 3DO Frame    |Clears the TV monitor screen by
    Buffer            |clearing the frame buffer into which
                      |fonts are displayed on the 3DO
                      |Station.
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    Preview Output    |Determines the output for the text in
                      |the sample text window when previewing
                      |on the TV screen. You can select the
                      |target (Artist Card or 3DO Station)
                      |from the submenu.
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