How do I install TrueType fonts onto my Windows computer from the CD-ROM?
Select Start | Settings | Control Panel | Fonts. Then select File, and Install new font. Select
drive D (or other drive letter designated as the CD-ROM drive), highlight the font to
be installed and click OK. This will install the font, and it will then be ready to use in your
Windows application.
Within my applications, I cannot see the bold, bold italic, or italic versions
of the font in the Font Menu, even though I know I installed them. Where are they?
Most font designers bundel their fonts in families. This is usually teh case when then font family
contains more than the four basic weights (regular, italic, bold, and bold italic). Examples of
additional weights include medium, light and black, to name just a few. In these cases, only the
"regular" weight will show in the font menu, which means you will have to select the attribute (italic, bold
or bold italic) from the style menu. The same would hold true for the light typeface name. For
example, the main typeface could be Bodoni Light, and you would have to select the italic attribute when
switching to Bodoni Light Italic.
When I run a report using ATM for the Macintosh, it reports "errors" with the font. What's the problem?
Actually, there is probably no problem at all. Sometimes ATM "reports" errors with typefaces when you
run a report. However, this doesn't mean the font is damaged. It's possible the rror ws a result of a conflict
having to do with the version of ATM you are running, or, as strange as this may seem, it might be connected
to the age of the font. To accurately find out if a font is indeed damaged, install the font in the
Fonts folder which is located in the System Folder. If you have no problem installing
the font, and it displays and prints fine, then there is nothing wrong with the font.
How do I decide whether to use fonts in Postscript or TrueType format?
TrueType fonts are supported by both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. This means that you can
install the fonts and use them immediately without any additional software. We recommend the use of TrueType
fonts in MS Windows because of the benefits of the large character set and Unicode support. Postscript format
is a preferred choice when working with text in EPS images since Postscript fonts can be embedded in EPS
files. For many years Postscript format was the only choice when working with Postscript output devices
such as RIPs and Imagesetters. However things are changing and more print shops are also accepting TrueType
fonts in published documents. To use Postscript fonts you will need a Postscript font rasterizer such as Adobe Type
Manager (ATM) to render fonts on screen and on non-Postscript printers.
Spacing of Central European characters is incorrect when printed on a HP Deskjet 840C printer.
Everything looks great on screen, but when printed out accented Baltic and Central European letters in Arial,
Times New Roman and other fonts overlap each other. Hewlett Packard acknowledges that this is a printer driver bug and
the lastest software released in February, 2001 still does not solve the problem. As a workaround HP suggests using
the driver of the Deskjet 930C printer.
Macintosh Central European fonts do not appear in the QuarkExpress Font menu?
In the Macintosh every font can be assigned an ID specifying the script to which it belongs. The most
common is Roman - the Baltic languages use the Central European script. Most applications will not
discriminate fonts that belong to different scripts, however some applications do such as QuarkExpress. There are two
versions of QuarkExpress: the regular QuarkExpress and QuarkExpress Passport. The Passport version is intended
to be used for processing of multilingual documents whilst the regular version only supports Roman-based
languages. As a workaround we supply all our our fonts in both the Roman and Central European ID ranges. If you need
to use the regular QuarkExpress version use the fonts from the For Roman Script System folder. Do not mix the two!
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