New in PA 6.0f 4/20/95 ---------------------- o Added improved routines to stop "Invalid property value" errors when using the keyboard, character set or paragraph windows. o Added new Characters menu. This menu jumps you to specific characters in the font. New in PA 6.0e 4/19/95 (distributed only on America Online) ---------------------- o The Remove Font Wizard can now delete an entire family of fonts. Before, you would have to invoke the Wizard four times to remove Arial Regular/Bold/Italic/BoldItalic. Now you can select which variations to remove from the Wizard dialog. o Fixes problems with keyboard/character charts/paragraph windows not being redisplayed correctly when the main window is maximized. New in PA 6.0c --------------------- o More error checking for 'illegal function call' situations in Install/Catalog wizard (hair pulling) New in PA 6.0a / 6.0b --------------------- o Added improved error handling in the catalog printout from the Font Catalog Wizard (File, Print Fonts from CD-ROM) o Added the kilobyte size of the TTF file in the printed font catalog o Changed some of the instructional text on the Font Catalog Wizard. o Added improved error checking to the section of the Font Catalog o The windows used in Printer's Apprentice have been given a better 'memory.' They will now remember both the location and their size on the desktop each time you start and end Printer's Apprentice. This applies to the main, keyboard, paragraph, toolbox, and character chart windows. o The character and point size for the sample used in the main window are saved from session to session. New in PA 6.0 ------------- o Uses *significantly* fewer system resources than previous versions. o Main window is resizable! (very, very popular request) o Program loading time is again, *significantly* faster! o Main window has been changed (again) to be easier to read o Character set and keyboard windows are now resizable o Font size on keyboard and character set windows can be changed o Paragraph window has been cleaned up a bit o Fonts can be viewed at any size up to 800 points o Font Catalog Wizard - Prints *uninstalled* Truetype Fonts Easily create a catalog of TrueType fonts from CD-ROM Fonts do not have to be copied or installed on your PC Catalog displays line of type set in font, font name, and filename, one line for each font on the CD-ROM. Can generate catalog for selected fonts on the CD. Can also print character charts, keyboard layouts, and ANSI charts for uninstalled fonts! Great for those 2,200 shareware font CD's! o TrueType Installation Wizard - Look at *uninstalled* Truetype Fonts! Preview fonts before installing them! You can look at every single character in an uninstalled font Fonts can be previewed from floppies, CD-ROM's, & hard drives Install multiple fonts at one time Displays lines that will be added to the WIN.INI file Displays FOT file to be added to the Windows system directory Can install fonts to directories other than windows\system o Font Uninstall Wizard Easily removes TrueType fonts from your Windows PC Optionally deletes TTF and FOT resource files Removes [fonts] entry from WIN.INI file Can move or copy original TTF file to a directory or floppy disk o TrueType Resource Wizard Tracks down and eliminates orphaned TrueType resource files (FOT) left behind by other font programs Automatically recommends FOT files that can be deleted Helps clean up the windows\system directory! o Batch Printing Add All and Delete All buttons have been (finally) added!