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WELCOME TO
F O N T S P E C
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OVERVIEW: FontSpec Pro is a Windows TrueType Font Manager. The application has
======== three areas of interest:
1. View installed fonts
2. Print font specimen sheets
3. Install and manage fonts
As a Viewer:
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You can display your installed TrueType fonts in sizes from 8 to 98
points, using different effects and justification modes. Instead of
trying to remember what all those cryptic font names look like you
can view actual multi-line samples of the font right on your screen.
As a Printer:
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You can print pro-quality font specimen sheets of your installed
fonts using a variety of options, including single or two-column or
full sheet formats. You select what the specimen sample will say or
you can create your own sample text. You select point sizes, which
fonts to print, add time, all caps... almost anything can be
customized to your satisfaction.
As a Font Manager:
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Here's the really exciting part! If you're like most of us you have
more than likely collected a large number of fonts. Having all those
fonts installed at the same time takes up memory and slows Windows
down. FontSpec Pro gives you a way to manage those fonts in smaller
bite-size chunks we call "Font Groups." A Font Group is a collection
of fonts which you intend to use for a given purpose. For example,
you can create a group of fonts which you use for a given customer.
Or, you can create a group of your favorite fonts.
Each Font Group is given a name (such as "My Favorite Fonts"). You
can then install and activate any Font Group you choose.
As a bonus feature, you can also preview each font before it's ever
installed. This feature helps you decide if you really want to keep
a particular font or not. And, if you decide you don't want a font
(it doesn't matter if it's already installed or if it's not yet
installed), you can remove and delete any font you don't want.
MARKETING Shareware (not freeware). Please feel free to distribute this
========= application to everyone as long as no monies are collected, except
for a small disk duplication fee if necessary. If you find this
program of value to you please don't think that the "other guy"
will send in his registration (he probably won't). As of today,
October 28th 1993, over 3500 copies of FontSpec have been
distributed and only 47 people have registered (ugh!). So, I'm
COUNTING ON YOU(!) to do the right thing and register:
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UniTech Corporation
2697 McKelvey Road
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Phone: 314 770-2770
Registration is just $25.00 (Do it. You'll feel great!)
Visa, Mastercard, checks ok
When you register FontSpec Pro you can be assured of a realistic
upgrade policy: You register just once. The registered version will
recognize new version upgrades within the same whole-number revision
(version 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 etc... to 5.9 are all treated the same).
That means you can download upgrades -=+*AT NO COST*+=- except for
line charges.
SET-UP: FontSpec Pro is self-installing. Depending on whether you have the
====== shareware version or the registered version, you do the following:
If this is a shareware copy of FontSpec:
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. Decompress your file (ZIP,ARC,whatever). Do not try to
decompress any of the resulting child files. Here's an
approximation of what you'll end up with:
Volume in drive C is C-100193NW7
. <DIR> 10-01-93 8:30p
.. <DIR> 10-01-93 8:30p
Parent----> FSP510 ZIP 205212 10-26-93 6:52a
Child---> FS-SETUP EXE 78184 10-26-93 5:51a
ditto README TX_ 1773 10-26-93 6:45a
" CHANGES TX_ 2994 10-26-93 6:45a
" FS-MENU EX_ 13967 10-26-93 6:45a
" FS-VIEW EX_ 23212 10-26-93 6:45a
" FS-PRINT EX_ 33924 10-26-93 6:45a
" FS-FONTS EX_ 36907 10-26-93 6:45a
" FONTSPEC DL_ 3159 10-26-93 6:45a
" SS3D2 VB_ 44100 10-26-93 6:45a
" THREED VB_ 33489 10-26-93 6:45a
14 File(s) 52559872 bytes free
. Put all of the child files into a temporary directory
or on a floppy diskette.
. Start Windows. Choose "Run" from the File Menu.
Type "A:\FS-SETUP.EXE" or you can use the path of the
temporary directory where the files reside.
You should obtain the file VBRUN300.DLL which is not included with
this distribution, but is required for FontSpec to run. It wasn't
included because many people already have this file on their system
so it would be a waste of time to download it again (and again and
again). I hope you can appreciate why the file wasn't included. It
may already be on your system (check your \Windows directory or your
\Windows\System directory). The file can also be obtained from most
bulletin boards, CompuServe forums or America Online.
If you've purchased FontSpec:
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Installation is a snap! Start Windows. Choose "Run" from the File
Menu and type "A:\SETUP.EXE" (not FS-Setup, that's for the people
who haven't registered... yet).
Both registered and shareware versions
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You can reinstall FontSpec Pro at any time by selecting the
FontSpec install icon from the FontSpec Group.
GETTING Double-click on the FontSpec Launcher icon. Each time you start the
STARTED launcher, it reminds you that you can relocate the launch pad to any
======= part of your screen by clicking (and holding down) the left mouse
button on the launch pad's BORDER and then moving to where you want
the pad to be, then release the mouse button. This is also known as
"Drag & Drop".
The launch pad's color changes once every minute (no it's not an
offbeat clock). The color changes to help remind you that the launch
pad is active. Also, the pad does it's very best to stay on top of
whatever application you may have running. This means that you have
access to FontSpec Pro from within other Window's applications.
Let's start with the Viewer. Single-click on the pad's view button.
VIEWER The viewer starts up with a sample of one of your fonts in 60 points
====== (points are a unit of measure used by the typography industry). One
inch equals 72 points.
The viewer makes no changes to your system, so don't be afraid to
experiment. Click on the large Setup button at the top of the form.
The font sample is replaced with a setup form. This is where you
customize the viewer to suit your needs. You can show all the way up
to 999 points if you wish by changing the maximum point size. My
personal preference is 72 points.
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