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There are two applications on the "PD_from_EFF" CDRom:
!EFFcat - an Electronic Catalogue of the high quality
======= fonts from the Electronic Font Foundry.
a) it shows samples of most of the EFF fonts,
b) it is also a Price List
c) it has a search facility to search all the EFF names
as well as their PostScript⌐ equivalents
d) the fonts are grouped into categories, Latin,
Cyrillic, Greek, etc.
!PDcat - an Electronic Catalogue of the free Public Domain
====== fonts from the Electronic Font Foundry:
a) it shows samples of the PD fonts,
b) it installs PD fonts on your system.
c) it has a search facility to search all font names.
These applications may be run directly from the CDRom or copied into
your hard disc first.
Font instalation
================
The PD fonts are in the directory "Fonts".
======== =====
In order to install the PD fonts you may simply drag the font files
into your Font Directory or even use the fonts directly from the
CDRom, but you may find it preferable to install them using !PDcat
application since only this method will give full control AND give the
proper font names - CDRom files are only in capital letters*, whereas
proper font names are in upper and lower case.
*) CD file names can only be in capital letters, and Acorn font
names are deduced from file and directory names.
Quality
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All the PD fonts on this disc are significantly better hinted than
fonts from any other vendor, regardless how much you have paid for
them. No letter will have drop-outs at any bitmap size but, at the
same time, the letters will not appear as black as in the so called
"No DropOut Technology" which uses a very crude method of automatic
introduction of skeletons and scaffolds.
Of course, they are not hinted to the same standard as our own fonts
shown in the !EFFcat - the latter are hand hinted by a skilful
typographer!
Font Formats
============
All the PD fonts on this disc are Risc OS 3 format.
The EFF fonts for Acorn computers can be obtained in three formats:
1) Risc OS 2 - for Archimedes computers using the older Risc OS 2
2) Risc OS 3 - for almost all Acorn computers using Risc OS 3.x
3) Publisher - special fonts for users of PostScript printers and/or
imagesetters. Each font is actually two fonts:
standard Risc OS 3 font and
an identical PostScript Type 1 font used by the Acorn PostScript
Printer Driver.
These fonts give superior results on PostScript printers.
P.S. The Publisher fonts are not related to !Publisher application
from Computer Concepts Ltd.
The EFF also produces TrueType« and PostScript Type 1 fonts for Windows and
Macintosh computers as well as several in other less used formats.
Keyboard Drivers
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The Electronic Font Foundry produces fonts for a very large number of
languages, if you wish to use them you will need a Keyboard Driver.
The fonts are usually a number of languages, for instance, Cyrillic
fonts are for Bulgarian, Byelorussian, English, Macedonian, Moldavian,
Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian. But a Keyboard Driver is for a
specific language, for instance, Russian.
Furthermore, a Keyboard Driver is for a specific keyboard - Risc PC
uses IBM keyboard whilst older Acorn computers use their own unique
type. To put it simply, some of the letters and symbols are physically
in different places on Risc PC and Archimedes computers, therefore
they require different Keyboard Drivers.
Please call the EFF to discuss your needs.
The Electronic Font Foundry
11 Silwood Road
Ascot
SL5 0PY
England
tel. 01344 875 201
fax 01344 875 202
e-mail sales@efffonts.demon.co.uk