Type-1 Tools--A PostScript Binary Font Utility for IBM-PCs
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     Type-1 Tools is terrific utility for controlling Type-1
     PostScript fonts.  As most IBM desktop publishers know,
     Type-1 binary fonts present a difficult challenge in the IBM
     environment:

     1.  Since they contain PostScript End-of-File characters,
         they cannot simply be copied to the printer like Type-3
         fonts or other PostScript files.  (Even if they could,
         Type-1 fonts are designed to be interpreted by the
         sending program, and contain data unusable directly by a
         PostScript printer.)

     2.  Font downloaders have traditionally been designed to
         access the serial port, even though many IBM desktop
         publisher prefer to use the faster parallel port.

     3.  Many IBM programs which can use Type-1 fonts can only
         read IBM versions of these fonts.  Macintosh Type-1
         fonts, such as the shareware and public domain fonts
         available on services such as CompuServe and Genie, are
         unusable to IBM desktop publishers.


      Type-1 Tools solves all of those problems, and more.  It
      offers the following features:

      - Macintosh conversion--it translates Macintosh Type-1
        fonts into IBM Type-1 fonts.  This has been successfully
        tested with many of the Macintosh Type-1 fonts currently
        on Compuserve.

      - ASCII conversion--it translates either Macintosh or IBM
        Type-1 BINARY fonts into IBM Type-1 ASCII fonts.  In
        these fonts, all of the binary encryption is converted to
        hex numbers which can be immediately interpreted by
        PostScript printers.  Therefore, you can simply use the
        DOS COPY command to send these fonts to your printer, or
        you can send them over a network.  During this
        translation, you have the option of inserting the
        PostScript command which will make the font resident.

      - Font download--You can download either IBM or Macintosh
        Type-1 binary fonts, IBM Type-1 ASCII fonts, or Type-3
        fonts to a printer through either COM 1 or 2,  or LPT 1
        or 2.  Downloaded fonts remain resident.

      - Printer directory--To ensure your fonts have been
        downloaded correctly, you can print a listing of all
        resident fonts.  This gives you "communication" with your
        printer, even though you are using a parallel port.


      In addition, Type-1 Tools offers other useful features:

      - Type-1 Tools features an attractive, helpful user
        interface with highlight bar menus and point-and-shoot
        directory listings.

      - Directories identify whether Type-1 fonts are IBM or MAC.

      - Binary to hex conversions are performed in assembly
        language subroutines, greatly speeding the conversion
        process.

      - Printer defaults are saved in a configuration file, which
        may be stored anywhere on the hard drive.

      - Option for declaring default font directory on startup.


In all honesty...
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Type-1 Tools lives up to its claims and does it very well.  But
there are some things you can't expect it to do:  It won't create
font metrics files.  If you obtain an .AFM file along with your
font, you can use that file to install your font in a number of
IBM applications.  However, at this time I don't know of any way
to convert an .AFM file to a Windows font metrics (.PFM) file,
nor do I know how to create an .AFM file from the PostScript font
itself.

Also, Corel Draw's WFNBOSS is not compatible with all Type-1
fonts.  It translates some Type-1s incorrectly, including those
created by Type-1 Tools.  As more font tools come onto the
market, I believe more robust readers will be available to us.
In the meantime, you can fully use your fonts in any application
capable of downloading PostScript fonts to a PostScript device.


To order
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Normally, I believe in and support the shareware marketing
concept.  But there are times when shareware is not a very good
way to sell software.  One of those times is now--when a target
market for a software product is relatively small (serious IBM
PostScript users).  But although I cannot upload this utility to
on-line services, I can make it very inexpensive.

To order your copy of Type-1 Tools, send $10.00 plus $2,50 postage
and handling to:


                Keith Cowgill
                718 Mistletoe St
                Columbus, OH 43219