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(This file is meant to help users who do not have Windows. If you
are currently using Windows, you will find the same information in a
much more accessible way by opening README.HLP)
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Questions and Answers
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Here are some questions frequently asked about our fonts, and the
answers we where able to come up at the time. You may also want to
read the answers, even if you experienced no problem with the
present font. As a matter of fact, we have come up with some
solutions of our own, which may help you get better results with all
your fonts. This list of questions and answers will be regularly
updated, in order to spare as much as possible aggravation for our
customers. After reading them, please contact us, if anything was
still bothering you. We will do what we can to help you the best way
we can. Thank-you for all your reports.
Q: How do I install TrueType fonts under Windows ?
A : Open the "Fonts" control pannel, and click "Add". Then, look for
the font files (extension *.TTF) where you copied or unpacked them.
Select them, and click OK. You may install several fonts at the same
time, simply by selecting them. Windows 95 requires a slightly
different procedure. Open the "Fonts" folder you will find in the
Control Panel located within "My Computer" icon. Then, simply copy
the TrueType font into it.
Q : I do not find the *.FOT files to install the *.TTF TrueType fonts.
A : this type of file is generated by Windows 3.xx when a new font
is installed. In other words, if you use the correct Control Panel
procedure to install a new *.TTF file, Windows 3.xx will
automatically create the corresponding *.FOT file. Windows 95 does
not use this type of file at all, and directly takes advantage of
*.TTF fonts.
Q: How do I install PostScript fonts under Windows ?
A : PostScript fonts come with the extension *.PFB and *.PFM, one of
each for each font. In order to use them, you first must install
Adobe Type Manager (ATM) for Windows. Then, copy *.PFB files in the
WINDOWS\PSFONTS directory, and the *.PFM in the WINDOWS\PSFONTS\PFM
directory. Then, use the ATM control panel to install the fonts.
PostScript fonts offer lots of advantages over their TrueType
Windows counterpart, as kerning and more precise printing. If you
are serious about desktop publishing, you may want to acquire ATM
Windows. This install process may have changed with newer versions
of ATM. please refer to the manual of that utility for more details.
Q : Some complex characters do not display normaly with ATM fonts
A : This phenomenon has been reported most often when ATM Type 1
fonts of complex character shapes are used with Windows 95. The
characters appear on top of each other, and are difficult to read on
the screen. They do print perfectly, though. The only way we have
found to circumvent this glitch seems to be to first enter the text
in a simpler shaped font, for instance Arial, and after entries have
been verified, select the text you want, and bring it to the desired
font and attributes.
Q: Why are you placing so much documentation in your archives, they
become huge and cost a fortune to download ?
A: Sorry for the inconvenience, BUT... As you know, the font you
have now at your disposal for FREE evaluation is provided to you by
Match Software WITHOUT ANY CHARGE. As a matter of fact, when some
other software houses ask you to pay up front for any of their
fonts, we give this one away for your enjoyment, hoping it's
originality and quality will prompt you to acquire usage licensing,
and buy other fonts along the way. Our only hope for any reward for
the tremendous time and efforts it took to create a font is
entirely contained in the promotion material we include in this
archive. How are you going to know the beautiful fonts we created
for you at a very low price, if we do not include our "Incredible
font deal" file, with all the pictures of these fonts ? Do you
really think anyone would register simply because we ask? No, of
course not. We do not get a penny from any of our distributors.
On-line services do charge you to provide shareware, but we never
see the money they take t sell our creations. They even charge us
for on-line access to their services. Shareware vendors may make
fortunes on our back with all sorts of CDs and other great
packages, we do not see the colour of any of these sales. Magazines
may boost their sales like mad and millions using our shareware
packages, they never reward shareware authors, let alone with a
petty free subscription to their magazines. So, if you still really
feel our archives are too big, we are terribly sorry, but if you
really appreciate shareware, you must understand that authors
deserve their share of the wares, and the only way we have to sell
anything, after vendors have been collecting upfront all sorts of
fees, is to promote registration. If authors never got any
registrations, it would mean no doubts no new shareware in a very
short time. Shareware is very much like PBS stations : if you want
independant creation, you might as well pledge for it, and accept
some advertisement from the sponsors ! On the other hand, we try
to provide as much information and support as we can into these
archives, as any good software publisher would do in his box.
Nobody would ever complain to get too complete a user's manual. And
actually, a documentation such as the one your are in the process
of reading could be very useful for other fonts as well. Do not
hesitate to report tips and tricks we can add to this helpful
document. They will benefit all. Thank-you for your support.
Q : Under Windows, some characters of a given font do not print at
all sizes, or show only on screen, or the opposite. This happens
most often with complex fonts, such as DinosoType, Bujardet
Vignettes of Nahkt Hieroglyphs. Some characters print as squares,
when they appear fine on the screen, or the opposite, or both. It
happens most often when the output is to be made on a dot-matrix
printer, would it be impact or ink-jet. It does happen, sometimes,
though, with laser printers, as well.
A : The problem seems to reside within Windows itself, and the way
TrueType is handled. We where unable to get any explanation from
Microsoft which could help us understand how to solve the problem.
However, as in general this type of fonts are most used on isolated
basis (letterheads, titles, etc.), it is possible to use another
approach :
- Create a new document under Windows Paint
- With the TEXT tool, enter the appropriate message
- Copy the image, and paste it into your word processor or desktop
publishing software. Of course, if you use more sophisticated tools
than Windows Paint, like Corel Draw on the PC, the result may be
better. Although TrueType fonts may pose this problem, PostScript
Type 1, even extremely complex, do display and work perfectly under
Windows with Adobe Type Manager (ATM). If you want do do any type of
serious desktop publishing, we strongly recommend you use ATM and
PostScript fonts.
Q : I do not find the promised accented characters. They are not
available through my regular keyboard. Why is that ?
A : For historical reasons, as computers originated in America, and
also because no one at the beginning thought of using electronic
calculators to write poems, invitations or books, the ASCII
standard did not support accented characters. Then, as more and more
aborigines from France like Michel Bujardet, or other remote
picturesque small countries, started to trade their usual goose
quill for more modern means, they asked for accents. And also for
their own weird keyboards. Use the Character Map applet to select
the proper characters, and find out the proper key combinations. If
you still have the Windows installation disks, you may want to
install the "US-International" keyboard driver, which offers a
wealth of extended characters, when you press a key in conjunction
with the Alt key. Our font packs, though, come with all the
necessary data entry tools to facilitate access to foreign
characters (keyboard remapping, bilingual entry, etc.).
Q : I need a font in a language not yet available.
A : Creating fonts for new languages is not only challenging, it is
also culturally very rewarding, very inspiring. We do not always
know the language you plan to use. But if you provide us with the
proper information, we will use it to create a new font. It is
fairly simple : we only need the best representation of the
alphabet, character by characters, and eventually it's
pronounciation, if it is not a Roman set of letters (Japanese, for
instance, or Russian are in that case). Call us for more details.
Q : I want a font made according to my specifications.
A : If you already have a printout of the desired font, or any
graphic representation that we can use to draw the characters, our
regular price for designing a new font is very reasonable. If you
want a creation from scratch, it will be more difficult. Please call
us for a quotation.
Q : How can I obtain a printout of all of your fonts ?
A : Just send us your complete address, and we will gladly send you
a documentation showing the diversity of Match Software fonts. You
can already find a pretty good representation of our offering, in
the README.HLP file.
Q : You must provide thorough phone hot line support for any brand
and type of computer. If Adobe and others can, why not you ? You
should be able to be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week !
A : We are sorry, with our small operation, not to be able to
compete with giants who see more money in 10 minutes than we may be
able to earn in one year. However, our prices are lower beyond
comparison. That is also because you are not paying for million
dollars advertisement, and plethoric staffs. Besides, we are
prepared to fix glitches if any, and gladly accept advises from our
customers. Remember, however, that a font is somewhat equivalent to
a bumper sticker to an automobile. Please do not ask us to solve
the problems generated by your system, no more than you would think
about requiring driving lessons from a stickers publisher. We do our
best for our fonts to work properly on STANDARD configurations,
including STANDARD printers, STANDARD system versions, STANDARD
applications, when our fonts are installed through STANDARD
procedures. All that said, we do want to help you benefit from our
software products. You can contact us by phone at (213) 656-4244,
and leave a message on the voice mail if unfortunately we where not
able to answer immediately. You can also reach us at any of our
e-mail addresses.
Q : In your Martian font, you placed a dot above the glipnol
character, and forgot to put an accent above the weirdoo. It is
unforgettable. I am furious and you are just as stupid as a bunch
of lunar dogs ! You should be whipped, and give me my money back,
too, plus maybe a little extra, because I suffered incredible
damage to my much sophisticated sense of intellectual properness
and inherent graceful sophistication.
A : We are sorry not to know Martian as well as such a refined
literate as your highness. Please do not blow your desintegrator at
us, poor ridiculous clumsy uneducated filthy computer groomers. More
seriously, please consider that ignorance may not be such a crime,
after all, and have mercy for the less taught. We all learn all our
lives new concepts and new ways. If for any reason we committed a
mistake in transcribing your native language, be assured it is not
intentional. Please courteously provide us with the proper
information, and we will try to make appropriate updates are made,
if they are technically possible and logical. All we know of, as
humble and insignificant artisans, is the fonts craftsmanship. It is
not our fault, then, if the subtleties of a foreign language do not
strike us like light over the saint's head. However, we are bending
our knees to the more educated. Thank you for helping us improve.
At the present time, our foreign fonts have been thoroughly review
d, so they satisfy our customers. Some have helped perfect already
very nice fonts. But we will appreciate any additional help ! Any
report or suggestion is taken very seriously, and usualy fixes are
carried out through regular updates. All the more reason to
register, to be able to benefit from these improvements.
Q : When I use too many fonts, my printer crashes.
A : Try setting the option "Print TrueType fonts as graphics" in the
Windows Printer Control panel.
Q : Why do you ask for money for your fonts ? They should be free !
A : There is a strange curse around computer software, these days.
Nobody would ever consider getting a movie for nothing, or walking
into a book store and require a sample for free. For programs,
however, the matter is quite different. So many people consider
computer software piracy as a light little mistake, that
eventually, some may indeed start considering software authors as
thieves, because they pretend to get a small reward for their job.
Some luminaries (noticeably around GNU project, or some Internet
ayatollahs) even have the nerve to play with the very strange
notion that computer software should only come free, and that any
commercial distribution, including shareware, has some analogy to a
rip-off. Fine and good, then, but why do they at the same time
insist to get paid for their conferencing, or to get royalties from
their books ? Match Software is a small business based on shareware
distribution. Anyone can browse at our productions in the same way
a reader could read book as many times and as completely as wished,
before actually paying for it. Please do not pirate us. If you feel
a font is really of use, please register. That small usage fee will
help us continue creating new original, exclusive and fine fonts
for you. We sincerely thank all users who have, through their
registration, helped pay the rent, the phone, and the electricity
which powers our equipment to create all these fonts. Please
continue to support the shareware concept. It is the only way out
of the commercial monopolies. Small software companies are as much
a liberty warrant as small book publishers are : without them, big
companies would have their way, culturally and financially. Nobody
would ever want that to happen !
Match Software
8205 Santa Monica Blvd #1-205
West Hollywood, CA 90046-5912
(213) 656-4244
Internet : MatchSoft@aol.com
Compuserve : 73267,1701
America Online : MatchSoft
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