Copyright: Copyright 1993 TARDIS DP Consultants


Introduction

The Font Print  program will  print font books of all installed fonts on your computer.  You can choose the fonts size, fonts to print, whether you want the full ANSI set and if you want each font sample on a separate page.  You can optionally specify the characters which should be printed for each font sample.

By giving you the ability to quickly and easily print samples of all your fonts, you can look at actual printed samples when making those tough font choice decisions.  You can also use a TARDIS DP Consultants companion product, Font Off, to off-load fonts to another media (Floppy, CD Optical, etc.) which frees up Windows resources and valuable hard drive space.

Selecting Fonts

Printing Fonts

Additional Information

Registration

License Agreement

Warranty

Contacting TARDIS DP Consultants

Update History


Secting Fonts
Selecting Fonts

The font list is an extended selection list.  To make a single selection simple click on the font.  To select multiple items you can use Ctrl-Click on each font.  To select fonts next to each other use  Shift-Click or Drag.  You may want to experiment with these features.


Additional Information

Printing fonts take a great deal of system resources.  We recommend that you print only 20-30 fonts at a time.  Depending on your printer, you may need to reduce this count to avoid running out of memory.

You should also disable Print Manager for the target printer before printing fonts.  The printout output file which must be stored on your hard drive when using Print Manager can cause you to run out of disk space.

If you are using a program to manage your fonts please remember that you may need to restart windows after installing fonts.

If you experience problems with the system printing the wrong font (or repeatedly printing the same font ) you have a problem with your fonts as Windows see them.  This may be because the FOT file has not been created or Windows can't find it.

No page numbers are added to the font listing.  This allows you to easily insert new fonts into your list (especially if you only printed one font sample per page.)

Only fonts which are supported by the currently selected printer are displayed in the list.  If your TrueType fonts do not appear please make sure you have enabled the TrueType fonts in the Control Panel.

If you receive error messages when starting Font Print or when printing fonts, you may have a problem with the installed fonts, Windows, or your printer driver.  If Font Print detects more than 30 such errors during a process, the process will end or Font Print will terminate.


Register
Registration

You have a 15 day evaluation period in which to try out the package.  If you use it longer than 15 days you must license/register it.  The reminder screens will not appear once you have registered the software.  The un-registered version is limited to printing only 30 fonts at a time.  The registered version does not have this limitation.

How to Register

You can register by mail or electronically via CompuServe's Software Registration Service.  It is strongly recommened that users outside the US register electronically as it can be much less expensive.

Registering by Mail

Registering Electronically

Activating the Application

Contacting TARDIS DP Consultants

License Agreement

Introduction


TARDIS
Contacting TARDIS DP Consultants

Questions or comments about our software or services?  Need to Register?  Contact:

CompuServe ID:	73337,2472

Mail:

TARDIS DP Consultants

Department 45

6 Sedley Ct.

Greensboro, NC 27455

                      USA


License
License Agreement

Font Print is not and never has been public domain software, nor is it free software.  You are, however, granted 15 day evaluation period to try out the system.

The software product and user's manual are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by TARDIS DP Consultants and Charles L. Cranford IV.

Evaluation users are granted a limited license to use Font Print for no more than 15 days for the purpose of determining whether Font Print is suitable for their needs. The use of Font Print for more than 15 days  requires licensing and the payment of a license fee. The use of the product for more than 15 days by any person, business, corporation, government agency, or any other entity without licensing it from TARDIS DP Consultants is strictly prohibited.

A license permits a user to use Font Print on any single computer, or, in a LAN environment, one copy may be installed on one server and this copy may be shared among the workstations connected to the LAN that are under the same roof as the LAN server or on a wide area network.   The software may not be installed on more than one server or single user computer without additional licenses.

No one may modify or patch the Font Print files in any way, including but not limited to decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise reverse engineering the program.

A limited license is granted to copy and distribute Font Print for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitations, and to those below:

(1) Font Print must be copied in unmodified form, complete with the file containing this license information and all documentation.

(2) Font Print may not be distributed in licensed form to any person.  It MUST be distributed as an unlicensed copy.

(3) No fee, charge, or other compensation may be requested or accepted for distributing Font Print, except as follows:

(a) operators of electronic bulletin board systems may make Font Print available for downloading. A time-dependent charge for the use of the bulletin board is permitted so long as there is no specific charge for the download of any Font Print files.

(b) vendors of Shareware may distribute Font Print, subject to the above conditions, and may charge a disk duplication and handling fee, not to exceed ten dollars.


Warranty

TARDIS DP Consultants guarantees your satisfaction with this product for a period of thirty days from the date of original license. If you are dissatisfied with Font Print within that time period, return the package in salable condition to TARDIS DP Consultants for a full refund.

TARDIS DP Consultants warrants that all disks provided are free from defects in material and workmanship, assuming normal use, for a period of thirty days from the date of purchase.

TARDIS DP Consultants warrants that Font Print will perform in substantial compliance with the documentation supplied with the software product. If a significant defect in the product is found, the Purchaser may return the product for a refund. In no event will such a refund exceed the license price of the product.

The product and all updates are provided on an "as is" basis without warranty of any kind, express or implied, except as stated above including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the selection, quality, results, and performance of the product is with the Licensee. Should the product prove defective, then the Licensee (and not TARDIS DP Consultants or its dealers) assumes all liability and expense incurred as a result thereof. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain implied warranties so in such jurisdictions, the above exclusion of implied warranties may not apply to you. The limited warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may also have other rights which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

TARDIS DP Consultants shall have no liability or responsibility to you or to any other person or entity with respect to any liability, loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the product or your use, misuse or inability to use the product, including but not limited to, any interruption of service, loss of business, anticipatory or actual profits or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse or inability to use the product.

TARDIS DP Consultants does not warrant that the functions contained in the product or updates will meet your requirements.

Use of this product for any period of time constitutes your acceptance of this agreement and subjects you to its contents.


Update History

Version 1.0 Released 5/93

Version 1.1 Released 6/27/93

Version 1.5 Released 8/2/93

Font Print now saves the current defaults when you exit.  They are restored the next time you restart the program.  Defaults include the font size, Full Ansi, Form Feed and Single Line.  The defaults are stored in WIN.INI section [FONTPRNT].

Version 1.7 Released 10/24/93

Added ability to print fonts with the styles: Normal, Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strikethru.

You can now supply your own sample text which will be used to print each font.

Version 2.0 Released 12/18/93

Defaults for Font Print (font size, type, sample text, etc.) are now stored in the FONTPRNT.INI file which is stored in the same directory as Font Print.  If you are updating from a previous version, the [FONTPRNT] section in WIN.INI is no longer needed and can be removed.

The Help icon used to access the Font Print help has been moved from the About window to the main Font Print window.

The sample text entry box is now larger.  Auto word wrap is enabled and scroll bars are present.  You can not, however, enter a carriage return into the box.  Font Print will provide its own character wrapping when the sample text if printed.

Better error checking is provided.  You will be alerted to all errors.  If you receive more than 30 errors in a single process the program will abort the process or terminate.  Detailed error information is provided in the error message.  Please contact TARDIS DP Consultants if you have error(s) which you can not fix.  We will need the entire text of the error message.

Improved the help text (including references to another TARDIS DP Consultants product, Font Off.)


Printing Fonts

Start the program.

Select fonts from the list that you want to print.  Note: Only True Type and print fonts appear in the list.  Please see details below for selecting multiple fonts.

Select the font size you want for your samples.

Check Normal if you want a sample of the font printed without any special styles.

Check Bold if you want a sample of the font printed in bold.

Check Italic if you want a sample of the font printed in italic.

Check Underline if you want a sample of the font printed with an underline.

Check Strikethru if you want a sample of the font printed with strikethru.

Check Form Feed if you want each font on a separate page.

Check  Full ANSI if you want the complete ANSI characters (32-255), other wise only characters 33-127 will be printed.

Check Single Line if you want the sample font text to take up no more than one line.  This can reduce the number of pages in your font book.

Optionally enter a string of characters which will be used to print the sample of each font.  If left blank, a sequential string of ASCII characters will be printed.

Click on the Print Sample button to print samples of the fonts selected.


Font Off

The Font Off program helps you maintain your Windows TrueType fonts.  If you are like a lot of people you have accumulated several hundred TrueType fonts.  "I never know when I am going to need them".  They are taking up a lot of valuable hard drive space and slowing down Windows.  You may be using one of the common font manager programs to remove the font from Windows (so Windows is not so slow).  Although these programs remove the font from Windows they leave the font's file(s) in the hard drive - still taking up space but not being useful.

Font Off works differently.  In addition to removing the font from Windows, Font Off removes the font from your Windows System directory and stores it in another directory.  Since this directory can be on any DOS drive media, you can move the fonts to another hard drive (or network drive), floppies, or other removable media.  When you  need the font you simply reverse the process and reinstall it to Windows.

Font Off will not install new fonts to windows, it only maintains your existing fonts.  You must therefore use the font installer that often comes with new fonts, or use the Windows Font Manager to install new fonts.  Once the font is installed in Windows you can use Font Off to move it off line until it is needed.

Font Off is probably available from the same source as Font Print.  It can also be downloaded form CompuServe.  Once logged into CIS, GO IBMFF, and search for files from contributor 73337,2472.

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CompuServe
Registering via CompuServe

If you are a member of CompuServe, you can register this TARDIS DP Consultants application electronically.  This is much faster than the mail and is the perfered method for registering users outside the US.  When you use the CompuServe Software Registration system your CompuServe account will be charged for the registration fee (see opening message box) plus a 15% processing charge (to cover the cost of CompuServe charging your account and mailing payment to us).  You must be a member of CompuServe to use this registration option.

The CompuServe registration process consist of 2 steps, charging your account and sending us your product serial number.  Both steps must be performed before we can process your activation key.

Sending us your Serial Number (Step 1):

Install the software per the instructions.

Start the software.  You are prompted for some information (company name, your name, day phone number, and CIS ID.  This information must be accurate as it will be sent to us as part of your registration.

When the opening information window appears, press the "CIS Registration".  This copies important information about your application (serial number, etc.) to the Windows clipboard.  Note: the previous contents of the Windows clipboard will be lost.  The registration information now in the clipboard has some formatting characters to automate our registration process.  Please do not edit these characters.

Log into Compuserve.

Go to the Email menu (type GO EMAIL at the ! prompt) or use your CIM to send an eMail message.

Address the eMail message to 73337,2472.

Enter the Subject "CIS Registration for <product name>".

Use the Ctrl-V key combination to paste the contents of the Windows Clipboard into the CIS email.

Send the eMail message.

Note: If you a problem using the paste feature to send the pre-formatted registration information, or you are using a non-Windows program to access CompuServe, just send us your name, company name, phone number, and product serial number in a CompuServe eMail message..

Registration Fee Payment (Step 2):

Go to the SWREG menu (type GO SWREG at the ! prompt) or use your CIM to go there

Select menu option "Register Software".

Select menu Option "Search By Registration ID"

Enter registration ID 1817 when prompted.

A description of the application displays.  Notice that the registration fee is 15% higher than that displayed in the product.  This slight increase in registration fee covers the cost of CompuServe charging your account and mailing payment to us.

You are prompted "Would you Like to Register?" - Respond Y.

Your CompuServe account is charged the registration fee indicated (in US dollars).

With both the online registration and your serial number, we can process your registration.  We will send you a CompuServe eMail message with your activation key.  Remember, to register via CompuServe you must perform BOTH steps above.

IMPORTANT: Do not delete the .REG file or re-install the software after you send us your serial number.  Doing so assigns a new serial number to the product and the activation key sent to you will not work.

Activating the Application


Registration by Mail
Registering by Mail

Install the software per the instructions.

Start the software.  You are prompted for some information (company name, your name, day phone number, and CIS ID (optional).  This information must be accurate as it will be sent to us as part of your registration.

When the opening information window appears, press the "Print Registration Form" button.  The registration form will print to the default printer in the printer's default font.

Fill in the remaining blanks on the form.  Be sure your CompuServe (CIS) ID is specified (if you are a member of CompuServe).  The activation key will be sent to you via CompuServe eMail.  If you are not a member of CompuServe your activation key will be mailed to you.

Mail your payment for the license fee listed on the form to the address below.  Remember to make payment payable to Charles Cranford.  Payment must be in US funds ( a check drawn on a US bank, Money Order or Bank check in US funds, etc.)

IMPORTANT: Do not delete the .REG file or reinstall the software after you print the registration form.  Doing so assigns a new serial number to the product and the activation key sent to you will not work.

WARNING: TARDIS DP Consultants has discovered that some companies outside the United States are accepting registrations for our products.  Since they can not provide you with a activation key the program will not be fully activated.  Only TARDIS DP Consultants can accept and process your registration key.

TARDIS Mailing Address

Activating the Application


Activation
Activating the Software

After you receive your activation key:

After you receive your activation key you need to enter it into the application to register the application.  This will eleminate the registeration reminder windows and remove any other limits that existed in the unregistered version.

Start the software.

When the opening information window appears, press the "Register" button.  The registration information you entered before displays.  You are prompted for your Activation Key which has been supplied to you by TARDIS DP Consultants.

Enter the key supplied to you into the box, double check it, and click on OK.  If the key is correct the system will be registered.

Exit the program now and simply restart the program to continue using it.  The registration reminder screens will never appear again.

The registration information is stored in a file with the .REG extension.  Do not delete this file (as you must again register the software).  Future updates will not affect this file so you may install them without worrying about your registration.  We suggest you make a backup of this file so that in the event of computer problems you do not have to re-register the software.