Freebie screen ruler that works with FM (on Windows)

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5 total messages Started by Sheila_Carlisle Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:51

#1100

Author: Sheila_Carlisle
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:51

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<http://www.fabsoft.com/products/ruler/ruler.html>

I just came across a freebie screen ruler that seems to work perfectly with FM (including XP; don't know about Vista). Lots of customization capability (ruler height/width, scale, fonts, colors, units, vertical/horizontal display, multiple instances, "marks")

In order to display pica units, change the custom unit settings to:

Unit Size = 16
Ticks per Unit = 2
Display unit value every = 2

Doesn't seem to have any nagware or spyware, but please do your own due diligence about virus checks etc. before downloading.

Re: Freebie screen ruler that works with FM (on Windows)

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Author: Mike_Wickham
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:38

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Your link doesn't work and there is no sign of the ruler utility there.

Mike

Re: Freebie screen ruler that works with FM (on Windows)

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Author: Sheila_Carlisle
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:35

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Thanks, Mike. You're right. I googled for the app name which is "cruler2.exe" another link and many, many links came up on shareware sites -- none that I particularly would want to download from -- ah, but here's a link to the FTP that does work (at least as of right now):

ftp://downloads.fabsoft.com/downloads/cruler2.exe

Re: Freebie screen ruler that works with FM (on Windows)

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Author: Sheila_Carlisle
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:11

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The BitsduJour website <http://www.bitsdujour.com> has a half-price offer (just for today, Feb 2/09) on "Screen Calipers" by Iconico (parent of BitsduJour) <http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/screen-calipers/>

Not sure if the offer might only be for Windows, although one of the screenshots shows an Apple logo.

I haven't tried this app, but it does look very interesting.

Re: Freebie screen ruler that works with FM (on Windows)

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Author: N_P_Grundtvig_Nielsen
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:01

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fwiw, I've been happy with <http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools>

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