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QualiType Software
FontHandler and Font Sentry
"Special Edition" Version
for Windows 3.1
* Release Notes *
Welcome to the QualiType "SE" versions of FontHandler and
Font Sentry! This package contains software for Microsoft
Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.1 ONLY. If you are
running Windows 95 please download our Win95-specific SE
version package (filename QTSE95.EXE) from our forum library
on CompuServe at GO QTYPE. If you do not have access to
CompuServe, look for the QTSE95.EXE file wherever you found
this QTSE31.EXE version file, or send an email message to
74777.3535@compuserve.com for a list of other sites where
you can download our files.
This document contains general information on how to set up
and use this software as well as late-breaking news that did
not make it into the online Help. Please take the time to
review this entire file.
CONTENTS Of This ReadMe File:
-----------------------------
A. Getting Started
B. FontHandler SE Additional News and Information
1. SE Version Limitations
2. Changing the HOME directory
3. Reinstalling or Moving Program Files
4. Installing Over FontHandler Version 1.0
5. Notes for Upgraders
6. Additional Files of Interest
C. Font Sentry SE Additional News and Information
1. SE Version limitations
2. Program Installation Location
3. Multiple Master Fonts
D. Technical Support and Distribution Policy
1. Technical Support on SE Versions
2. Distribution Policy on SE Versions
---------------------------------------------------------------
A. Getting Started
===============================================================
To get started with this software, we recommend following
the steps below.
1. If you have not already, uncompress and copy the software
to your computer's hard disk by running the QTSE31.EXE
program file. This is a self-extracting Windows archive
that contains all necessary files for this program. No
"installer" program or procedure is necessary other than
unpacking the archive to your hard disk. However, if you
want to you may optionally run the INSTALL.EXE program to
create a Program Manager group and icons for the software.
2. Be sure to review the entire contents of this README file.
3. For an interactive tour of this software, use the QualiType
online Help "Visual Help" sub-system. This is a "point and
click" guide to the main features and functions of our
programs. By browsing the Visual Help screens, you can
learn about the programs without actually running them.
(Any Windows *.HLP file may be opened directly by running
the WINHELP.EXE program in your \WINDOWS directory).
4. For specific information about using FontHandler, see the
main Help topics "What Is QualiType FontHandler" and "Font
Management Essentials". For information on the Font Sentry
system see "Font Sentry Overview" and "Quick Introduction
Experiment" in the Font Sentry Help file.
5. Finally, if you have not already set up a font-storage
system on your computer, you may want to do so before
beginning to work with FontHandler. See the FontHandler
Help topic on "Setting Up Your Font System" for details.
IMPORTANT: In reviewing the "Setting Up" information,
please bear in mind the limitations on font-directory
selection in FontHandler SE outlined below. The online
Help information was written to reflect the full-version
FontHandler product.
B. FontHandler SE Additional News and Information
===============================================================
1. SE Version Limitations
=========================
FontHandler SE is restricted in certain features as compared
to our full-version FontHandler 2.0 product. The program's
operation for installing and uninstalling TrueType and ATM
fonts is fully enabled, and you can preview and print samples
of fonts as well. The SE limitations are primarily in the
number of font groups that you can create and in the font
directories that the program can access. Other limitations
in various font-management-related features like renaming
fonts and searching for fonts are not available as well.
However, the program's basic operation and interface design
remains unaffected by these limitations, and you should be
able to fairly assess its usefulness and operation by running
this SE version. Anyone who is SERIOUS about fonts, however,
will definitely want to upgrade to our full-version program!
See the online Help file for ordering details and a special
discount offer.
2. Changing the HOME directory
==============================
By default, the FontHandler HOME directory is the location
where the program is installed. This directory is where the
FontHandler Setup Module will look for font files at startup,
but you will normally not have any font files stored here.
Thus at first, the program may not show any fonts in the
"UnInstalled" listbox. This is normal.
In the full-version FontHandler program, you can change
the default HOME directory in the Setup Options dialog box.
However, in this SE version the "Change Directory" function
is limited to ONLY the default Windows TrueType and Adobe
Type Manager font directory locations.
If you want to use some other directory besides (a) the
program's installation directory or (b) one of the two default
font-system locations, you may do so by manually editing the
Setup Module's "Home directory=" command line in a plain-text
editor such as the Windows NOTEPAD. You will find this command
line in the FHSTSE20.INI file in your \WINDOWS directory.
Note: see the additional information about this INI file below.
3. Reinstalling or Moving Program Files
=======================================
Please note that only ONE INSTANCE of the FontHandler SE
software is allowed to exist on your computer! Additional
copies that you may install to other drives or directories
will use configuration and data files from the first
installed instance.
However, if you need to move or reinstall the software to a
new location on your hard disk, you may do so without trouble
by first deleting the extra copy of the FHSTSE20.INI and/or
the QTCMSE10.INI files located in your Windows directory. When
the reinstalled or moved program is run the next time, it will
automatically recreate these files for you.
4. Installing Over FontHandler Version 1.0
==========================================
FontHandler SE installs into a new directory structure
compared to the default location for FontHandler 1.0. If you
are a FontHandler version 1.0 user, you can continue to use
the 1.0 version for productive work while you explore and
learn about our 2.0 release with this SE version. Please note
that we recommend only running ONE of each release at a time.
For best results you should exit any running instance of one
release before launching a copy of the other release.
5. Notes for Upgraders
======================
If you are upgrading to FontHandler 2.0 from either our 1.0
version or from any version of Ares(tm) FontMinder(tm), you
may be interested in reading the FHFMNOTE.WRI file enclosed
with this FontHandler SE file set. This is a Windows Write
format document with a copy of the "Notes for Upgraders"
section of the printed FontHandler User's Guide book.
6. Additional Files of Interest
===============================
* CTL3DV2.QT
This is the Microsoft "3D Controls" library file
for enabling the three-dimensional look in all
Windows programs. Rename this file to CTL3DV2.DLL
and move it to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory if
you do not already have it on your system and
want to see the 3D effects in FontHandler.
* FONTHAND.DOT
This is a Microsoft Word for Windows template file
which may be used to integrate FontHandler SE with
Word, so that a button and menu command to launch
FontHandler SE appears on the Word toolbar and
under the "Tools" menu.
To use this file, simply copy it to your Word
for Windows \STARTUP directory. The next time
you start Word, the button and menu item for
FontHandler will appear. To remove this feature,
simply move or delete the FONTHAND.DOT file from
the \STARTUP directory again.
Note that if you install FontHandler SE to a disk
drive or directory other than the default, you
must edit the macro contained in this template
file to point to the correct program location.
See your Word for Windows documentation for more
information on *.DOT files, editing macros, and
template files in the \STARTUP directory.
C. Font Sentry SE Additional News and Information
===============================================================
1. SE Version limitations
=========================
QualiType Font Sentry SE has all of the features of our full
version product, with one exception: it works ONLY with the
Windows WRITE word processing program included with Windows.
You can thus use the SE version to experiment with and learn
about what Sentry is and how it works before purchasing our
full-version product. The full-version Font Sentry works the
same as with Write with ALL Windows programs that are fully
compatible with the Windows font sub-system.
2. Program Installation Location
================================
The Font Sentry SE program files must be located in the same
directory as the FontHandler SE program files. Either program
may be run independently of the other, but their files must
be located in the same place in order for them to be able to
co-operate (for example, for the Sentry Setup dialog to be
able to be launched from the FontHandler Main Window).
3. Multiple Master Fonts
========================
QualiType Font Sentry SE (and the full version 1.0) does not
support Adobe's Multiple Master Type 1 font format. At this
writing, we have plans to add MM support to the next version
of Font Sentry, but for now you must manage Multiple Master
or MM "instance" fonts manually, using either the Adobe Type
Manager Control Panel or QualiType FontHandler.
D. Technical Support and Distribution Policy
===============================================================
1. Technical Support on SE Versions
===================================
Technical support on QualiType's "Special Edition" software
products is available via the email or fax numbers below.
We reserve our live telephone support technician's time for
users of the full-version QualiType software products only.
If you have a question or a problem with either FontHandler SE
or Font Sentry SE, send email via the Internet to...
74777.3435@compuserve.com
...or if you are on the CompuServe system you can enter...
GO QTYPE
...to access the QualiType Software forum on the Windows Users
Group Network (WUGNET) "Windows Utilities Vendors A" forum,
section 14.
If you would rather fax your information to us, write out a
brief, one or two page description of your problem and fax
it to us at...
(313)822-2921
Please note that this is a computer-based fax line. If your
fax machine does not automatically begin the transmission
when the telephone connection is established, you must press
SEND on your end to begin receipt of your page at our end.
2. Distribution Policy on SE Versions
=====================================
QualiType Software's "Special Edition" versions are free but
copyrighted computer programs. As an end-user, you may make
an unlimited number of copies to share with your friends and
business associates, subject to the following restrictions:
1. "SE" Versions ONLY
These terms apply ONLY to the "Special Edition" or "SE"
version of any QualiType Software program. Unauthorized
duplication or distribution of any full-version QualiType
computer program is a violation of federal law.
2. Original, Full File-Set ONLY
If you want to give a copy of this software to someone,
you must give them the original QTSE31.EXE archive file,
containing the full file set for this product that was
prepared by QualiType Software. (This archive file is
1,392,012 bytes in size and dated 12-29-95 at 12:29PM.)
No partial-sharing of any part of this program is allowed.
If you no longer have your copy of the original archive,
you may obtain one from our CompuServe forum at GO QTYPE.
If you do not have access to CompuServe, send an email
message to 74777.3435@compuserve.com to obtain a list of
other places where you can download our files.
2. Commercial Distribution
Specific permission must be received from QualiType
Software to distribute any of our "SE" version programs
on retail racks, on CD-ROM disks, or bundled with another
product. If you are a developer or distributor of fonts,
font-related software or other desktop publishing products,
please contact QualiType at the address below for details:
QualiType Software
ATTN: SE Permissions
29209 Northwestern Hwy
Suite #611
Southfield MI 48034 USA
Phone/Fax 313-822-2921
Email 74777.3435@compuserve.com
Disk Vendors, Shareware Distributors and BBS(s) may charge
a nominal fee for distribution of our "SE" version software
provided the recipient is informed, in advance, that the
fee paid to acquire the program does not represent any
payment to QualiType Software for the product but rather
represents ONLY a payment to the distributor for their
services in making the program available.
===============================================================
QualiType Software "SE" Versions
FontHandler and Font Sentry
Windows 3.1 README File
December 29, 1995
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(C) Copyright QualiType Software, 1995