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The folder DFSFONTS.LQ2 contains GEM fonts for Hi-Res screen and
24pin Epson (or compatible) printers. The LQ fonts may be used
withany ST product that uses GEM fonts, such as Timeworks DTP,
FleetStreet Publisher and WordUp. Timeworks and WordUp will cope
withthe enclosed 90x90 screen fonts, but FSP may need them re-
scaled.
Below is a list of the fonts, giving their filename, fontname,
available point sizes, ID number and type of font:
Filename Fontname Size ID No. Font type
##HAD**.FNT HADDON 11, 14, 17, 18 107 CHANCERY
##DERB**.FNT DERWENT 10, 12, 14, 18 111 FOUNDATIONAL
##HIGH**.FNT HIGH TOR 19 112 TALL, SLIM
##CHAT**.FNT CHATSWORTH 32 in 3D 113 DECORATIVE
##WYE**.FNT WYE 19 115 BROAD CHANC.
##MONS** MONSAL 18 116 RIBBON
Filenames: the hash signs (##) stand for the output device
resolution: the screen fonts have the prefix SH and the printer
fonts LQ; the asterisks (**) stand for the point size: thus
LQCHAT32.FNT is the printer font for Chatsworth 32 point;
SHHIGH19.FNT is the screen font for HighTor 19 point.
If you use these fonts in Timeworks DTP, for example, trial and
error will teach you which of these fonts embolden well, or out-
line well, or italicise well, and which ones don't.
CHATSWORTH: a 32 point decorative font; looks good in small doses
- letter headings, page titles, etc. Some alternative characters
are available on certain keys: # [ ] < > $ etc.
INSTALLATION:
For those of you using Timeworks, the discs that need changing
are the Fonts Disc and the Startup Disc. Make copies of these if
you are afraid of making a dog's dinner. On the Startup Disc
there is a file called ASSIGN.SYS, which is a list of fonts for
different output devices that the programme loads into memory.
This file is detected on boot-up, along with GDOS. On the Fonts
Disc, the fonts are stored in a folder called GEMSYS. There is
also a programme called FONTWID.APP. All of these have to be
changed or used in some way:
1. Put the new fonts into the GEMSYS folder.
2. Load a text editor that can deal with ASCII files, such as
First Word Plus, and open the ASSIGN.SYS file. Leave it in
non-WP mode. All the current fonts in Timeworks will be
listed in two sections, first the screen fonts, then the
printer fonts, in ascending order of their ID numbers. As
your new font will have a number over 100, it will have to
come last in each section. Type in the filename of the
screen font after the last SH entry already there, and then
do the same with the printer font in the LQ section. Do not
hit return after typing in your last LQ font filename. Re-
save to disc. The original will not be lost, as FWP will
make a back-up of it (ASSIGN.BAK).
3. Re-set the computer.
4. On re-set, GDOS will be re-loaded and the new ASSIGN.SYS
file detected. I'm not sure what order you are told to put
the discs in with a one-drive system, but the Startup disc
must be the first, as it contains the GDOS file. You will
then have to put the Fonts disc in for the next bit.
5. Run FONTWID.APP on the Fonts Disc. Answer the prompts. This
programme enables Timeworks DTP to gauge the relative widths
of your screen and printer fonts for WYSIWYG purposes. (At
least, I presume it does!)
6. Load DTP in the usual way by double-clicking on PUBLISH.APP.
When the programme has loaded, you should, with a bit of
luck, see your new font listed along with the Swiss, Dutch,
Bullets, etc., in the Font and Point Size item of Paragraph
Style in the Text Menu.
I run Timeworks on the equivalent of a 1040. I have so far
managed to fill all eight of the Font slots, with one or two
point sizes for each one. I do not know how many exa fonts you
will manage to load into a 520. GEM fonts are notoriously greedy
of memory. In any case, I took some of the Timeworks fonts out -
the ones I didn't use or didn't like a great deal. This is done
either by deleting the relevant filenames in ASSIGN.SYS or by
putting a semicolon in front of them. I have found, though, that
you need to leave all the Swiss screen fonts intact, and at least
one Swiss printer font and one Bullets screen and printer font.
This leaves you with space for six font families of your own
making, in theory. Remember that large point size fonts take up a
lot more memory than the standard size ones such as 12 or 14. An
extra slot can be saved by putting 3-D versions of standard fonts
in the same family as the one they were born of. Whichever size
you have installed, you will also be able to use it "doubled up":
GEM does this for you. Thus a 14 point font will also be
available as a 28 point font. The success of this doubling up
will depend very much on your printer and on the style of font.
On a 9-pin Epson or compatible, the 'aliasing' (or 'blocky')
effect of doubling up is far more apparent on rounded fonts than
on those which use predominantly straight lines. 24-pin printers
handle this much better, even at 180x180.
There are two important things to remember if things do not work
as you expect them to:
1. re-set the computer every time you change something in the
ASSIGN.SYS file, and then run the FONTWID.APP. The only time
you need not run FONTWID.APP is when you have amended an
existing font, already in use, and if the amendment does not
change any of the font character widths;
2. check that the fonts listed in ASSIGN.SYS are in ascending
order of ID number and that none of them has a number over
126.
WORDUP USERS:
All the fonts in the folder "DFSFONTS" will work with Timeworks
Desktop Publisher without any modification. If you are using
Neocept's WordUp, however, you will need to be careful with the
screen fonts you install.
The reason for this is that Timeworks DTP is more flexible
concerning the resolution of screen fonts than is WordUp. The
former will use 72x72, 80x80 and 90x90 screen fonts without any
trouble. The latter, though, will only work satisfactorily with
90x90 fonts.
"DOUBLING UP":
Unlike Timeworks DTP, WordUp will not double up the fonts for
you. You can only use them in the stated point size. There is,
however, a trick to get round this limitation so long as you have
a copy of Jeremy Hughes' Fontkit+. Here's how to do it:
Load the screen version of the font you'd like to have doubled
up. I shall use Dale Abbey 18 point as an example. When
SHDALE18.FNT is loaded, select "Scale Font" in the Global Menu.
In the lower box, change the name of the file to SHDALE36.FNT,
and change the point size to 36. Make sure the resolution is at
90x90. Click on O.K. You will now get a rather scruffy-looking
36 point version of the screen font, but it's hardly worth the
bother of tidying it up, as it will not affect the output to
paper. Save this version to the GDOS.SYS folder of your programme
disc, where you should already have both screen and printer
versions of the 18 point font residing.
Next, you need to edit the ASSIGN.SYS file on this disc. Use a
text editor that will load ASCII files, such as First Word Plus
or WordUp itself ("Merge ASCII"). Enter the name of the enlarged
screen font file (SHDALE36.FNT.) in both the default screen
section and in the Hi-Rez screen section. Re-save to disc as an
ASCII file.
When you run WordUp, you will see that Dale Abbey also has a 36
point option in the Font selection table, even though there is no
such printer font included in the GDOS folder. What the programme
does when printing is to look for the nearest font half that size
and double it up - i.e. it finds LQDALE18.FNT and does the
doubling up that is done automatically in Timeworks. This is
managed at quite a small sacrifice of memory, as the screen font
is much smaller than the equivalent printer font. 520 users may
have to take out a font they don't use very much in order to do
this.
David F. Smith
Ilkeston, Derbys.