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Bitstream® Font Navigator™, Version 5.0
for Microsoft® Windows® XP, 2000, and NT 4.0

ReadMe File

Font Navigator is a font manager for Windows XP, 2000, and NT 4.0. It gives you a quick and easy way to find fonts, install those fonts, create font groups, and view and print font samples.

Please print out and review this ReadMe file before you use Font Navigator. The file contains introductory material and last-minute details about Font Navigator.

Topics

This document discusses the following topics.

How to run the Font Navigator Wizard

Getting started with Font Navigator

What the icons mean

Links on the web

Troubleshooting

How to Run the Font Navigator Wizard

Follow the instructions below to run Font Navigator the first time. The procedure below assumes you have already installed Font Navigator.

1	Click here [image] to start Font Navigator.

This brings up the Font Navigator Wizard.

The Font Navigator Wizard lets you select the drives that Font Navigator searches for fonts. It runs the first time you run Font Navigator.

This sets up your Font Catalog. The Font Catalog includes all the fonts that Font Navigator finds on your system, no matter where they are located. After you run the Font Navigator Wizard, all these available fonts appear in the Contents list (the top left list box) of Font Navigator.

2	Click Next.

This brings up the second screen of the wizard. Font Navigator automatically selects your hard drive(s) to search.

3	To select other drives or folders to search for fonts:

Select the drive or folders you want to search. You can select a floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, or one or more network drives. To search a drive, check the box next to it. To search a folder on a drive, expand the drive by clicking the "+" button next to it, then click the check box next to the folder you want to search.

The "Include subfolders" box should be checked. This lets you search all subfolders of the selected drives or folders.

If you selected a floppy disk drive, CD-ROM drive, or other removable media to search, put the disk, CD, or media in the appropriate drive.

4	Click Finish to create your Font Catalog.

For more information about Font Navigator, choose Help Topics in the Help menu after the Font Navigator Wizard is done.

Getting Started with Font Navigator

In most cases, you will use Font Navigator to do the following.

Install Fonts

Select one or more fonts to install from the Contents list (the top left list box).

Then drag the selected fonts to the Installed Fonts list (the top right list box).

Create Font Groups

Font groups let you organize your fonts. You can quickly install or uninstall all the fonts in the group without having to locate and select each font.

You can create font groups of all related fonts in a large font family, such as Swiss™ 721, or all the fonts you want installed for use in Windows. You can also create a font group for an application or document—for example, for a specific document like "Annual Report," "Brochure," or "Newsletter."

Choose New Font Group in the File menu. Type a name for the new font group, and press Enter.

To add fonts to the group, simply drag fonts to it from the Contents or Installed Fonts list.

To install a group, drag it to the Installed Fonts list.

Double-click the font group folder to display the fonts in it.

View Font Samples

Click a font in any of the lists.

This lets you view up to four members of the font family in the Font Sample viewer (the window at the bottom right of Font Navigator).

Print Font Samples

Click one or more fonts in any of the lists.

Choose Print Samples in the File menu.

Choose the kind of samples you want to print in the Print Samples dialog box, or change any Options. Then click OK to print the samples.

Search for Fonts

There are two ways to search for fonts.

Use the Find Fonts option in the File menu to add fonts to the Font Catalog. The Font Catalog is a database of all the fonts that Font Navigator has found on your system.

Use the Go to a different folder drop-down list box to browse for fonts in a single folder. This is an easy way to search for fonts—for example, fonts in a folder on a typeface CD.

In both cases, you can search for fonts anywhere: on floppy disks, CD-ROMs, other removable media, your hard drive, or a network.

Use Help

For more information about Font Navigator, choose Help Topics in the Help menu. Or click here [image] to run the Help file for Font Navigator.

What the Icons Mean

For the most part, the icons that you see in Font Navigator represent different font formats (TrueType, PostScript, or OpenType) and have these meanings.

	TrueType font
	Installed TrueType font
	TrueType font that is not in the Font Catalog
	TrueType font that is in a font group but has been removed from the Font Catalog
	PostScript Type 1 font
	Installed PostScript Type 1 font
	PostScript Type 1 font that is not in the Font Catalog
	PostScript Type 1 font that is in a font group but has been removed from the Font Catalog
	OpenType font
	Installed OpenType font
	OpenType font that is not in the Font Catalog
	OpenType font that is in a font group but has been removed from the Font Catalog
	Font Group
	Expanded Font Group
	Installed Font Group
Links on the Web

For more information on Bitstream, visit the Bitstream web site:

http://www.bitstream.com

Troubleshooting

The following topics are discussed in this section:

 	Searching for Fonts on MyFonts.com

Installing PostScript™ Type 1 Fonts

Printing Font Samples on Hewlett-Packard® and PostScript Printers

Printing Character Charts on Lexmark Printers

For more help, see the Troubleshooting section of the Help file.

Searching for Fonts on MyFonts.com

You can find, view samples of and purchase fonts on MyFonts.com using Font Navigator. To do this, you must have an Internet connection. If your Internet connection isn’t automatic, try connecting before you use this feature.

Installing PostScript Type 1 Fonts

Font Navigator can install PostScript Type 1 fonts from most font vendors.

However, some vendors do not provide .PFM files with the PostScript fonts. (These files contain font metric information.) Font Navigator needs both the .PFB files (which contain the actual font data) and the .PFM files to install PostScript fonts.

Contact the font vendor if your PostScript Type 1 fonts do not ship with .PFM files.

In addition, if using Windows NT 4.x, you need Adobe Type Manager™ to install PostScript Type 1 fonts with Font Navigator. (Windows XP and 2000 have built-in support for PostScript Type 1 fonts.)

Printing Font Samples on Hewlett-Packard and PostScript Printers

In some cases, if you are printing a lot of font samples from Font Navigator, you may get a "Printer Error 20" message on Hewlett-Packard LaserJet® printers. In addition, some but not all of the font samples may print, or none of the font samples may print.

This occurs because your printer is low on memory or you are trying to print too many font samples.

To correct this: (1) Turn off your printer, then turn it back on. (2) Try printing fewer font samples at one time.

Printing Character Charts on Lexmark Printers

If you're trying to print character charts from Font Navigator to a Lexmark Optra R Plus printer, using LMPCL5c.DRV (Lexmark printer driver, version 4.00), characters 0130 through 0159 may not print.

To correct this, install a standard Windows printer driver that is compatible with your printer. Refer to your printer documentation and Windows documentation for details.

Copyright Information

Bitstream® Font Navigator™, Version 5.0,
for Microsoft® Windows® XP, 2000, and NT 4.0
May 2003

© 1997-2003 Bitstream Inc. Cambridge, MA

Bitstream is a registered trademark, and Font Navigator and Swiss are trademarks, of Bitstream Inc. MyFonts.com is a service mark of MyFonts.com, Inc.

All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers, and are used here for informational and promotional purposes only, to the benefit of the manufacturers.