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READTHIS.TXT This help file contains an alphabetical list of topics, not included in the User Guide, about FaceLift, Windows, and their supported applications and printers. If you don't find the answer you need here, be sure to check the User Guide. TOPICS ====== * Aldus PageMaker * Aldus PageMaker, Xerox Ventura Publisher, and the HP LaserJet II * Brush Script (HP Laser Printer Users) * Cache File * Characters in Windows Dialog Boxes (Companion Pack for PostScript Users) * Dithered Colors * Error Message: MS-DOS Not Enough Memory to Run ... * Excel * FaceLift and Printers * HP Paint Jet * HP Soft Fonts for a LaserJet III * Installing FaceLift on a Network * Kerning * Low Memory * Micrografx Designer * MS Paint * Panasonic 24-Pin Printers * Park Avenue (HP Laser Printer Users) * PowerPoint * Printing PostScript-Compatible Characters on an HP Laser Printer (Companion Pack for PostScript Users) * Printing Outline Characters on a Dot Matrix Printer * Printing Problems with Canon Printers * Printing Speed to a Laser Printer * Re-installing FaceLift in Windows 3.0 * Small Point Sizes on Color Dot Matrix Printers * Starting Windows * Typeface Names in Menus * Windows Accessories: Write, Paintbrush, Notepad * Windows Vector Fonts (Windows 3.0 only) * Word for Windows * Word Spacing on Low-Resolution Monitors * Wrong Fonts in a Previously Formatted Document Aldus PageMaker =============== Aldus PageMaker 3.01 Upgrade (Windows 2.x Users) ------------------------------------------------ If you have a problem of low memory (see "Low Memory" in this file), you can upgrade both to Windows 3.0 and to PageMaker 3.01 (available from Aldus). This upgrade allows you to run PageMaker in Windows 3.0 in protected (standard or 386 enhanced) mode. Large Screen Characters ----------------------- To display very large characters on the screen (that is, characters larger than 600 pixels), change 'stretch text above' and 'vector text above' to equal 600 pixels. Otherwise, PageMaker displays the wrong font. Line Endings on Different Devices --------------------------------- With some typefaces (such as Swiss 721 Bold) at some point sizes (such as 18 point) line endings on the screen might vary slightly, depending on whether your target printer is a Postscript printer or another printer (such as an HP LaserJet II or Epson LQ). The variation occurs because of the way FaceLift must calculate set widths (character spacing) for characters on different] devices. The degree of variation depends largely on the resolution of the screen and printer or typesetter: the higher the resolution of the devices, the less variation you will see. If you use typefaces from one of the two FaceLift Companion Packs (for the HP LaserJet III or for PostScript), the line endings for some typefaces at some sizes might not match precisely the line endings of the resident printer fonts. Again, the variation occurs because of the way FaceLift must calculate set widths for each character. Aldus PageMaker, Xerox Ventura Publisher, and the HP LaserJet II ================================================================ If you create a document in Aldus PageMaker or Ventura Publisher 3.0 for Windows and try to print the document on an HP Series II, you might find that the space between words is too wide and text is clipped at the right side of the page. This occurs if you have set the output resolution for the HP Series II at 75 or 150 dots per inch in the Windows Printer Setup menu, and you have not generated soft fonts for the point sizes you're using in the document. You can do one of two things: * Use Windows Printer Setup to change the printer resolution for the HP Series II to 300 dots per inch (in which case you don't have to generate soft fonts), or * Use the FaceLift HP-Softfonts option to generate soft fonts for the document that you want to print at 75 or 150 dots per inch (in which case your fonts will print at 300 dots per inch and other elements in the document will print at lower resolution). Brush Script (HP Laser Printer Users) ===================================== If you are using soft font versions of the Brush Script or Park Avenue typefaces generated by the HP-Softfont option, select the style "italic" as well as font name "Brush Script" or "Park Avenue" when you format your document. (If you don't select "italic," FaceLift prints the Bitstream scalable version of the typeface in graphics mode, which takes longer.) Cache File ========== If, for any reason, the FaceLift cache file on your hard disk becomes corrupted, you will get unpredictable results on your screen display. Delete the cache file, which has a name such as CACHEDMP.CCH, from your Windows directory. FaceLift will create a new cache file when you restart Windows. Characters in Windows Dialog Boxes (Companion Pack for PostScript Users) ====================================================== If you have added the Bitstream Swiss SWA typeface and the text in Windows dialog boxes appears unusually small, Windows may be substituting a Bitstream Swiss typeface for the Helvetica bitmap font it normally uses. This occurs only if the PostScript Name table is loaded, "Assign SHELL-driver" is selected for a PostScript printer in FaceLift's Printers option, and the threshold for screen fonts is set below 9 point in the Parameters option. To correct this, set the status to "Threshold Active" for the Swiss SWA typeface. Next, go to Parameters panel and set the threshold value to 9 points or greater. Dithered Colors =============== FaceLift can dither (alter the fill pattern) of characters on color screens and printers. However, Windows does not have this feature. To disable dithering, insert the following line into the [Typefaces] section of the WIN.INI file: NoDitheredColors=1 Error Message: MS-DOS Not Enough Memory to Run . . . ===================================================== If you do not have much memory and are trying to print a document, the MS-DOS Executive may report that you have about 25 KB of memory free. The "Print Job Started" message comes up, and one of several things can happen: * The document prints * The message "MS-DOS Not Enough Memory to Run . . ." appears * The system hangs What you can do: The document will usually print if it is less than seven pages long. You don't have to do anything else in this case. If the message "MS-DOS Not Enough Memory to Run . . ." appears, click "OK." If the document prints, you don't have to do anything else. If you click "OK" and the system hangs or if the system hangs before printing starts (you don't see any intermediary message), reboot your system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del. Then run Windows again and try to print the document. Excel ===== An Excel spreadsheet has different row heights when it is printed on a PostScript printer and on an HP LaserJet print. As a result, a different number of rows can print on a page, depending on the printer. This is not a FaceLift issue. FaceLift and Printers ===================== Font handling by FaceLift is linked closely to the printer. For example, the character spacing you see on the screen is derived from the character widths used by your printer. Therefore, before you begin using FaceLift fonts in a document, make sure you select your target printer in the Printer Setup option in your application. HP PaintJet =========== If incorrect colors print, insert the following line in the [Typefaces] section of the WIN.INI file: NoCacheColorChars=1 HP Soft Fonts for a LaserJet III ================================ If you use FaceLift's HP-Softfonts option to generate soft fonts for the HP LaserJet III (which uses the HPPCL5A.DRV printer driver), you will receive the following message: "Can only generate softfonts for a HP/PCL LaserJet and compatibles. The HPPCL driver is not currently selected as the default driver in Windows. Generate fonts anyway?" What you can do: If the LaserJet III is set up and active in Windows, go ahead and generate soft fonts. Exit and restart Windows. Edit the WIN.INI file using Notepad. Go to the [HPPCL] section. (If a LaserJet II happens to be the default printer in Windows, go to the [HPPCL, Lptx] section.) Then copy each "SoftFontn= " line, and insert it in the [HPPCL5A,LPTx] section. For example, go to [HPPCL] section and the copy the line: SoftFont1=C:\PCLFONTS\BI100NU0.PFM, C:\PCLFONTS\BI100NU0.ANP Then insert the line in the [HPPCL5A,LPT1] section. When you finish editing WIN.INI, exit Windows and start Windows again. Installing FaceLift on a Network ================================ You can install FaceLift on a network. Keep in mind, however, that the FaceLift license agreement requires the purchase of one copy of FaceLift for each computer. Refer to the Windows 3.0 User's Guide for network application installation instructions. (If you use Windows 2.x, find the instructions in FaceLift's INSTALL.TXT file.) Kerning ======= Pair kerning (the tightening of space between specific pairs of letters, such as "AW" and "Te" ) is applied to PostScript typefaces in applications that use pair kerning, if you select "Unassign SHELL-driver" in FaceLift's Printers option. Pair kerning is not applied to Bitstream scalable typefaces or soft fonts made using the FaceLift HP-Softfonts option. However, you can still kern characters manually in applications that support manual kerning. Screen output and printer output might differ slightly if you kern characters manually. But the higher the screen resolution, the closer the match between screen and printer output will be. (Note that if you select "Unassign SHELL-driver" in order to enable pair kerning for soft fonts from other programs such as Fontware or from other vendors, you won't be able to print Bitstream scalable typefaces.) Low Memory ========== If you use many Bitstream scalable typefaces, your system might not have enough memory available to run other applications. You can set the limit for the number of cached fonts in FaceLift's Parameters option to 8 or fewer, or run Windows 3.0 in protected (standard or 386 enhanced) mode. (NOTE: The number of scalable typefaces is not the only reason the system might not have enough memory. Check for other causes as well.) Micrografx Designer =================== Because Designer can rotate fonts and print them in any size (provided you use a scaling printer), you should set Enumerate Fonts in the FaceLift's Printers option to off. FaceLift will inform Designer that the printer is a scaling device. (Although they will be listed as scalable, you can only use the printer's resident fonts in their actual point sizes.) FaceLift does not recognize the Micrografx PostScript printer driver. Use the PostScript printer driver that comes with Windows instead. The message "Unrecoverable Application Error. Terminating Current Application." appears after you press <Enter> and then <Backspace>. This is a known bug in Micrografx and is not caused by FaceLift. MS Paint ======== Paint depends on bitmap screen and printer fonts. For that reason it does not support FaceLift font scaling. Panasonic 24-Pin Printers ========================= FaceLift fonts will print on Panasonic 24-Pin Printers only if you use the printer in Epson LQ 1500 mode. Park Avenue (HP Laser Printer Users) ==================================== If you are using soft font versions of the Brush Script or Park Avenue typefaces generated by the HP-Softfont option, select the style "italic" as well as font name "Brush Script" or "Park Avenue" when you format your document. (If you don't select "italic," FaceLift prints the Bitstream scalable version of the typeface in graphics mode, which takes longer.) PowerPoint ========== If you use a FaceLift font in PowerPoint that is also available as a bitmap font, PowerPoint will use the bitmap at print time instead of the FaceLift font. As a result, the characters and the line endings you see on your screen might not match what you get from your printer. To fix this, delete the PowerPoint bitmap fonts using the Windows Control Panel. Printing PostScript-Compatible Characters on an HP Laser Printer (Companion Pack for PostScript Users) ======================================================== If you use typefaces from Bitstream's Companion Pack for PostScript on an HP laser printer, rather than a PostScript laser printer, two characters are different. The circumflex (^) and the tilde (~) are compatible with the images used in the ANSI character set, not the PostScript character set. Printing Outline Characters on a Dot Matrix Printer =================================================== When printing in landscape mode on a dot matrix printer with "Assign SHELL-Driver," "Res x*y" set to 64800, and "Blackness" set to 300 or below, outline characters have a vertical black line at 1/2 inch intervals. This problem does not exist in portrait mode. Printing Problems with Canon LBP-8II Printers ============================================= The following problems can appear if you use a Canon LBP-8II or other Canon printer that uses old Canon drivers. If your printout is blank or if it contains white lines in the characters, insert the following line into the [Typefaces] section of the WIN.INI file: NoRopsOnPrinter=1 (NOTE: If your printer uses the CANCAPSL.DRV driver, you do not need to modify the WIN.INI file.) Printing Speed on a Laser Printer ================================== If it takes a long time to print a page, consider doing one of the following: 1 Increase the maximum cache height (Pixel) in FaceLift's Parameters panel. This is useful, for example, if you use Swiss (Helvetica) 12 point as body text and have a high resolution printer. 2 Create soft fonts (if you use an HP LaserJet or compatible) for the body text sizes using the HP-Softfonts panel in FaceLift. Create no more than 20 different soft fonts, since they can use up much of your hard disk space. 3 If you are using soft font versions of the Brush Script or Park Avenue typefaces generated by the HP-Softfont option, select the style "italic" as well as font name "Brush Script" or "Park Avenue" when you format your document. (If you don't select "italic," FaceLift prints the Bitstream scalable version of the typeface in graphics mode, which takes longer.) Re-installing FaceLift in Windows 3.0 ===================================== If you re-install FaceLift, you might receive the message "Installation Error! Cannot install while FaceLift is active. Please set FaceLift to inactive and restart Windows." Before attempting to install FaceLift again, do the following: 1 Bring up the FaceLift Parameters dialog box. 2 Turn off the "FaceLift active" box. 3 Turn off the "Save Cache to disk" box. 4 Click "OK" to exit the Parameters dialog box. 5 Click "OK" in response to the message, "Your system settings have changed. You need to restart Windows, so that the new settings are in effect. 6 Click the Printers icon. 7 For each printer: highlight the printer, then select "Unassign SHELL-driver." 8 Click "OK" to exit the Printers dialog box. 9 Exit FaceLift. 10 Bring up Window's Program Manager. 11 Delete the FaceLift icon from the Program Manager window, if the icon is there. Delete the FaceLift Program Group from the Program Manager, if the program group is there. 12 Exit Windows. 13 Start Windows again, if you're installing FaceLift in Windows 3.0. 14 Re-install FaceLift. See the User Guide or INSTALL.TXT for instructions. Small Point Sizes on Color Dot Matrix Printers ============================================== To print small characters in color, add the following line to the WIN.INI [Typefaces] section: NoCacheColorChars=1 Starting Windows ================ If you have more than one copy or version of Windows installed on your system, you might experience problems starting Windows after installing FaceLift. Check the PATH command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Make sure it includes the path of ONLY ONE of your Windows directories: the Windows directory that contains FaceLift. If Windows is slow in coming up it might be because you have defined a large cache size in FaceLift's Parameters dialog box. It might also be because you have installed many typefaces (more than 12). Also, if you changed the cache size during your last Windows session, the system must create a new cache file, which takes a long time. NOTE: If you use a cache size of 2048 KB, the cache file is also 2048 KB (2 MB). Typeface Names in Menus ======================= The names that appear in the "Installed Typefaces" list in FaceLift's Typefaces dialog box might not match the names that appear in the HP-SoftFonts dialog box. They might also not match the names that appear in Windows application menus. For example, 'Dutch 801 SWA' appears in the Typefaces dialog box and 'Tms Rmn' appears in the HP-Softfonts dialog box and in Word's "Format...Character" dialog box. The variation in names occurs because FaceLift automatically loads the PostScript Name table during installation. Therefore, the names that appear in menus and lists are the PostScript names. If you prefer to see Bitstream names, you can delete the PostScript name table or add the Bitstream name table by using FaceLift's Name Table option. Windows Accessories =================== Write ----- For Helvetica, Tms Rmn, and Courier, at some point sizes MS Write substitutes Windows bitmap fonts for FaceLift fonts, if a bitmap font is available. As a result, your screen may not be true WYSIWYG. You can fix this by deleting the Windows bitmap fonts. (See important note below.) However, deleting the bitmap fonts makes them unavailable for other Windows applications that may need them. IMPORTANT! If you delete the Windows bitmap fonts, set the threshold for screen fonts to 9 point in FaceLift's Parameters option. (If you do not, Windows will not find any font, and may crash.) Paintbrush ---------- Paintbrush takes advantage of FaceLift for text on the screen. However, Paintbrush sends the text to the printer as a bitmap generated at screen resolution. On printers with greater resolution than the screen, such as laser printers, the font quality will appear coarse. Windows Notepad --------------- If you print text documents from Windows NotePad to an HP Series II, IID, IIP, or LaserJet III, some characters such as lowercase "m's," "w's," and uppercase "A's" might be missing. This occurs because NotePad can only print fixed pitch fonts. You can use the Courier and Line printer fixed pitch fonts, which are resident in the HP printers. If you want to print with FaceLift fonts, copy your document from NotePad to another program, such as Write. Then format the document with the fonts you need and print. Windows Vector Fonts (Windows 3.0 only) ======================================= If you use Windows vector fonts (Modern, Roman, and Script), which are required by some applications that rotate fonts, insert the following line into the [Typefaces] section of the WIN.INI file: NoSubstVectFonts=1 If you don't use the vector fonts, consider deleting them, using the Windows Control Panel. Word for Windows ================ Updating the Font List ---------------------- To update the list of fonts in Word after you have added Bitstream typefaces to FaceLift, reselect your printer in Word using "Printer Setup" in the File menu. Line Endings in Word for Windows -------------------------------- If you use Microsoft Word for Windows, the line endings of text on your display may not match the line endings of your printed output. However, you might find that your screen display's line endings do match when you view them in the "File . . . Print Preview" mode. Make sure that the "Display as Printed" box is turned on; access it through Word's "View . . . Preferences" menus. Word Spacing on Low-Resolution Monitors ======================================= When viewed on a low-resolution display device (such as a Hercules monochrome display adapter), documents containing typefaces in small point sizes (below 9 points) may have very wide word spacing or erratic line endings. This is not caused by FaceLift, but by the ability of low-resolution devices to handle very small fonts. You can set the threshold for screen fonts in FaceLift's Parameters option to points or greater, and allow the display device to substitute Windows bitmaps for smaller sizes. Wrong Fonts in a Previously Formatted Document ============================================== If you remove a name table in FaceLift and have selected font names from that table in a document, you might print the wrong fonts for that document. You can either reinstall the name table or reformat the document using font names currently displayed in application's font menu.