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October 6, 1991
I've uploaded the most recent version (v.1.03) of FRACTION FONTS
for Windows. There are four modifications to the previous versions
worth noting . . .
1. At the request of several SYSOPs, the archive is now in ZIP
format, rather than EXE (which was a self-extracting ZIP).
2. The fonts have been rebuilt using a different encoding scheme.
This results in about an 18% decrease in font file size.
3. The "FRACFONT.WRI" file has been totally recomposed. This file
gave some new users fits -- it appeared as a chaos of meaningless
characters in Windows Write.
This had nothing to do with FRACTION FONTS in any version. I
just happened to have written the original "FRACFONT.WRI"
using the store-bought version (1.0) of ATM. In this file all
text except fractions was identified as either "TIMES" or
"HELVETICA" rather than "Tms Rmn" or "Helv". Consequently,
ATM's Alias and Synonym functions weren't being used.
Then, along came PageMaker 4.0 with an OEM version of ATM
(1.1) and a diskfull of free fonts. Later, Lotus did the same
with ATM (1.5). Alias and Synonym functions were necessary to
identify Ariel, Gill Sans, and Times New Roman as the logical
counterparts of Tms Rmn and Helv.
To make a long story short, the updated version of
"FRACFONT.WRI" should work with any correctly installed
version of ATM that references Aliases and Synonyms for Tms
Rmn and Helv.
4. The major modification in v.1.03 is the inclusion of alternate
Degree Signs. This is to compensate for idiosyncrasies in how ATM,
PCL, PostScript, and dot matrix printers handle this symbol.
Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. I hope everyone enjoys
this sample of FRACTION FONTS for Windows.