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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.