2,000 True Type Fonts & Clip Art Images/1-57176-053-9_2000_True_Type_Fonts_Clip_Art_Images_1994.iso/docs/manual.txt

Text File | 1994-11-15 | 10KB | 192 lines

THE FONTS AND CLIPART CD ROM
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GETTING STARTED - PLEASE READ THIS SECTION

The fonts and PCX files on this disk are not compressed or "ZIPPED" and
are ready to use. However, the utilities programs in the FONTUTIL and
GRAFUTIL directories need to be unpacked before you can use them.
The VIEW program provided with this disk will do it for you. If you
hit return when the highlight bar is on a .ZIP file VIEW will automatically
unpack it for you just edit the destination line to tell VIEW where to
place the unpacked files.

FONTS
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The True Type fonts on this disk should work with any application intended
to use them. Mainly these will be Windows applications.
Having large numbers of fonts (more than 100 or so) installed in Windows can
have liabilities in that it can slow down loading of windows itself and its
applications. This mainly seems to occur when you accumulate more than about
200 files in your Windows directories. The method described below will be
found to alleviate this problem. But first lets look at the standard method
suitable for small numbers of fonts (up to about 100).

STANDARD INSTALLATION OF FONTS IN WINDOWS
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Look at the accompanying book and choose the fonts you want. Under the
sample print out for each font you will see the path and filename where the
font will be found. For example the first font listed on page 2 is "ANN
REGULAR" and underneath its location is given as F:\TTFCAPS\A0000079.TTF.
If your CD ROM drive is F: this is exactly right, if it is something
different then substitute you drive letter here. This font is in the CD
directory TTFCAPS and is stored under the filename A0000079.TTF.
All you need to do is copy this file into your Windows system directory.
The easiest way to copy it is to use the VIEW program supplied with the
CD just type GO or VIEW from the root directory of the CD. Choose the
Move the bar to the TTFCAPS line and hit return, now move the bar to the
file you want eg. A0000079.TTF. Now press "C" and edit the destination
line to suit where your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ directory is located.
Hit return to copy the file. Now you have the font in the right place we
have to tell  Windows to use it.
To do this click on the control panel then on the fonts icon. Click on the
"Add" button and you will get the Add fonts window. Which should show you
the new font in the "List of Fonts" panel, click on the one you want then
click on "OK". This will take you back to the Fonts panel and your new font
is installed.

INSTALLING LOTS OF FONTS IN WINDOWS
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When you install a font windows creates a matching FOT file. So for
A0000079.TTF it would create a file called A0000079.FOT. This it would
normally place in the Windows SYSTEM directory. If you install 100 fonts
you get 200 files. Along with all you other applications which also have
files in this directory you can soon end up with enough files to slow things
down. Fortunately there is a fix for this. Make another subdirectory somewhere
on your hard disk called "FONTS" or similar, copy the fonts you want to install
here rather than you windows directory. Now go into Windows and the fonts add
window but this time tell Windows to look in the directory for the fonts.
Make sure to disable the "Copy fonts" button and install the fonts as before.
Doing it this way removes half the files from the \SYSTEM\ directory but we can
do better. Make a new subdirectory under the Windows directory called "FOT"
i.e. \WINDOWS\FOT. Now look in your Windows system directory and you will find
a whole bunch of new FOT files have appeared, one for each font you installed.
Copy these into you new FOT directory and delete the originals. Now comes the
tricky bit. Go into your Windows directory and locate the file called
WIN.INI make a backup copy of this onto a floppy or to some other directory.
Now you need to edit this file. You will need a simple editor or a WP which
can read and write simple ASCII text, whatever you use must now add any
formatting or do anything fancy to this file or it will mess up your windows
operation. Locate the section which begins [fonts].
shortly after this point you will find a list of fonts, at the end of the list
you will find the ones you have added. Eg.

Ann Regular (Truetype)=A0000079.FOT

You need to edit this line to

Ann Regular (Truetype)=C:\WINDOWS\FOT\A0000079.FOT

Do this for each new font you have added but be careful not to do it for
old fonts which still live in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

If your Windows does not work after this restore a WIN.INI file from your back
up and try again. It does work !

Once you get up to about 200 fonts it is probably wise to make a another font
and FOT directory and repeat the procedure.

NOTE: The FOT file produced when you installed a font contains a pointer
to where the TTF file was when installed, so you can't use the same FOT file
if you move the TTF file to another directory.

GRAPHICS
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The clip art on this disk is provided in "PCX" format which has almost become
a "standard" and which most program which use graphics can handle. The PCX
files are split into directories the names of which indicate the nature of
thier content. Each directory is provided with catalogue files the file
00_INDEX.TXT is a text file listing the files and their content.
The graphical equivalent of this is also included to provide several thumbnail
sketches of several graphics file on the screen at on time. When the
HIGHLIGHT bar is on on of these or any PCX file hiting return will display it
on the screen. As described earlier hitting "C" instead of return from the VIEW
program is an easy way to copy off files to where you want them.

SHAREWARE
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We believe the public domain and Shareware system of software distribution is
one of the best things to happen in personal computing, and something well
worth supporting. We do this by collecting, testing, cataloguing and making
available as much of the huge wealth of PD and Shareware as we can.
We hope you will think we have done a good job and that you, in turn,
will support the system by registering programs you find useful with
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ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS (ASP)

Some of the programs on this CD are from authors who are ASP members.
The ASP is dedicated to raising levels of quality and service for Shareware
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The following is a summary of what you can expect from programs provided by
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Registering programs can be a particular problem if the author is in a
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HOW TO PAY Probably the best way to pay is by credit card. If you order this
way and have problems, the credit card company may intervene on your behalf,
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Credit card is also the best and cheapest way to pay for foreign
registrations (if the author can handle them).  Beware of authors who do not
offer a voice telephone number; it can be a real pain trying to get technical
support by letter, BBS or Fax.


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