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General
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FONTEQ.TXT is a database of font name equivalents. Its purpose is to
make it easier to rename oddly named fonts to their more commonly known
names using utility programs like RenameTT or TTAlias or at least set
the proper [FontSubstitutes] in Windows' WIN.INI.
FONTEQ.DOC is the documentation file you are now reading. It is written
in the ANSI Windows character set with lines no longer than 72
characters.
Database Structure
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The database consists of records. Each record is a line, ending with a
return + linefeed pair (characters 13 and 10 decimal).
Each record (line) contains three fields, separated by tab characters
(character 9 decimal):
1. Manufacturer's font family name (example: Zapf Calligraphic 801)
2. Short name of manufacturer (example: Bitstream)
3. Commonly known font family name (example: Palatino)
The first record (line) contains the field names:
FAMILYNAME MAKER COMMONNAME
The character set used is the Windows ANSI character set which is equal
to ASCII up to character 127 decimal. However, a few fonts, such as
Arnold B÷cklin, require the use of higher numbered characters, and for
those the ANSI character set must be used.
If one font has more than one commonly known font family name then
there should be more than one record in the database. The structure of
the database should never be compromised because that could hamper
convenient importing into database programs.
Note that the commonly known font family names of the Adobe Type 1
fonts have 16 characters and usually no spaces.
Example: NewCenturySchlbk
These should be used, since these are the ones that appear in the font
pick lists of programs. Try to be careful about the proper family
names which are not identical to the long names. The long names are
nice and instructive but mostly irrelevant for the actual use. One
example is Times Roman whose family name is simply Times.
Updating Procedure
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If you find additional font name equivalents and are fairly sure that
they are correct, then please
1. Add them to the database.
2. Re-sort the database.
3. Add your name and CompuServe ID to the Contributors section in
FONTEQ.DOC.
4. Pack both files with a program that creates a self extracting
archive file.
5. Re-upload it to DTPFORUM under the same name FONTEQ.
The text file can easily be read into Q+E (part of Excel) and many
other database programs, provided the import parameters are properly
set, e.g. the field delimiter is set to TAB. If your database will
not import FONTEQ.TXT then you might want to replace the tab
characters with commas or semicolons, whatever your database wants.
Just make sure you revert to the original format after re-exporting
the file from you database. Of course, if you want to add only a few
lines, you can simply use most text editors if you insert the lines
in proper sort order by hand.
If you are not conversant with archiving programs then you might use
the public domain program LHA with the following commands. First
create a short text file with the following two lines:
This archive contains the files FONTEQ.DOC and FONTEQ.TXT
Unpack the two files and write them to disk now?
Save this two line text file under the name of ! (exactly one
exclamation sign) in the same directory with FONTEQ.DOC and FONTEQ.TXT.
You may have to enter "!." to avoid that your program adds its own
extension. Then enter the following two commands:
LHA A FONTEQ ! FONTEQ.DOC FONTEQ.TXT
LHA S FONTEQ
The result is a file named FONTEQ.EXE which is self extracting. Upload
this file to the DTPFORUM in CompuServe.
Before you upload, do make sure you have the latest version. There is a
little risk that two people might add records and re-upload at the same
time, but after some initial activity I expect this to be unlikely.
Hans-Georg Michna 74776,2361
Contributors
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Henry Zeiger 76206,1010