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                      USING ESF FONTS WITH OTHER PACKAGES

All ESF soft fonts are full HP compatible. They will work with any applica-
tion program that recognizes 3rd party HP format fonts. If your word
processor or desktop publishing program is not mentioned here, check your
user manual to see how to add soft font support to your application. This
document describes how to add these fonts to: PC Write, Q&A, Ventura,
Windows, WordStar 5.5/6.0, and WordStar 2000.


**Using ESF Soft Fonts With PC Write

  The PC Write program (version 2.71 or greater) fully supports soft fonts
  for laser printers. A shareware utility available from QuickSoft called
  FONT SELECTOR will examine HP format soft fonts and make up printer
  drivers for PC Write. Note that PC Write does not download soft fonts for
  you. We suggest a tool like our TSR Download to help in the managing and
  downloading of your soft fonts.


**Using ESF Soft Fonts With Q&A

  The Q&A program and Q&A Write fully support 3rd party HP format soft
  fonts. To use soft fonts with Q&A you need a copy of their QAFONT.EXE
  program. If you are using an existing font description file such as
  HPLASERJ.FNT, QAFONT can add the new descriptions to this file. If you
  would like to use a new font file name (i.e. MYFONTS.FNT), QAFONT will
  create this new file to hold the font descriptions. (Reminder: If you are
  using a new filename, remember to re-install the printer and type the new
  name on the "Font File Name" line of the "Special Printer Options"
  screen).

  The QAFONT program may accompany your Q&A program or you may have to call
  Symantec Product Support to get a copy. Note that Q&A does not download
  soft fonts for you. We suggest a tool like our TSR Download to help in the
  managing and downloading of your soft fonts.



**Using ESF Fonts With Ventura

  All LaserJet fonts on this disk are compatible with Ventura Publisher. To
  use these fonts in Ventura they must first be converted into Ventura for-
  mat. To convert these fonts you need your Ventura Disk #11. (This disk
  number changes with each new release.) Check out your Ventura manual- the
  "Adding new fonts for the HP LaserJet Plus" section for more details.

  Step 1) Build new VFM files. (Ventura Font Metric width tables) Find the
  Ventura program HPLTOVFM.EXE. Run this program for each soft font found in
  this set.

  HPLTOVFM SM180PRN.USP /F=SYMBOLS /N=37 /P=18 /W=N

  Where /F= is the typeface name which MUST start with a capitol letter
        /N= is the typeface number (look these up in you Ventura manual)
        /P= is the point size of the font
        /W= weight of the font, N=normal, I=italic, B=bold, T=bold italic

  Step 2) Make an ASCII text file that lists the name of each VFM file
  created in step 1. (Must end in ".LST".) One file name per line. The file
  names must be listed in point size order smallest to largest, with styles
  listed in: normal, italic, bold, bold italic order.

  Step 3) Use the Ventura VFMTOWID.EXE program and the LST file from step 2
  plus the VFM files to create a width table.

  VFMTOWID ESFSHARE.LST

  Where ESFSHARE.LST is the list file created in step 2,

  Step 4) Create a HPLJPLUS.CFN file as described in your Ventura manual.
  Download the soft fonts to your printer.

  Step 5) Merge the width tables and clean up. Run Ventura and select
  Options - Add Remove Fonts - Merge Width Table.


**Using ESF Soft Fonts With Windows 3.0

  1) make sure your soft fonts are unpacked
  2) start Windows
  3) At the Main menu double click on the Control Panel icon
  4) Now double click on Printers
  5) Make sure you have a LaserJet or DeskJet printer installed and active
     You can *not* use the scalable driver for either printer. (Neither
     supports soft fonts.)
  6) Now click on Configure, in the next menu click on Setup
  7) At this menu click on Fonts, then click on Add Fonts, and finally give
     a drive and path for them
  6) You will now see a list of fonts. Click on each font you want to
     install. Then click the Add button. Each font will appear on the left
     side of your screen. You can make these fonts Permanent at this point
     or leave them as Temporary. (DeskJet owners *must* make each font
     Permanent. Temporary DeskJet soft fonts are not supported by the
     current Windows driver.)
  7) Thats it. The fonts are installed in Windows.


  Some applications will not automatically recognize soft fonts installed
  into Windows. These program want to you reconfigure the printer before
  they will recognize these new fonts. Word for Windows is an example of
  this type of program. To get Word for Windows to recognize the new fonts,
  at the File Menu:

    1) Click on "Printer Setup"
    2) Click the button "Setup"
    3) Click "Ok", then click "Ok" again.


**Using ESF Fonts With WordStar 5.5/6.0

  Fonts can be added to WordStar using two utility programs supplied by
  MicroPro. The WordStar Customizing/Printer manual explains how to do
  this. Basically, you run the LSRFONTS program from the WINSTALL menu and
  add fonts to your WordStar printer data file. Then you run the PRCHANGE
  file to move these new definitions to your current printer driver. Note
  that WordStar does not download soft fonts for you. We suggest a tool
  like our TSR Download to help in the managing and downloading of your
  soft fonts.


**Using ESF Fonts With WordStar 2000

  The WordStar 2000 program has a built in tool that lets you add soft font
  information to any existing printer driver. First determine what printer
  driver your document is using. Then, from the main WS 2000 menu press A
  for Additional, then select HP Fonts. Follow the instructions here and
  add new font information to your driver. Note that WordStar does not
  download soft fonts for you. We suggest a tool like our TSR Download to
  help in the managing and downloading of your soft fonts.