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Bitstream Training - General Questions |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Solutions: Can a customer use Bitstream 1.0 in WordPerfect 5.1? No. This answer comes straight from Bitstream customer support. Also, customers cannot use the 3.0 version of Bitstream for 5.0 with WP 5.1. They need to buy the installation kit for WP 5.1. What are the differences between 1.0 and 3.0? The 3.0 version is seven times as fast. Bitstream 3.0 supports more printers. Version 3.0 also has more character sets to choose from, and a user can make custom character sets. The 1.0 version is for WP 5.0 only. What does Bitstream suggest users do with their 1.0 or 3.0 Bitstream (for 5.0) before setting up Bitstream 3.0 for 5.1? Remove the fonts and the Bitstream program they are using from their system. Bitstream recommends that customers do not use their 5.0 fonts in 5.1 (Bitstream manual, book 2, p. 4-14). How much room does a user need on a hard drive for Bitstream? At least 1.2M for the installation kit, and 250K for each additional kit. Bitstream also recommends having at least 1M free for font storage (Bitstream manual, book 1, p. i-4). How does a user start the Fontware install program? 1. Place Disk 1 in a disk drive. 2. Type the drive letter, :Fontware. 3. Press Enter. 4. Follow the prompts in the message window. 5. Press Enter to accept the default Fontware directory, or select a different directory. 6. Continue to follow the prompts in message window. 7. Highlight Device, and press Enter. You can select more than one device. 8. To accept choices, press F10. Note: If you plan in the future to select a PostScript PDL printer, you should select it now, so that Bitstream can set up the appropriate information at this point in the installation. Press F10 to accept applications and devices. 9. Press Y to continue setting up Fontware. 10. If you set up more than one application, select the application you want to make the fonts in at this time. What does Bitstream suggest doing after generating fonts to save disk space? "Remove unneeded Bitstream Fontware typeface files by choosing the add/delete Bitstream Fontware typefaces from the Fontware main menu" (Bitstream manual, white book, p. 1-9). How many backup copies can a user have? The license allows one backup copy of each disk (Bitstream manual, book 1, p. i-5). What information does Bitstream need to know to make a font? Bitstream needs to know the typeface, character set, point size and device. What is a typeface? A typeface is a distinct design with a distinct name. What is a character set? It is a group of symbols, letters, figures, and punctuation marks. What are the three letter extensions for Bitstream fonts in version 1.0 and 3.0? In 1.0 Bitstream the fonts end in .HPF. In 3.0 Bitstream the fonts end in .SFP for portrait or .SFL for landscape. How much room does a user need to store fonts? A 10pt, portrait font on the HP LaserJet Series II requires 10K using the ASCII character set, 22K using the HP Roman 8, and 31K using the IBM PC. ASCII files are half the size of a Roman 8 font and a third of the size of an IBM PC font. How does a user create a custom character set? 1. Choose Tools from the Fontware main menu 2. Choose Create Custom Character Sets 3. Press F2 to create a new character set 4. A default number will appear--accept it or change it 5. Type your custom character set 6. Press Enter and F10 to accept set 7. Press Enter to confirm name Refer to pages 4-3 through 4-5 in the white book. How do you edit an existing custom character set? 1. Choose Tools 2. Choose Create Custom Character Set 3. Press F3 4. Highlight the character 5. Edit the character set 6. Press Enter when done editing the character set 7. Press F9 8. Press Y to save under the original name (p. 4-6, 4-7, white book) How do you make a font from a custom character set? 1. Highlight the character set field, and press Enter. The menu will display both custom and standard character sets. 2. Highlight the custom set, and press Enter. 3. Press F10 to save the changes. 4. Make the fonts as usual. Is there any limit to the number of custom character sets that a user can have? Yes. The maximum number of custom characters sets is 26. What are the font size limitations? According to the Bitstream white book (p. 1-5), the smallest font is about 2pts. The largest font possible depends on the printer. Most HP printers and the Canon LBP-8II can do up to a 144pt font. The HP LaserJet Plus is limited to a 36pt font (white book, p. 1-5). PostScript PDL printers use outline fonts and the size is selected during the creating or editing of a document. What if the customer has deleted all of the fonts out of their font directory, but they are still in the .ALL file? According to Bitstream Customer Support, the best thing to do is start from scratch with a new .ALL file. What if the fonts are in the font directory but not in the .ALL file? The user can just go back and regenerate the fonts they had before. Bitstream will recognize that there are already fonts in the Bitstream directory and just write the needed information into the .ALL file. The user calls in saying that they can only print their built-in fonts. What is the problem? They have marked their fonts with an asterisk (*) and forgot to initialize the printer. Note: There are several .EXE files in the Fontware directory, but only one that will complete the font making process. This file is FONTWARE.EXE. Some users may try to use BITS.EXE but that will not complete the making of the fonts. FONTWARE.EXE calls up the other .EXE files needed to complete the making of the fonts. A customer who was mistakenly using BITS.EXE said that the program would report that he had enough disk space and to press F10 to continue. When he pressed F10, he got a "Please Wait" message, and then the program would exit back to the DOS prompt without creating any fonts. |
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