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- * * * FRACTION FONTS FOR WINDOWS 3.0 * * *
-
- October 6, 1991
- Version 1.03
-
- I hope you'll enjoy this sampling of FRACTION FONTS for Windows.
- But, before you begin to experiment with them, please take time to
- read this brief document.
-
- FRACTION FONTS are intended for use with Adobe Type Manager(TM).
- If you don't already have ATM, there's no sense going through the
- installation and calling up the information/demonstration file
- FRACFONT.WRI. It looks like gibberish without ATM.
-
- If demand is sufficient, I will furnish FRACTION FONT Windows
- screen fonts (.FON files), but I'm resisting it. I believe ATM is
- the single greatest supplement available for the Windows
- environment and can't imagine using Windows without it. FRACTION
- FONTS are intended to utilize ATM's power.
-
-
- GETTING STARTED . . . . .
-
- Okay, let's get going. First, what's stored in FRACFONT.EXE?
-
- 1. !README!.TXT -- The ASCII file you're reading.
-
- 2. !UPDATE!.TXT -- Late-breaking news about FRACTION FONT
- revisions and modification.
-
- 3. FRACFONT.WRI -- A four-page information/demonstration
- document that shows and tells all about FRACTION FONTS for
- Windows. Open it in Windows Write after you've installed the
- FRACTION FONTS.
-
- NOTE: Even if you've played with a ShareWare version of
- FRACTION FONTS, please reread this document. The keystroke
- assignments for the degree sign have been refined since the
- original release of FRACTION FONTS.
-
- 4. TIF____B.PFB, TIF____B.PFM, TIF____E.PFB, TIF____E.PFM --
- These are the FRACTION FONT PostScript Type 1 fonts and their
- font metric files.
-
- 5. ORDERFRM.WRI -- An order form for your use if you'd like
- to purchase additional FRACTION FONTS. There are lots more,
- the collection is constantly growing, and they're priced
- fairly.
-
-
- INSTALLATION . . . . .
-
- The easiest way to install FRACTION FONTS is to let ATM do it.
-
- 1. Activate ATMCNTRL.EXE to bring up the ATM Control Panel
- interface. If you have ATM as an icon on your Windows Program
- Manager, double-click on it. Otherwise, click on "File" on the
- menu bar, select "Run...", then type in ATMCNTRL.EXE and hit
- Enter.
-
- 2. You should now be looking at the ATM Control Panel. Click
- on the "Add..." button.
-
- 3. When the "Add ATM Fonts" dialog box opens, scroll and click
- through the "Directories:" list until you reach the drive and
- subdirectory where you've opened FRACFONT.EXE.
-
- 4. In the "Available Fonts:" scroll box you'll see
- TmsFraction:b and TmsFraction:e listed. Highlight both of
- these fonts, then click the "Add" button.
-
- 5. Finally, exit the ATM Control Panel, exit Windows, then
- restart Windows as you normally do. The FRACTION FONTS are now
- available for all of your Windows applications.
-
-
- INSTRUCTIONS . . . . .
-
- Instructions for using FRACTION FONTS are in FRACFONT.WRI. Take
- time to open this document, print it out, and play with it
- on-screen before using FRACTION FONTS in your favorite
- applications.
-
- Instructions for using FRACTION FONTS in Corel DRAW! are in
- COREL.TXT. You'll have to read this file and copy two lines of
- text into your CORELDRW.INI file before FRACTION FONTS will work
- in Corel DRAW!
-
-
- SHARING FRACTION FONTS . . . . .
-
- I encourage your sharing FRACFONT.EXE with your friends. All I ask
- is that you pass it along in its entirety (not just the fonts) so
- they'll have access to the installation instructions. (And, of
- course, the Order Form, my CIS number, and my mailing address.)
-
- Also, if you have any MAC-using friends, give them a FRACTION
- FONTS for Windows demonstration. If there's sufficient interest,
- I'll make FRACTION FONTS available in Macintosh format as well as
- the current Windows 3.0 format.
-
- If you have any questions, comments, or criticism, feel free to
- contact me on CompuServe [76526,1457]. Or, drop me a note . . .
-
-
- Douglas M. Lidster
- White Dog Communication Services
- 1912 325th Lane
- Adel, Iowa 50003
- CIS [76526,1457]
- 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.
-