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INTRODUCTION:
The Sfware softfont utilities from Small Planet Software are MS-DOS programs
distributed under a shareware license agreement that provide extensive font
manipulation capabilities for HP LaserJet softfonts.
The Sfware utilities allow you to download, rotate, compress, expand, view,
and perform special effects on softfonts. The effects provided include bold,
fill, convert to fixed spacing, halftone, hollow, invert, mirror, outline,
convert to proportional spacing, resize, reverse, shade, shadow, slant,
stripe, three-d, hollow-three-d, filled-three-d, and tilt effects. The
effects can be tailored and customized for any font with various parameters
and shading patterns.
Please read the WARRANTY and LICENSE agreement before using Sfware. Using
Sfware implicitly indicates your acceptance of the terms of these agreements.
DISTRIBUTION:
Sfware is distributed in four archive files: SFW???P1, SFW???P2, SFW???D1,
and SFW???D2. The 'P' archives contain the programs and the 'D' archives
contain documentation. The question marks in the archive names are place
holders for the Sfware version number. In practice, the archive names will
be SFW100P1, etc. IT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL THAT YOU HAVE BOTH PROGRAM ARCHIVES
BEFORE YOU TRY TO USE SFWARE! The PACKING.?? file in each archive lists all
the files it should contain. This read-me file describes a quick-start
procedure for trying Sfware as fast as possible. You are encouraged to read
the manual as well. The manual contains a complete description of all of the
features of Sfware.
The file PRINTDOC describes how to print the documentation.
If you do not have a hard disk (with at least 1.5Meg free), or if you have
less than 400Kb or so of available memory, the quick start procedure that
follows may not work. Please consult the utilities manual in SFW???D2 for
more information about running the standalone utilities. The full-screen
shell program is too large to run in less than about 400Kb of memory or from
a floppy.
A NOTE ABOUT REINSTALLATION:
If you have already installed a previous version of Sfware, begin at step
two below. When you are unpacking the archives, replace existing files
with the new versions. Be sure to run the SfConfig program even though you
already have a configuration file. SfConfig may update your configuration
(but it will not change or delete any configuration variables that you have
created).
QUICK START:
The following steps will get Sfware up and running. These steps assume that
you want to run the full-screen shell program and that this is a first-time
installation. If you do not want (or cannot) run the shell, please consult
the documentation for more information about running the standalone
utilities.
1) Create a directory on your hard disk for Sfware. In the steps that
follow, this directory will be refered to as "d:\path". So, for example,
if you put Sfware in a directory called "SF" on drive "C:", you would
replace all occurances of "d:\path" that follow with "C:\SF".
2) Copy the program and documentation archives to the Sfware directory.
3) Unpack the program archives SFW???P1 and SFW???P2. Use the PACKING.P1 and
PACKING.P2 files to assure that the archives you received are complete.
4) Use the DOS SET command to create an environment variable called SFCFG.
The SFCFG environment variable names the configuration file. The
configuration file should have the extension ".CFG" and should be in the
Sfware directory. For example,
SET SFCFG=d:\path\SF.CFG
is a good choice. This environment variable is required in order to use
Sfware. You must set this variable every time you want to use Sfware.
You can do this automatically by placing the SET command in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file so it will be set every time you boot your computer.
5) Run SFCONFIG. SfConfig will create the configuration file (named by the
environment variable SFCFG) and allow you to select the model of your
LaserJet printer, the name of the print device (LPT1, LPT2, etc), and the
default softfont directory.
6) Sfware is ready to go. To use Sfware, run the SFSHELL program from the
Sware directory by typing:
d:\path\SFSHELL
7) Now that you've had a chance to try it out, please consult the PRINTDOC
file to get instructions for printing the documentation. It is strongly
recommended that you read the documentation.
8) Please register your shareware. If you decide to keep Sfware, print the
file ORDER.FRM and return it with your payment to receive a registered
copy of Sfware.