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- FONTBOOK v 3
-
- Firstly, I would like to say thanks to all the users who have registered
- their copies of Fontbook, I especially like to recieve your comments on
- what you find useful, or would like to see in future versions.
-
- In response to feedback from a growing body of users, I have now written
- an upgrade of Fontbook; here it is:
-
- WHATS NEW IN VERSION 3
-
- 1. Fontbook is now optimised for US Letter size paper. This is in
- response to the fact that almost all users who have contacted me have
- been from the US.
-
- 2. The user now has the opportunity to print out most specimen sheets
- in A5 size, which is approximately half the size of Letter or A4. These
- I prefer, they are simple and elegant and they save trees.
-
- 3. I have redesigned the specimen sheet layouts slightly.
-
- 4. Users can optionally include 3 lines of text of their own choosing
- at the bottom of each specimen sheet. Most users will use this for their
- company name, slogan, address and phone number.
-
- 5. Fontbook now works with UNINSTALLED TrueType, MS Windows stroke
- raster fonts, as well as installed fonts. It doesn't install these fonts
- for you (that is Windows Control Panel's job), but allows you to view
- and print uninstalled fonts which exist as a font file on disk.
-
- 6. I have fixed a number of careless errors and bugs.
-
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-
- WHAT FONTBOOK DOES FOR YOU
-
- Those of us who work in a DTP environment know how important it is to
- have high quality specimen sheets of the various typefaces on the system.
- This 'Typeface Book' or 'Specimen Book' can be shown to clients and designers,
- or used by the operators themselves to examine the quality and artistic merit
- of various typefaces.
-
- Some time ago, after several years of printing specimen sheets out of
- Pagemaker, I began to look for a program that would do the job
- automatically. I wanted a program that would also show the full character
- sets of multiple fonts on screen in large, clear letters. There were several
- good programs for the MAC, but nothing really great for the PC. So I
- wrote my own - here it is.
-
- Once I began to use this program in the workplace, I found it indispensible.
-
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- WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT FONTBOOK
-
- I know there are a number of utilities of this sort available, but
- I feel that Fontbook has enough unique features to make it worth a look.
-
- 1. Fontbook allows the user to print out specimen sheets to a variety of
- different designs. Each has a different purpose in mind. I have tried to
- give each design a clean, professional look.
-
- 2. Printouts can be in Letter (or A4) size, or in A5 size.
-
- 3. You can embedd your company name, address etc. in a printout - a
- little free advertising.
-
- 4. Fontbook also allows the user to view the full character sets of an
- unlimited number of typefaces on screen at once, in large clear type.
-
- 5. Fontbook can work with installed or uninstalled fonts.
-
- 6. Fontbook keeps a record of fonts printed.
-
- 7. Fontbook maintains the distinction between FONTS and TYPEFACES.
- You can view or print the roman, bold, italic or bold italic variants of any
- face but only if a disk file exists for that variant.
-
- 8. You can filter out typefaces, according to their type (ie TrueType,
- ATM etc) and whether or not they have already been printed as a specimen
- sheet.
-
- 9. Fontbook is written on the KISS principal. It doesnt try to do
- everything or duplicate the functionality of perfectly good utilities
- distributed with Windows.
-
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-
- Now the plug...
-
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-
- Fontbook is shareware. This means you can evaluate it at no charge, but if
- you like it and use it on an ongoing basis, you should pay for it.
-
- Producing worthwhile shareware is time consuming and naturally I would
- like some return on my efforts.
-
- The cost is:
-
- $10 for home use.
- $20 for business use,
-
- As of version 3, users who pay the higher amount will be posted upgrades at
- no cost, so dont forget to include your address and mention the fact that it
- is version 3 you are registering.
-
-
- You can send cheques, money orders etc. to :
-
- Arron Davies
- Post Office Box 82
- West Ryde NSW 2114
- Australia.
-
- If you have any comments, criticism or suggestions for future versions
- please remeber I would love to hear your comments.
-
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-
- Also, its copywrite, so please only distribute with this file intact and
- included.
-
- Thanks.
-