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Adobe Type Manager (R) version 2.02 Release Notes
Windows version
May 2, 1992
Adobe Type Manager is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated. Copyrights 1983-1992 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
All Rights Reserved. Patents Pending
This document supplements the Adobe Type Manager User Guide.
Topics include:
1. Disk Contents
2. Installation Requirements
3. ATM.INI
4. ATM Control Panel
5. PostScript Soft Fonts Listed in ATM Control Panel
6. Use Pre-built or Resident Fonts Option
7. ATM and Printing
8. Printer and Video Drivers
9. Application Notes
- Corel Draw
- Designer 3.1 and Charisma 2.1
- Harvard Draw 1.0
- Harvard Graphics 1.0 for Windows
- Micrografx PostScript Driver
- Norton Desktop for Windows 1.0
- PageMaker 4.0
- PowerPoint 2.0
- Ventura Publisher Windows Edition version 3.0
- Various Applications with Draft Mode Printing Feature
- Virus Protection Software
- Word for Windows 1.1a, 2.0, and 2.0a
- WordPerfect for Windows 5.1
10. Novell Netware Considerations
11. ATM and IBM 4029 Series Printers
12. Troubleshooting
A. ATM.INI parameters
1. Disk Contents
The following files are found on your ATM disk(s):
ATM16.DLL Program file for Windows Standard mode
ATM32.DLL Program file for Windows 386 Enhanced mode
ATMSYS.DRV ATM System driver
ATMCNTRL.EXE ATM Control Panel
INSTALL.EXE ATM Installer
INSTALL.CNF ATM Installation configuration file
PROGDISK (FONTDISK) Disk ID file
README.TXT This file
ATM.CNF Configuration file (might not be present
on upgrade disks)
Your disk(s) might also contain a PSFONTS directory and a
PCLFONTS directory. The PSFONTS directory contains PostScript
Font Outline (PFB) files and Printer Font Metric (PFM) files.
The PCLFONTS directory contains PCL bitmapped font files which
have filename extensions of either SFP or SFL. The PCLFONTS
directory also contains Printer Font Metric (PFM) files.
2. Installation Requirements
To install ATM, you need a C:\ drive and sufficient disk space
for the ATM software and fonts. The amount of disk space you
need depends on the number of fonts included with your ATM
package. The standard retail ATM package requires about 1
megabyte of disk space.
3. ATM.INI
ATM's initialization file, ATM.INI, is created during
installation. It contains a list of fonts installed in ATM and
other ATM program-related settings. For more technical
information, see Appendix A at the end of this file.
4. ATM Control Panel
There is no longer a pre-defined limit to the number of fonts you
can install with the ATM Control Panel. Windows does, however,
limit initialization files (including the ATM.INI and the
WIN.INI) to a size of 64K. If this limit is reached, Windows
cannot open, read, or write properly to these INI files.
For Windows 3.0 and 3.0a, Microsoft recommends keeping
initialization files smaller than 32k in size. Following this
recommendation, the maximum number of fonts that can be listed in
ATM.INI for Windows 3.0 or 3.0a is around 450 fonts. For Windows
3.1, the only limit is the 64K maximum file size, which is large
enough for about 900 fonts.
Fonts Listed in the ATM Control Panel
The more fonts you add with ATM, the longer it takes Windows
to load. The exact time depends on the type of processor
you have and your system configuration. If you feel that Windows
is taking too long to load, you may want to free up more memory
available to Windows and/or reduce the total number of fonts
installed to a reasonable set of fonts you frequently use.
5. PostScript Soft Font Limits for Windows 3.0 and 3.0a
When you use the ATM Control Panel to add PostScript soft fonts,
ATM places entries in your WIN.INI file that tell Windows to
automatically download the fonts to your printer whenever you
print a document containing the fonts.
For Windows 3.1, there is no longer a 150 font limit on the
number of soft-font entries you can have for a PostScript
printer.
For Windows 3.0 and 3.0a, however, the maximum number of soft-
font entries per PostScript printer WIN.INI entry is
approximately 150. The exact number depends on your particular
system configuration. This limit stems from the Windows 3.0
PostScript driver's inability to enumerate a large number of
fonts. If you receive spurious printer-related error messages
when starting Windows or switching to a PostScript printer, check
the number of soft fonts you have installed in the PostScript
printer section in the WIN.INI. You might have to manually
remove these soft-font entries to correct the printing problem.
If you remove soft-font entries from the PostScript printer
section of the WIN.INI file, remember to adjust the line
"softfonts=nn" to show the new total number of soft-font entries.
For example, if your PostScript printer section lists 150 soft
fonts and you remove 25, the line should read "softfonts=125".
Also, the left side of the soft-font entries should number the
remaining soft fonts continuously. For 125 soft-fonts, the
entries should begin with "softfont1=..." and continue without
interruption through "softfont125=..."
6. Use Pre-built or Resident Fonts Option in the ATM Control
Panel
When you select the Use Pre-built or Resident Fonts check box,
uses these fonts at print time instead of creating bitmapped
fonts and sending them to your printer. Although ATM does not
require restarting Windows when changing the Use Pre-built or
Resident Fonts option, it may be necessary to quit and restart
applications for this option to take effect.
You may find that when this option is selected, resident fonts
will not be masked by your printer if a graphic image is placed
on top of the text. As an example, open an application that
allows you to draw images over text, select the font Courier, and
draw a gray box on top of it. The font will be covered by the
gray box on the screen. But with the Use Pre-built or Resident
Fonts option selected, your printer will print the text on top of
the gray box. (This type of behavior also occurs when you turn
ATM off.) When you clear the Use Pre-built or Resident Fonts
check box, your text and graphic images will print as displayed
on-screen.
7. ATM and Printing
ATM uses PostScript outline fonts to produce a smooth graphic
display of your fonts on-screen. The fonts available for use
depend on the printer you have selected in your application.
For non-PostScript printers, the fonts available are the internal
printer fonts, the Windows internal bitmapped fonts, and the
fonts listed in the ATM Control Panel. At print time, ATM
generates a graphic image of your text based on the PostScript
outlines, and sends this image to your printer. If you have PCL
bitmapped fonts installed for your printer, the PCL driver will
download these soft fonts if you have checked the Use Pre-built
or Resident Fonts option in the ATM Control Panel.
For PostScript printers, the fonts available are the fonts
resident in the printer and the PostScript soft-font entries
listed in the printer's section in the WIN.INI file. When you
use the ATM Control Panel to add PostScript soft fonts, ATM adds
soft-font entries in the WIN.INI file for the currently installed
PostScript printers. However, when you add a new PostScript
printer (or change printer ports), you may find that some of the
soft fonts listed in the ATM Control Panel do not appear in your
application font menus. This is because the PostScript soft-font
entries in the WIN.INI file are missing for the new PostScript
printer (or the printer attached to a new port). To correct this
problem, simply use the ATM Control Panel to add the missing
fonts again.
When printing to a PostScript printer, ATM does not have to be
active because it does not have to rasterize any fonts. Windows
and the PostScript driver download outline fonts to your
PostScript printer.
Print Resolution
For the highest print quality, Adobe recommends you set your
printer and printer driver to the highest print resolution.
Certain PCL printer drivers do not properly set the print
resolution. They show 300 dpi resolution in the Windows Printer
Control Panel even though they are set to a lower resolution.
Some applications fail to print correctly when your PCL printer
resolution is not set to 300 dpi. Excel 3.0a, for example,
prints blank cells instead of ATM fonts if your PCL printer is
not set to 300 dpi.
If you suspect your PCL printer driver is not set to 300 dpi, set
the resolution to 75 dpi, save this option, and then set the
resolution back to 300 dpi. (When your printer resolution is set
to 300 dpi, the line "prtresfac=0" appears in the PCL printer
entry in the WIN.INI file.
8. Printer and Video Drivers
For the highest font rasterization quality, Adobe recommends you
use the latest Windows printer and video drivers.
9. Application Notes
Corel Draw Version 2.0 and Earlier
These versions of Corel Draw do not work with ATM.
Designer 3.1 and Charisma 2.1
The lines used for underlines and strikeouts may appear broken
when using an ATM font. This is due the way these Micrografx
products handle character placement.
If you rotate text at a 90 degree angle and then stretch it, you
may find that the font will not be properly resized. To avoid
this problem, first resize the font and then rotate it.
Rotating stretched text at a 180 degree angle may cause the last
letters in the text string to overlap. In this case, first
rotate the text by 180 degrees and then stretch it.
Rotated text at certain angles will sometimes print with expanded
character spacing on non-PostScript printers. Try using the
Print View option and selecting the entire page.
Adobe is working with Micrografx to correct all these problems.
Harvard Draw 1.0
This version of Harvard Draw does not work with ATM.
Harvard Graphics 1.0 for Windows
Harvard Graphics cannot rotate ATM fonts. Harvard Graphics uses
internal fonts for rotated text.
Micrografx PostScript Driver
The Micrografx PostScript driver has a unique printer section
structure in the WIN.INI. PostScript soft fonts cannot be
installed to this driver using the ATM Installer and Control
Panel. You can, however, install your fonts through the
Micrografx Printer Setup menu. See your Micrografx manual
for instructions.
Norton Desktop for Windows 1.0
Due to the different structure of Norton Desktop's application
groups, the ATM icon will not be properly installed into the Main
group when running Norton as your desktop shell. You must
manually add the ATM Control Panel icon. The ATM Installer will,
however, copy all of the necessary files to your system and will
configure Windows to run ATM.
PageMaker 4.0
For best results with ATM, set the "Vector text above" and
"Stretch text above" limits in the Preferences dialog box to
10000 pixels each.
PowerPoint 2.0
For best results at small point sizes on screen, use the Windows
Fonts Control Panel to remove the "Small Fonts" font.
Ventura Publisher Windows Edition v. 3.0
To use ATM with Ventura 3.0, you must install the "Windows" patch
disk. You can receive this disk by contacting Ventura at (800)
822-8221.
The fonts Helvetica and Times will not display correctly in
Reduced View.
Reversed text does not print correctly to non-PostScript
printers.
Word for Windows 1.1a, 2.0, and 2.0a
Double underlines may print as one thick underline at point sizes
larger than 18 points. This is due to the method Word for
Windows uses to perform double underlining.
In version 1.1a, the typeface used in the ruler and in the status
bar may not be Helvetica. Word for Windows 1.1a uses the first
variable pitch sans-serif font available in the [Fonts] section
of the ATM.INI file. To correct this problem, move Helvetica to
the top of the [Fonts] section in your ATM.INI file. Upgrading
to Word for Windows version 2.0 and later also corrects this
problem.
Various Applications with Draft Mode Printing Feature
Some applications which support draft mode printing do not print
graphics when they print in draft mode. Because ATM creates text
as graphics, text might not print correctly in draft mode.
Virus Protection Software
Some virus protection software packages will not allow the ATM
Installer to replace previous versions of ATM software. If you
have this problem, first scan your hard drive for viruses. Then
temporarily disable your virus protection software while you
install ATM. Remember to re-enable your virus protection
software and re-scan your hard disk after installing ATM.
WordPerfect for Windows 5.1
Because WordPerfect does not use standard Windows font requests
when using a WordPerfect printer driver, ATM does not work
properly with WordPerfect printer drivers. To use ATM with
WordPerfect for Windows, use the standard Windows printer
drivers.
WordPerfect for Windows does not allow Windows to display fonts
properly in preview mode.
Some special characters in the ANSI character set (with values
higher than 128) do not print as displayed. See your Windows
documentation for the ANSI character set.
10. Novell Netware Considerations
Although ATM is not a network application, you can print to
network printers using ATM. However, you have to configure the
File Contents section in your print job definition to specify
byte stream instead of text. (The byte stream option is required
because ATM sends raster graphics to your non-PostScript
printer.)
To add fonts from a network drive, you must first load a
SHELL.CFG file containing the line "show dots = on". Use IPX.COM
to load the SHELL.CFG file.
There is also a 34-character limit for the PostScript target
directories for the PFB and PFM files. If your target directory
name exceeds this limit, use the map root command (instead of the
usual map command) to map the directory to a simulated root
directory.
11. ATM and IBM 4029 Series Printers
To use ATM with one of the IBM 4029 series printers, you have to
install version 3.01 or later of the 4029 printer driver and
version 1.65 of the Generic printer driver. These versions are
available with Windows 3.1. If you are using Windows 3.0,
contact your printer dealer or manufacturer for the latest
drivers.
12. Troubleshooting
Justified Text Exceeds Right Margin On Screen
Justified text sometimes extends beyond the right margin on
screen, but prints correctly. This happens particularly at small
point sizes. Two situations can cause this problem:
* Windows uses a screen font for a font of a different size.
Turning off the Use Pre-built or Resident Fonts option in the ATM
Control Panel corrects this problem.
* The problem is caused by roundoff errors occurring between ATM
font metrics and how the particular application calculates the
total width of a line of text. This problem cannot be corrected.
Documents Containing the Arial MT and TimesNewRomanPS Fonts Print
Slowly
If, after upgrading to Windows 3.1, you find that documents
containing the fonts Arial MT and TimesNewRomanPS print more
slowly on a PostScript printer, you can take the following steps
to improve printing speed.
If you are using the Arial MT font, add the following line to
both the [Aliases] section and [Synonyms] section of your ATM.INI
file.
Helvetica=Arial MT
If you are using the TimesNewRomanPS font, add the following line
to both the [Aliases] section and [Synonyms] section of your
ATM.INI file.
Times=TimesNewRomanPS
Appendix A. ATM.INI Parameters
The following section contains technical information on ATM
version 2.02's initialization file. This file is divided up into
six sections: Fonts, Setup, Settings, Mono, Aliases, and
Synonyms.
[Fonts] This section contains a list of all of the fonts
installed with ATM and the locations of the
PostScript PFM and PFB files for each font. The fonts
listed here are available to all non-PostScript
printers for screen display and printing. The fonts
available to PostScript printers are based on the
PostScript soft-font entries in the specific printer
section of the WIN.INI file and those internal to the
PostScript printer driver. If a font is listed in both
WIN.INI and ATM.INI, ATM will rasterize the font
to the screen. The printing of fonts to PostScript
devices is solely the responsibility of the PostScript
driver and Windows. ATM does not have to be active
when printing to PostScript devices.
Another important point to remember about PostScript
printers is that, although a particular application
will allow you to bold or italicize a certain font,
your PostScript printer will not be able to render the
bold or italic font unless an outline for the bold or
italic font is available. On non-PostScript printers,
however, ATM will synthesize a bold, italic or bold
italic version of a font based on the roman outline if
the outline of the desired font style is not present.
When the ATM 2.02 Installer creates the [Fonts] section
of the ATM.INI, it adds all the PostScript fonts found
in the installation disk as well as any PostScript
fonts listed as soft-font entries for PostScript
printers in the WIN.INI file. If you are upgrading
from a previous version of ATM, the Installer also adds
all the fonts listed in the current ATM.INI file.
[Setup]
PFM_Dir Default PFM directory for the ATM Control Panel when
adding PostScript fonts.
PFB_Dir Default PFB directory for the ATM Control Panel when
adding PostScript fonts.
[Settings]
FontCache=96 The size of the font cache is configurable
through the ATM Control Panel. The default is
96.
ATM=On Determines whether ATM will be loaded at
Windows boot time.
BitmapFonts=On This switch is set with the Use Pre-Built or
Resident Fonts check box on the ATM Control
Panel. If you change this switch, you do not
have to restart Windows for the change to take
effect. You may, however, have to restart
applications for the setting to take effect.
The default is On. ATM will defer to screen
fonts, resident printer fonts, and printer soft
fonts rather than rasterizing the font itself
if the font requested by the application is
available.
SynonymPSBegin=9 This value determines the point size at which
ATM will start using bitmap deferral for font
pairs listed in both the Aliases and Synonyms
sections. The default is 9. It is not
recommended that this setting be changed.
QLCDir Indicates the path of the QuickLoad file
ATMFONTS.QLC, which contains a list of
installed fonts and font metrics, thus reducing
Windows boot time. You can force ATM to
rebuild this file by deleting the file with the
MS-DOS DEL command and restarting Windows.
Version=2.02 This value enables the ATM Installer to
determine the version of ATM if ATM is not
active; otherwise, the Installer determines the
version of ATM from the DLL.
[Mono]
Courier=Yes This section contains a list of monospaced
LetterGothic=Yes fonts.
PrestigeElite=Yes
Orator=Yes
[Aliases] This section tells ATM to substitute the font
on the right of the equal sign for the font on
the left of the equal sign when an application
requests the font on the left of the equal
sign. The ATM Installer defines aliases for
the Helv, Tms Rmn, Courier, Roman, and Modern
bitmapped fonts.
When the Use Pre-built or Resident Fonts option
is turned on, ATM uses the resident bitmapped
fonts for point sizes for which bitmaps exist.
When The Use Pre-built or Resident option is
turned off, ATM uses the PostScript outline
font to rasterize all sizes of the aliased
bitmapped font.
Helv=Helvetica The fonts left of the equals sign are Windows
Tms Rmn=Times bitmapped fonts. By using PostScript outline
Courier=Courier fonts, ATM can rasterize a smooth font when
these fonts are requested at sizes not
available in bitmapped form.
Roman=Times These settings enable ATM to use PostScript
Modern=Helvetica outlines instead of the standard Windows vector
fonts (which are sometimes called "stick"
fonts).
Courier=Courier This setting is needed if an application
requests the smallest available fixed-pitch
font. If this line is not present, ATM
provides some applications with a 1-point
Courier font.
Helv=Arial MT For Windows 3.0, these settings
Tms Rmn=TimesNewRomanPS tell ATM to use internal printer fonts
when printing Arial MT and
TimesNewRomanPS to a PostScript printer.
This reduces the time required to print
documents and improves the quality of
bold and italic style text.
[Synonyms]
Helv=Helvetica Unlike the font pairs in the Aliases section,
Tms Rmn=Times the font pairs in the Synonyms are
Courier=Courier interchangeable. This means that when the font
Helv is requested at a point size not available
in bitmapped form, the font Helvetica will be
used. However, when the font Helvetica is
requested and a bitmapped Helv font of the
exact size is available, ATM will use the Helv
bitmap to display the font on the screen; this
increases performance.