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SoftType Version 1.02
Release Information / Read Me file
UPDATING YOUR VERSION OF SOFTTYPE
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To update your version of SoftType with this download first UNZIP this
file to a floppy. Next, run SoftType and choose the install server
option to install your new servers (from the floppy you have just
created). Enjoy!
Version Change Description
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1.00 Initial Release. Please also read Additional
Information, below.
The name of the destination server for Ventura
Publisher screen fonts has been renamed from
"GEM" to "Ventura Screen (GEM)". This server is
used to create screen fonts for Ventura Publisher
in the GEM environment.
The name of the destination and source servers for
ZSoft's OTL format have been renamed from "ZSoft OTL"
to "ZSoft Outline".
The PCL/HP LaserJet destination server has
one additional option - PCL 5 Compression
(only for LaserJet III): You can use this option
to create compressed bitmap fonts (compressed
fonts save a significant amount of disk space).
Note, however, that these fonts cannot be used
with other LaserJet printers (like a Series II).
The ZSoft Outline source server now includes
options for hinting. See the Source Server
Options topic using SoftType's on-line help
index for more information.
There are now 63 typefaces included in your
SoftType package. The additional typeface is
Broadway/Normal.
Because of trademark considerations a number
of typeface names have changed. See the Reference
section of your User's Manual for a graphic
representation of the current typeface names.
Version Change Description
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1.01 2nd Product Release. Please also read Additional
Information, below.
The PostScript Destination Printer Server
includes options to build PostScript Type 1
fonts and store them in a compressed format.
Type 1 format is encoded, encrypted, and hinted,
making the results noticeably better than the
normal Type 3 format. Some printers that
"simulate" the PostScript mode may not support
the Type 1 format. The compressed format reduces
the size of each font file by about half.
Keep in mind that compressed Type 1 fonts can
be read by Windows and Ventura Publisher
PostScript drivers, however you cannot copy
a file to a printer using these fonts. See
your SoftType User's Manual for more.
SoftType now uses less memory.
In the previous release a baseline problem
occurred when printing with Ventura
Publisher in the GEM environment. This
problem has been fixed.
SoftType now correctly creates the files you
need for use with Ventura Publisher (in the GEM
environment) and a PostScript printer:
- The PostScript printer fonts are created in
the directory indicated in Ventura's
Postscpt.cnf file. SoftType will create the
directory if necessary.
- VFM files no longer include the font path
or extension.
- The weight is no longer a part of the
typeface name.
In the previous release, SoftType sometimes had a
problem when the window of another application
was on top of it. This problem has been
corrected.
Version Change Description
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1.02 3rd Product Release. Please also read Additional
Information, below.
The SoftType program and all servers have been
updated to run faster and better than before.
Three additional destination servers are included:
- You use the Adobe Type Manager (PostScript Type 1)
destination server to create fonts with Adobe Type
Manager. SoftType creates the font and tells Adobe
Type Manager (ATM) where it is located by editing
your ATM.INI file -- ATM does the rest. You should
make sure that the path for the Adobe Type Manager
destination server is set to the location of your
ATM.INI file (generally this file is in your Windows
directory). To check the server's path choose Select
Servers, highlight the Adobe Type Manager destination
server, and click the options button. SoftType limits
font styling capabilities based on ATM's limitations.
You can create fonts with other styles (outline,
shadow, and color) by changing the destination server
to PostScript. Keep in mind that you must exit Windows
before your new fonts are available.
- You use the Nimbus Q destination server to create
fonts for products that support the Nimbus Q
version 2 format, notably Micrografx Designer
version 3.0. The readable text file SoftType
creates when you make Nimbus Q fonts is called
URW.TXT.
- You use the DeskJet Family destination server
to create portrait fonts for the DeskJet,
DeskJet Plus, and DeskJet 500 printers.
SoftType does not support the creation of
landscape fonts for the DeskJet Family because
DeskJet printers support only fixed pitch
landscape fonts. The readable text file
SoftType creates when you make DeskJet fonts
is called DJL.TXT. Since you must delete
DeskJet fonts from the Windows Control Panel,
the .TXT file still contains the names of
the "deleted" fonts until you create new fonts.
Keep in mind that DeskJet printers have limited
memory for fonts. You can increase the number
of fonts you can use with your DeskJet printer
if you remove "special" characters from the .SYM
file you use to create your fonts (see your
Addendum for help on editing .SYM files).
One additional source server has been added:
- You use the PostScript Type 1 source server
to use PostScript Type 1 fonts as typefaces
in SoftType. The readable text file SoftType
creates when you install PostScript Type 1 fonts
as typefaces for SoftType is called PS1.TXT.
You can apply any style characteristics to
PostScript Type 1 fonts you create.
You can use OTL fonts you create with SoftType
with Corel Draw.
You can now also create compressed or uncompressed
fonts for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IIP printer
with the HP/PCL LaserJet destination server.
Only some of the style characteristics can be
applied to ZSoft Outline fonts. SoftType now
allows you to only apply suitable styles when
you create ZSoft Outline fonts. If your selected
destination server is ZSoft Outline the list
of available styles in the Create dialog box
includes only those styles that can be applied.
If you attempt to edit a style from the Create
dialog box, all style fields that do not apply to
ZSoft OTL fonts are dimmed in the Style a Font
dialog box.
Additional Information
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Adobe Type Manager (ATM): Adobe Type Manager does not read Macintosh
encoded Type 1 fonts. ATM also does not support font styles such as
outline, shadow, and fonts other than black and white. If you want
to create specially styled fonts, use SoftType's PostScript
destination printer instead of SoftType's Adobe Type Manager
destination server. Also, you can use SoftType's PostScript source
server to create fonts from Macintosh PostScript typefaces.
Windows 3.0 Real Mode: If you do not have a file called WIN87EM.EXE
in your SoftType directory you may have a problem running SoftType
in Windows real mode. You can try copying WIN87EM.DLL from the SYSTEM
subdirectory of your Windows directory to your SoftType directory
with the name WIN87EM.EXE.
Windows font selection list: In some applications, like Corel Draw
and Ami Professional, the list of fonts you can choose to print with
is actually a list of available screen fonts. In these applications,
all typefaces installed in SoftType appear as available printer fonts
even though printer fonts may not have been created. (SoftType creates
a screen font for each installed typeface so you can see a sample.)
Keep in mind that a screen font cannot be printed without a
corresponding printer font.
Tandy computer: You may have a problem exporting more fonts than will
fit on a single Tandy 360 K disk drive.
Ventura Publisher (GEM) vs Windows printer fonts: If you want to
create printer fonts (other than PostScript) for Ventura that
include the extended characters (such as the registered trademark
symbol and the copyright symbol) you must first manually select
the symbol set called Ventura Publisher International for your
destination server (you use the Select Servers command to change
your symbol set). Keep in mind that if you select this symbol set
you may want to delete the printer fonts SoftType automatically
creates for use with Windows (they were built with the VP
International symbol set instead of the Windows default symbol set).
Microsoft Windows 2.* bug: If you choose multiple selections in
a list box and one of your selections is the bottommost
selection, and you then click in the white space below the last
selection, Windows cannot correctly identify the bottommost
selection. SoftType will not be able to take action on this
selection and will display the name of your bottommost selection
as random characters.
PostScript: The PostScript drivers that come with Windows 2.10
and 2.11 have difficulty distinguishing different weights of the
same typeface. They will always print the lightest and heaviest
weight of a typeface no matter which weight you select in your
application. To get around this problem, you can use different
face abbreviations (dummy styles with different names) to
distinguish the weights by producing different face-names for
different weights.
Micrografx PostScript driver: This PostScript driver cannot use
the standard Windows font metrics files created by SoftType.
If you want to use PostScript fonts created by SoftType with
Micrografx products, install the standard PostScript driver
which comes with Windows.
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