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* Gold Disk Type *
* (C) 1990 Gold Disk Inc. *
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******** To get a hard copy of this file type: *********
* 1> COPY Type:Read_Me prt: *
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This file contains information on the folowing topics:
- Floppy Disk Installation
- Pseudo-italic and Pseudo-bold Fonts
- Futura Bold II
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mFloppy Disk Installation
The following discussion applies equally to mProfessional Page,
mPagesetterII and mOffice Page. For clarity, only mProfessional Page is
mentioned by name from now on.
While a hard drive is strongly recommended for using mGold Disk Type
fonts, it is possible to use the fonts without a hard drive. The fonts
cannot be used directly from the original disks (or from copies of the
originals); you must first install them onto other diskettes using the
supplied mFloppy_Install utility.
Professional Page requires all Compugraphic fonts to be in one drawer (as
they are on its own mOutline Fonts diskette); thus, each Professional Page
document is limited to as many Compugraphic fonts as will fit on one
diskette. Different documents, however, may use different font
diskettes.
The mFloppy_Install utility builds font disks for use with Professional
Page; all are given the name mExtraFonts. You may create as many of these
disks as you like, each with a different combination of fonts, but, as
mentioned above, only one such disk may be in use at any given time.
To run the mFloppy_Install utility, simply double-click on its icon, and
answer the questions the program asks you. Users with single-drive
systems will be asked to switch diskettes a number of times as the
program starts up. Don't be discouraged; once the "Prepare to install
fonts" message has been printed, things get a lot better.
You can use mFloppy_Install to add to an existing mExtraFonts disk, as well
as to create a new one. You will be asked whether you want to do this.
If you do, the program will ask you to insert an existing mExtraFonts disk
to be updated.
If you tell mFloppy_Install to create a new mExtraFonts disk, you will be
asked to insert a blank diskette. This diskette will be formatted if
necessary; in any case, it will be completely erased, so be sure it
doesn't contain anything you want to keep.
Once you have created some mExtraFonts disks, here is how to use them.
Each mExtraFonts disk contains an icon called mUse_This_Disk. To use a
particular font disk:
- First, remove any other mExtraFonts disks which may be in the system.
- Insert the disk you want to use.
- Double-click on the disk's icon.
- Double-click on the icon for mUse_This_Disk.
Now, when you start Professional Page, it will use your mExtraFonts disk
in place of its normal mOutline Fonts diskette.
When you want to work on an existing document, be careful to use the
correct mExtraFonts diskette; if you use the wrong one, some of the
document's text may be changed from its correct font into Times Roman.
mPseudo-italic and pseudo-bold Fonts
Please note that the mGold Disk Type packages (mDesigner, mDecorative, and
mPublisher) contain only the roman font of each family.
For those font families which have italic styles, the additional fonts
can be purchased separately from Gold Disk. Some font families, such as
script typefaces, are not meant to have italic styles and so for such
families no italic font is available.
If you have not purchased the italic font of a family, Professional Page
is able to generate a pseudo-italic font (also known as an moblique font)
by simply slanting the characters in the roman font. The results aren't
quite as good as using the true italic style, but many people find them
adequate, and they have the advantage that they require much less disk
space than the true italic fonts. This is especially useful for floppy-
only systems.
Professional Page will only create a pseudo-italic font, however, for a
typeface which is meant to have an italic style.
Unfortunately, these pseudo-italic fonts cannot be used with PostScript
output devices. To produce italic PostScript output it is necessary to
purchase the appropriate true italic typefaces separately from Gold Disk.
Of course, the above discussion also applies to bold and bold-italic
styles, as well as to italic.
mFutura Bold II
The mFutura Bold II font in the mVideo package is simply the bold style of
mFutura II. If you are purchasing both the mVideo package and other
mFutura II styles, you do not need to purchase mFutura Bold II twice.
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If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to contact us by
mail or telephone. Our Technical Support phone number is (416) 602-4357.
Gold Disk Inc.
P. O. Box 789,
Streetsville, Mississauga,
Ontario, Canada L5M 2C2