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- True Type Font Installer
- by Kai Kaltenbach, Copyright (c) 1992
- Version 1.20
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- CONTENTS:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. TTInstal Features
- 3. Instructions
- 4. Version History
- 5. Shareware Notice
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
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- True Type Font Installer (TTInstal) was created to provide one major
- feature that is lacking from the font installation feature of the
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 Control Panel: mainly the ability to preview
- fonts before they are installed. Along the way, some other features
- ended up in the program and more may be added as time goes by.
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- 2. TTINSTAL FEATURES
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- - Previews TrueType fonts before they are installed
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- - Supports network font installation
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- - Supports compressed TrueType font files (those that use Microsoft-standard
- compression with the standard .TT_ file extension, such as used on the
- Microsoft True Type Font Pack for Windows)
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- - Includes full Windows-based setup program with network support
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- - Allows you to preview fonts in any desired size
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- - Prints font specimen sheets
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- - Indicates whether whether or not a previewed font is currently installed
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- - Shows currently installed fonts via a separate dialog box
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- 3. INSTRUCTIONS
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- - Previewing Fonts
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- Use the drive, directory and file list boxes to select a given TrueType
- font. Hit the Preview button to preview that font.
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- Preview Indicators
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- While a font is being previewed, the font name (e.g. "Helvetica Bold"
- will appear in the Font Name box. The font filename (e.g. "helvb.ttf")
- is shown in the Filename box, and the actual preview of the font may
- be seen in the Font Preview box.
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- Selecting Font Preview Size
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- The desired font preview size in points may be selected via the Size
- drop-down selector.
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- Special Preview Indicators
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- In the blank space directly beneath the preview Size selector may appear
- a font status indicator. This indicator will read "Installed" if
- TTINstal detects that the currently previewed font is installed. It may
- also read "Existing Metrics" if for some reason a scalable font metric
- resource file (.FOT) happens to exist for the currently previewed font,
- but the font is not currently installed in Windows (an unusual case).
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- - Installing Fonts
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- While a font is being previewed, pressing the Install button will
- install that font into your Windows configuration.
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- Copy to Windows Directory Option
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- When you press the Install button, if the "Copy to Windows Directory"
- option has been checked, TTInstal will also copy the font to your
- Windows SYSTEM subdirectory.
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- - Removing Fonts
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- Pressing the Remove... button will give you the option of removing the
- font from the WIN.INI and memory, deleting the scalable resource file
- (.FOT) from disk, or deleting the TrueType font file (.TTF) file itself
- from disk. Naturally, caution should be exercised when deleting such
- files. TTInstal will ask you to confirm deletion of TrueType font files.
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- - Viewing Currently Installed Fonts
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- Press the Installed Fonts... button to produce a dialog box that will
- allow you to view the currently installed fonts at any desired size.
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- Note that if you are currently previewing a font at the time you press
- the Installed Fonts... button, that font will show up in the Installed
- Fonts dialog, since it is being displayed by TTInstal at the time.
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- - Printing Font Specimen Sheets
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- While a font is being previewed, you can print a font specimen sheet
- by pressing the Print button. Specimen sheets show the font character
- set from characters 32-255 in a 24-point size, and include character
- codes underneath each character.
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- - Leaving TTInstal
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- Press the Close button to shut down TTInstal.
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- 4. VERSION HISTORY
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- - Version 0.9
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- Beta release.
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- - Version 1.00
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- Initial Public Release.
- Added Setup program.
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- - Version 1.10
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- Added the ability to preview compressed font files.
- Added this instructional textfile.
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- - Version 1.11
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- Fixed problem with finding the expansion DLL.
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- - Version 1.20
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- Added the ability to print font specimen sheets.
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- - Version 1.30
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- Added the capability to accept a font file with a fully qualified
- pathname as a command-line argument, allowing you to associate the
- ".TTF" and ".TT_" extensions with TTINSTAL in File Manager.
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- Fixed size selector so it initializes properly at 24 points.
- Fixed About box so it the text no longer wraps improperly on low-
- resolution displays.
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- 5. SHAREWARE NOTICE
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- - TrueType Font Installer is BookWare. If you like and use this program,
- please send a science fiction book or other token of your esteem to:
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- Kai Kaltenbach
- 15015 Main Street Suite 103-137
- Bellevue, WA 98007
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