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Using Adobe Type Manager with Aldus PageMaker
I've been seeing the same questions and problems repeated
over and over on various Compuserve forums, so I've put
together a Q&A sheet for ATM and Pagemaker.
First off, ATM only works with Type 1 PostScript fonts.
These font files usually have a PFB (Printer Font Binary)
extension. ATM does not work with Type 3 PostScript fonts
(which usually have a PFA extension). Installing an
incompatible font can wreak havoc on your work.
Unfortunately, the ATM font installation does not check to
see if a font is compatible or not.
Now for the questions:
Q. I've installed Adobe Type1 fonts through the ATM
Control Panel. They show up fine on the screen and are
listed in PageMaker's typeface list, but I only get
Courier from the printer. What's wrong?
A. ATM's Control Panel installs the font into the ATM.INI
and the WIN.INI files. However, it enters the font
information in the WIN.INI as a RESIDENT FONT (that is, a
font in ROM, already downloaded to the printer's RAM, or
installed on the printer's hard drive). You will need to
make a backup of your WIN.INI file, and then edit the
WIN.INI file to mark the font as NON-RESIDENT so that
Windows will download the font to the printer when it is
needed.
After making a backup of the WIN.INI file, open the file
up for editing in an ASCII editor (Notepad or Sysedit will
work fine). Look for a section that is headed:
[PostScript,LPT1]
(Note: the printer port might be different, i.e. COM2,
LPT2, COM1, FILE)
Under that heading look for lines like these:
softfont1=c:\psfonts\pfm\fontname.PFM
softfont2=c:\psfonts\pfm\fontnam2.PFM
etc.
These are the lines tell Windows what fonts are available,
and where to find the spacing information for them. As
they appear, they make Windows assume that the fonts are
resident in the printer. You need to add the path to the
PFB files to the above lines to make Windows download the
fonts:
softfont1=c:\psfonts\pfm\fontname.PFM,c:\psfonts\fontname.
PFB
softfont2=c:\psfonts\pfm\fontnam2.PFM,c:\psfonts\fontnam2.
PFB
etc.
Notice the comma and the path to the PFB file. The above
assumes that the fonts are in the default directories for
ATM. If you are using different directories you will need
to substitute them for the C:\PSFONTS\PFM and the
C:\PSFONTS directories.
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Q. I've installed my PostScript fonts through ATM's
Control Panel, but they do not appear in PageMaker's
typeface list, and I don't even see the fonts listed in
the WIN.INI file.
A. Are you using one of the standard printer ports (LPT1,
COM2, LPT1.OS2, etc.)? Or are you possibly printing to
LPT1.PRN instead? ATM is aware of the standard printer
ports in Windows, but is not aware of LPT1.PRN or
LPT2.PRN. If it encounters the PRN ports it does not make
any modification to the WIN.INI file.
There are a couple of ways to fix this, neither of which
is very pretty. You can use Windows' Control Panel,
Printer Setup to change printer ports to a standard port
and then re-install the fonts. Or, you can manually edit
the win.ini file to enter the font information.
If you choose to manually enter the information, please
take a look at the FONTS.ZIP file in the Compuserve
Desktop Publishing Forum (GO DTPFORUM) for information.
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Q. I've installed my PostScript fonts through ATM's
Control Panel. The fonts show up in PageMaker's list of
typefaces, and they print fine. However, only small size
screen fonts seem to appear in Pagemaker. If I use a large
font, or I zoom in on the page I only see small figures.
A. PageMaker assumes that you only have a limited
selection of screen font sizes. You need to make a change
to the Preferences settings in the Edit menu in Pagemaker.
In order for the changes you make to become the default
settings in Pagemaker, you need to close any document you
may be working on so that you are at a blank gray screen.
Then click on Edit and then click on Preferences. Change
the values for "Stretch text above" and "Vector text
above." I have them each set at 400 pixels. Then click on
OK.
This will set these values as the defaults for new
documents. You will need to go back and change them for
any old documents that you want to use with ATM.
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Q. Are there any public domain or shareware PS Type1 fonts
that will work with ATM and Pagemaker?
A. Yes. There are a few examples in Library 9 of the
DTPFORUM on Compuserve (check the file's description for
mention of ATM compatibility). Examples are Saint Frances,
Architect, Black Chancery, Postcrypt and Caligula.