
^C{TrueType Fonts
^Cdesigned by Gary Garrett and Doug Olena}

We have included six TrueType fonts on this issue of On Disk Monthly.  TrueType fonts are designed for use with Windows, but many new DOS programs can support them as well.  If you want to use TrueType Fonts with Windows, see the section titled "Installing TrueType Fonts" below.  If you can use TrueType fonts with any other program, you will have to check your program's manuals to learn how to use them.

To view a sample of these fonts, simply press the "VIEW" button at the bottom of this window.

These fonts were converted to Windows TrueType format using AltSys Software's program "Fontographer."  Fontographer will allow you to generate your own TrueType fonts, as well as bitmapped fonts and Postscript fonts.  You can also convert easily between different font formats.

The fonts included are:

Alison: (by Gary Garrett) This is a graceful font that is perfect for many uses, particularly for use in birthday cards, awards and/or certificates, or just to spice up any document.

Marking Pen: (by Gary Garrett) Marking Pen was inspired by Gary's wife.  Using Marking Pen, your printouts look like (but don't smell like) you've hand-drawn something with a MARKS-A-LOT(c) pen.

New Deal and New Deal Bold: New Deal is a Depression Era (1930-1940) style font that works very well as body text or headlines. The family consists of a plain and bold face. 

Niverse: (by Doug Olena)  This font creator is new to On Disk Monthly.  You should be very pleased with his handiwork. Check it out!  A perfect sans serif font for those times when you need something simple yet attractive.

Downtown:  (by Gary Garrett) This font is based on Gary's view from his office at Baptist Medical Center at night (on overtime). It is a font he has been mulling over in his mind for several years. In many cases, the characters are simplified renditions of actual buildings in Jacksonville, FL, and a few from outside the area. This font works best at 300 dpi above 24 points, but given the increased usage of higher resolution output, the font's possibilities soar.



INSTALLING TRUETYPE FONTS

These instructions assume you have maintained the standard Windows setup.  If you have done anything unusual with your directory names, then you will have to adjust for the changes yourself.  The instructions are for the "Alison" font, but the instructions will work for all of the fonts.

STEP 1:  Copy the file "Alison.TTF" into your "SYSTEM" directory.  The SYSTEM directory is located within your "WINDOWS" directory, so it should not be hard to find.  On a typical system the path to locate the SYSTEM directory is:
   C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

STEP 2:  Launch Windows.  (If you are already running Windows, make sure you have closed all running programs.  Fonts added to the system may not show in programs that were left running while the font was installed.)

STEP 3:  Locate and open the "Main" Program group from the Program Manager's window by double-clicking on it.  You will see several icons.

STEP 4:  Locate and open the "Control Panel" icon by double-clicking on it.  This window will also contain several icons.

STEP 5:  Locate and open the "Fonts" icon by double-clicking on it.  This will open a window showing which fonts you have access to and which are installed.  There are several buttons located along the right side of the window.  The important one for you to locate is the "ADD" button.

STEP 6:  Press the "ADD" button.

STEP 7:  Use the scroll bar, if necessary, to locate the "Alison" font in the "List of Fonts."  Click on the "Alison" font to select it, then click on the "OK" button.  The Alison font should now appear in your menu lists for your Windows programs.  Remember, if you left any program running during this installation procedure, that program may not see the Alison font until you quit and restart it.

We will be publishing more TrueType fonts in the future.
