- very minor update to the 'Mac OS fonts' set to include all fonts installed by the Mac OS Installer
- Help Topics (this text) available in a separate text file, as well as in the Help menu
3.6.7
- Mac OS 8 TrueType font suitcase 'Truth' now called 'Charcoal'
3.6.6
- better error checking for proper installation
- minor correction to License Details window
3.6.5
- modified discount structure for multiple users to accomodate Kagi Register application
- Kagi registration supports the following:
- VISA
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Invoice
- Cash
- Check/Money Order
- First Virtual
3.6.4
- added support for new Mac OS 8 font 'Truth'
- revised support for QuickDraw GX fonts: 'Apple Chancery', 'Hoefler Text', 'Skia', and 'Tekton Plus'
3.6.3
- added a larger screen version to double the information in main window
- updated for Mac OS 7.6 and later (although v3.6.2 runs fine with 7.6)
- more customer feedback filtered into the readme and Help Topics
- removed 'write to NIL' conflict (only seen during 'Quit' when using EvenBetterBusError INIT)
3.6.2
- added a progress window for saving 'Sets'
- removed all customer feedback considered politically incorrect to an anonymous software developer (I wish I could tell you the whole story on this one!)
3.6.1
- fixed a minor bug in the Open 'Sets' (import) routine
3.6
- Save 'Sets' for export purposes
- Open 'Sets' from previous export
- command-period disabled for quit
- cleaned up quite a bit of internal code for speed
3.5.2
- NEW progress bars
- faster launch
- ignores extra folders in Fonts folder (no more crashes)
3.5.1
- fixed two minor bugs when saving sets
3.5
- no installation necessary (just double-click!)
- much smoother International localized version
- removed the need for ••FM SmartFont
- removed the need for 'Preferences' workaround
3.12
- added QuickStart Tutorial to Help Topics
- added Usage Tips
- removed the 'ghost' space from the three Registration fields
3.11
- International Version for localized System Software
- added use of ••FM SmartFont
3.10
- much cheaper than before (you asked for it)
- better discount structure for multiple users
- corporate ShareWare Notice (you asked for it)
3.1
- much faster than before
- almost complete facelift, with better progress notes
- manages suitcases AND printer fonts more better
- Balloon Help has been beefed up and basted...
3.0
- only 10 Sets per copy (much faster)
- BOTH suitcases and printer fonts are managed
- changed folder layout inside System Folder
2.1
- Adobe Type Manager (ATM™) 3.8.3 font substitution is preserved (if you wish)
- Command-W closes windows that have a close box
- Keep all your suitcase 'Sets' when you upgrade!
- Rename 'Sets' upon first Save
- Custom Set is saved 'as is' (you actually have a total of 21 Sets)
- Accepts (and converts) authentication codes from all registered versions
2.0.2
- Fixed a bug when saving with 'Custom' selected as the 'Set'
- Old Authentication codes are automatically converted to new codes (if you've registered).
- Main window has title bar, can be moved around, and will remember its position.
- Major price cuts in site licenses.
2.0.1
- change to Help file only
2.0 FINAL
- no longer requires AppleScript
- still requires a restart
- Help Topics
1.5.9sp
- Command-Q now quits the application, as does closing the Fonts Manager window.
- Also, a preview of Fonts Manager™ 2.0 is included.
To use this tutorial, resize this window so that you can see the main Fonts Manager™ window, AND this window. You may switch back and forth by simply clicking in each of these two windows.
After each small lesson, quit Fonts Manager™, restart your Mac, and open Key Caps from your Apple Menu to view your new font list (in the Key Caps menu). Remember the font list will contain only fonts that have a screen font (Type 1 or TrueType) present. You won't see every single printer font in a fonts menu.
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••LESSON: Make a 'set'
1. Click on the 'sets' menu (where it says 'NO fonts' now). Select 'Mac OS fonts'. You should see the 9 basic font suitcases listed on the right (10 or 11 for Mac OS 8 - And if QuickDraw GX is installed, you'll see 3 or 4 additional fonts).
2. Now select the first font suitcase in the list below 'Mac OS fonts' and click the button 'Remove selected suitcase'. Notice the 'sets' menu changes to 'Custom' to let you know you've made a change.
3. Now click on 'Custom' and select 'Save Set...'
4. Type 'my set' and hit return. You've just named your first set!
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••LESSON: Rename a 'set'
1. Click on 'my set' and select 'Rename Set...'
2. Type 'my renamed set' and hit return. You've just renamed your set!
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••LESSON: Clear a 'set'
1. Click on 'my renamed set' and select 'NO fonts'.
2. Click on 'NO fonts' and select 'Save Set...'
3. Type '1' and hit return.
4. Click on '1' and let go. You'll notice it changes to 'NO fonts', to let you know that set is empty!
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••LESSON: Add a suitcase or printer font to 'set'
1. Select the first suitcase in the top list on the left half of the window. Click the button 'Add suitcase to Custom Set'. Notice the suitcase appears on the right, and the 'sets' menu changes to 'Custom'.
2. Select the first printer font in the bottom list on the left of the window (if you see Empty List, skip step 2). Click the button 'Add printer font to Custom Set'. Notice the printer font appears on the right, and the 'sets' menu changes to 'Custom'.
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••LESSON: Save the 'Sets' file for later import
1. Select 'Save Sets to desktop' from the File menu.
2. A new file called 'Fonts Manager™ Sets' will appear on the desktop. Distribute this file to your workgroups if needed.
3. If you are about to upgrade to a new version of Fonts Manager™, you'll need this file to open for import, so you don't lose all your sets!
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••LESSON: Open the 'Sets' file for import
1. Select 'Open saved Sets' from the File menu.
2. Locate and open 'Fonts Manager™ Sets'. It may exist on any local disk, or a server for workgroup distribution.
There are 11 'sets' you may make use of in your daily routine. Ten in the list PLUS the 'Custom' set. The 'Custom' set is a working set, and is normally used until you make a permanent set by saving it.
You can rename each of the 10 sets.
When you save a set, you may then immediately rename it, to make it unique.
To 'erase' a set, simply save the 'NO fonts' list to any set you wish to 'erase'.
Each copy of Fonts Manager™ stores 10 Sets, so if you want to add 10 more, just duplicate (command-D) Fonts Manager™, and rename it with a logical new name.
For example:
Fonts Manager™ (Christmas)
Fonts Manager™ (graphics)
Fonts Manager™ (magazines)
Fonts Manager™ (text books)
Fonts Manager™ (symbols)
With Fonts Manager™ duplicated 5 times, you have access to 50 unique font suitcase sets!
ATM™ version 4.0 works best. If you have version 3.8.3 or later, you're OK.
ATM™, when installed, will use the screen font's 'map', together with the printer font's 'vectors' to produce a smooth, scaled point size on screen.
ATM™ requires at least ONE bit-mapped (screen) font, along with its PostScript™ counterpart in the Fonts folder, to do its scaling magic.
ATM™ also requires several other fonts. To ensure these other fonts are always present in the Fonts folder, put an x in the box at the bottom of the Fonts Manager™ main window. This will preserve the following suitcases/(and printer fonts): Adobe Sans MM/(AdobeSanMM), Adobe Serif MM/(AdobeSerMM), Symbol/(Symbo), and Zapf Dingbats/(ZapfDin).
If you use TrueType™ fonts, ATM™ is NOT REQUIRED.
Also, ATM™ enables the printing of scaled PostScript™ fonts to a QuickDraw™ printer, such as the StyleWriter series, or the Personal LaserWriter LS/300.
To install fonts, drop font suitcases and PostScript™ font files onto the 'closed' System Folder.
DO NOT install a screen font file or TrueType™ font file if it is NOT in a suitcase. It will eventually be damaged, and you will NOT be able to use that font with Fonts Manager™. Make a new suitcase for it, or drop it inside an existing suitcase...
Originally, before System 7.1, ALL screen or TrueType™ fonts were contained in suitcases. Actually ONE suitcase, called System. Then the Fonts folder was born, and all fonts live there. BUT SUITCASES ARE STILL IMPORTANT!
The Fonts folder in the System Folder should NOT have any subfolders inside, as those would be invisible to the System.
There are two types of font files that can live in a font suitcase: bit-mapped (screen) fonts, and TrueType™ fonts.
NEVER let a screen font file (bitmap or TrueType™) sit loose in the Fonts folder. It will very likely be damaged soon, if it is not already. Keep all screen font files and TrueType™ fonts in suitcases, safe and dry...
This version of Fonts Manager™ can be used with ANY version of Mac OS, whether US or Localized for another country.
If you're not using the US Mac OS, you may find that the custom set 'Mac OS fonts' does not work. This is correct. You'll need to make your own set for this, and the 'Mac OS fonts' set is for US systems only (sorry).
If a font is 'jagged' on screen, the bit-mapped (screen) font of the exact point size is missing.
If printing is okay, then install Adobe Type Manager (ATM™). It will use the screen and printer fonts together to produce a 'scaled' bit map of the correct size for the screen.
There is no realistic limit to the number of PostScript™ font files in the Fonts folder.
PostScript™ font files are NOT counted in the 128 suitcase limit.
Fonts Manager™ has been rigorously tested from 0 to 1000 printer fonts. If you need to go higher than that, try increasing the memory allocation above 4096k...
Although you can cram a huge number of suitcases into the Fonts folder, only the first 128 suitcases (alphabetically) are recognized by the system.
You may wish to consolidate some suitcases into one suitcase, to get under the 128 limit, but be practical.
For example, consolidating ALL TrueType fonts into ONE suitcase would not be very helpful, since you cannot look at the name of the suitcase and KNOW what fonts are inside.
Fonts Manager™ has been rigorously tested from 0 to 800 suitcases. If you need to go higher than that, try increasing the memory allocation above 4096k...
A PostScript™ font file consists of a scalable set of vectors that a PostScript™ printer (or ATM™) can use to scale the exact point size you need for printing.
Before System 7.1, printer fonts were stored in the Extensions folder in the System Folder.
Then, with System 7.1, the Fonts folder was born, and all fonts live there now...
TIP: If you are using multiple copies of Fonts Manager™ (as hundreds of you are, from your feedback), you may want to make a new folder in the Apple Menu called 'Fonts Manager™', and keep all of your copies there.
It does not require an Extension or Control Panel to work.
It runs, does its job, quits, and gets out of the way, so you can continue working.
It promotes the normal, APPROVED method of font installation, and does not require you scatter folders throughout your drive or network to store your fonts.
You'll find it easier to sort through your Fonts folder with this handy new feature.
Also, some applications read ALL of the fonts in your Fonts folder, and if you've got too many printer fonts, it may take forever to build a fonts list...
Also, with too many printer fonts, it may take a while to open the Fonts folder in the System Folder...
