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- Bitstream(R) Li'l Bits(TM)
- The Winter Holiday Font Pack
-
- README.TXT
- October 9, 1992
-
-
- Please review this file before you install the Li'l Bits fonts.
- It contains last-minute information we could not include in the
- user guide. You can print this file for easier reading and keep
- it with the user guide. The topics are
-
- > Font filenames
- > Bitstream MakeUp
- > Using the fonts in type manipulation programs
- > Missing lines of text/HP LaserJet Printers
- > Microsoft Excel and Aldus PageMaker/PostScript printers
- > WordPerfect for Windows/Dot matrix printers
- > Harvard Graphics for Windows
- > CorelDRAW
- > Missing characters
- > Font conversion programs
- > Kerning
- > Screen fonts at small point sizes
- > EGA display monitors
- > Removing the fonts
-
-
- **************
- Font Filenames
- **************
-
- The chart below shows the font filenames for the TrueType(TM)
- fonts in the Winter Holiday Font Pack. Each installed TrueType
- font is composed of a TTF file and an FOT file. The Winter
- Holiday Font Pack disk contains TTF files which you install in
- Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) 3.1. During installation, Windows
- creates corresponding FOT files.
-
- Typeface TTF Filename FOT Filename
- -----------------------------------------------------
- Holiday Pi | TT9832L.TTF | TT9832L.FOT |
- SnowCap(TM) | TT1237M.TTF | TT1237M.FOT |
- Cloister Black(TM) | TT0757M.TTF | TT0757M.FOT |
- Shelley(R) Allegro | TT0594M.TTF | TT0594M.FOT |
- Freeform 721 | TT0997M.TTF | TT0997M.FOT |
-
-
- ********************
- Bitstream MakeUp(TM)
- ********************
-
- If you use the Holiday Pi font in MakeUp version 1.0 or
- 1.1, you will probably get one of these error messages:
- "Not a valid TrueType font" or "Divide by zero."
-
- To avoid this problem, you need to obtain several updated
- MakeUp files, which are available on Compuserve. To access
- them on Compuserve
-
- 1. Log onto Compuserve.
-
- 2. At any prompt, type GO DTPVendor and press ENTER.
-
- 3. Ater the first menu, enter either (2) Messages or
- (3) Libraries and press ENTER.
-
- 4. At the next menu, enter (13) Bitstream and press ENTER.
- Look for "M.U.T.T. Files" (MakeUp TrueType Files).
-
- You can also get the updated files by faxing your request
- to Bitstream Technical Support at 617-354-7954 (U.S.
- and Canada only). If you don't have access to Compuserve
- or to a fax machine, call Technical Support at 617-497-7514.
- Bitstream will send you the files free of charge.
-
- See "Using the Fonts in Type Manipulation Programs"
- in this file for more information about Bitstream MakeUp.
-
-
- *********************************************
- Using the Fonts in Type Manipulation Programs
- *********************************************
-
- If you use applications with type manipulation features
- such as Bitstream MakeUp, CorelDRAW, or Aldus
- IntelliDraw(TM), we recommend that you apply to the
- Holiday Pi and SnowCap fonts only those special effects
- that change the orientation of a character, for example,
- flipping or rotating.
-
- Do NOT apply any special effects that change the shape of
- a character, for example, creating shadows, 3-D effects, or
- stretching. The image created when you apply these types of
- effects may not display and/or print correctly.
-
- Here is a list of the effects that you CAN apply without
- problems to the Holiday Pi and SnowCap fonts in Bitstream
- MakeUp, CorelDRAW, and Aldus IntelliDraw.
-
- Bitstream MakeUp (with updated files): Mask, Regular Text
- (AUTO), Regular Text (FIXED), Top of Circle, Bottom of
- Circle, Around a Circle, Rotate, Duplicate, Flip Horizontal,
- Flip Vertical, Color.
-
- CorelDRAW 3.x: Use as Straight Text, Rotate, Skew, Mirror,
- Fit to Path, Fit to Curve, Fit to Circle, Fit to Object.
-
- Aldus IntelliDraw: Mirror, Slant, Rotate.
-
- NOTE: Harvard Draw and Gold Disk Professional Draw do not
- work with the fonts in the Winter Holiday Font Pack.
-
- You may have other applications with type manipulation
- features that we did not test. If you do, follow the general
- suggestions mentioned above.
-
- See "Bitstream MakeUp" and "CorelDRAW" in this file for more
- information about these applications.
-
-
- ************************************************
- Missing Lines of Text\HP(R) LaserJet(R) Printers
- ************************************************
-
- If you find entire lines of text are missing when you print
- the Holiday Pi font to an HP LaserJet printer, try this:
- Save your document and exit the application. Open the
- application and print only the page containing the missing
- lines.
-
- If you haven't done so already, you can also try this: Open
- the Windows Control Panel and double-click Printers.
- Highlight your printer and click Setup, then Options. Click
- the Print TrueType as Graphics check box. Try printing
- again.
-
-
- *************************************************************
- Microsoft Excel and Aldus PageMaker(R)/PostScript(R) Printers
- *************************************************************
-
- The user guide suggests that when you print the fonts to
- a PostScript printer, that you select "Bitmap (Type 3)" in
- the Windows Control Panel. This usually solves the problem
- of missing characters in print.
-
- However, if you make this selection, and then rotate characters
- from any of the fonts in Excel or PageMaker and print to a
- PostScript printer, you may find that the rotated characters
- don't print.
-
- In order to print rotated characters, open the Windows Control
- Panel and double-click Printers. Highlight your PostScript
- printer and click Setup, Options, Advanced. In the TrueType
- Fonts box under "Send to Printer as:", select Adobe Type 1.
- Then try printing fewer pages at a time, reducing the size of
- the rotated characters, or reducing the number of fonts
- or size of the fonts.
-
-
- **********************************************
- WordPerfect(R) for Windows/Dot Matrix Printers
- **********************************************
-
- If you use Holiday Pi from 96 to 103 point in WordPerfect
- for Windows and your printer is a dot matrix with an
- Epson(R) 24-pin driver (Epson24.drv), you get this error
- message when you print: "System Error Divide By Zero or
- Overflow Error."
-
- To solve this problem, change the point size to above or
- below 96 to 103 point. Or, if your printer emulates another
- dot matrix printer other than the Epson 24-pin, set it up
- for that printer.
-
-
- *******************************
- Harvard Graphics(R) for Windows
- *******************************
-
- In some versions of Harvard Graphics for Windows, the fonts
- in this package may not appear in the Font menu. If this
- problem occurs, contact Software Publishing Corporation (SPC)
- for an update to Harvard Graphics.
-
-
- *********
- CorelDRAW
- *********
-
- If the Holiday Pi font is installed, this message may appear
- when you exit CorelDRAW 3.x: "General Protection Error."
- The message appears if you opened the Font List, whether
- or not you actually select the Flintstones font. You can
- ignore this message and continue to exit the program:
- It will not cause any other problems. (Always save your
- CorelDRAW document before exiting.)
-
- If you type more than five characters of the Holiday Pi or
- SnowCap fonts in CorelDRAW 3.x, you get this message: "String is
- too long for desired font. Text may be truncated." To solve
- this problem, try setting the text as "Paragraph Text" instead
- of "Artistic Text."
-
-
- ******************
- Missing Characters
- ******************
-
- The Holiday Pi and SnowCap fonts do not have characters
- assigned to every key on the keyboard. If one of these fonts
- is selected, and you press a key that does not have a
- character assigned to it, a blank space or a blank box may
- appear on the screen. (Blank boxes appear in Microsoft
- Word for Windows when you select Options from the Tools menu,
- and then select any of the items under NonPrinting Characters.
- Blank boxes may also appear when you select similar features
- in Ami Pro(TM), PageMaker 4.0, and other applications.)
-
- When you print your document containing these blank spaces
- or blank boxes, the spacing is not correct.
-
- To solve these problems, select only keys that have characters
- assigned to them. Check the character set charts for the
- Holiday Pi and SnowCap fonts to see which keys have characters
- assigned to them.
-
-
- ************************
- Font Conversion Programs
- ************************
-
- We recommend that you do not use font conversion programs to
- convert the fonts in this package to other font formats, such
- as PostScript Type 1. Although you may be able to convert the
- fonts, they will not print correctly.
-
-
- *******
- Kerning
- *******
-
- All the fonts in the Winter Holiday Font Pack support kerning,
- except Holiday Pi. However, at the time this file was written,
- most Windows applications did not support kerning with any
- TrueType fonts. Contact your application vendor for
- information on the application's support for kerning
- TrueType fonts.
-
-
- *********************************
- Screen Fonts at Small Point Sizes
- *********************************
-
- Font sizes of 7 or 8 point and below appear as Windows
- resident fonts instead of the selected fonts on the screen.
- However, the fonts print correctly.
-
-
- ********************
- EGA Display Monitors
- ********************
-
- EGA monitors have fewer pixels than VGA monitors. This means
- that fonts do not appear as precise on EGA monitors as on VGA
- monitors. However, the fonts print correctly.
-
-
- ******************
- Removing the Fonts
- ******************
-
- To remove the fonts
-
- 1. Open the Windows Control Panel and double-click Fonts.
-
- 2. Select a font to remove. You can select several fonts at
- a time.
-
- 3. Click the Remove button. A message appears, asking you to
- confirm your decision to remove the font.
-
- 4. If you want to remove the font completely from your system,
- click the Delete Font File from Disk check box.
-
- 5. Click Yes. If you selected several fonts, click Yes to All.
-
- 6. Click Close to exit the Fonts dialog box. The fonts are
- removed.
-
-
- *********************
- Copyright Information
- *********************
-
- Bitstream(R) Li'l Bits(TM)
- The Winter Holiday Font Pack
- November, 1992
-
- (C) Copyright 1992, Bitstream Inc., Cambridge MA. All rights
- reserved.
-
- Bitstream is a registered trademark and Li'l Bits, MakeUp,
- and SnowCap are trademarks of Bitstream Inc.
-
- Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark
- of Microsoft Corporation. TrueType is a trademark of Apple
- Computer, Inc. HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of
- Hewlett-Packard Company. PostScript is a registered trademark
- of Adobe Systems Inc. PageMaker is a registered trademark and
- IntelliDraw is a trademark of Aldus Corporation. Harvard
- Graphics is a registered trademark of Software Publishing
- Corporation. Ami Pro is a trademark of Lotus Development
- Corporation. WordPerfect is a registered trademark of
- WordPerfect Corporation. Epson is a registered trademark of
- Seiko Epson Corporation.
-
- Cloister Black is a trademark of Kingsley-ATF Type Corporation.
- Shelley is a registered trademark of Linotype AG and/or its
- subsidiaries.
-
- All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
- of their respective manufacturers.
-
-
-