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How to download fonts
To downloadfonts fromcomputerdisk you'llneed momthan a small64K
microcomputer. W e recommendat leasta 512Kcomputerwith a coupleof
disk drives(a hard disk is better).
Many commercial font-managementprograms are now on the market,
including Insight Development'sL.userControl,Blaha Software's Hot
Lead, SoftCraft'sLuserFonts,and the PCL printer driver in Microsoft's
Windows.These utility programshelp you downloadfonts, then let you
accessthe fontsautomatically fromyourwordprocessoror otherprograms.
Most font files on disk that you buy to downloadinto your printer have
Escapesequencesrightin the file, whichsimplifythe process.Usuallyall
you have to do is copy the file from your computerinto your printer (in
LaserJet11modeyou mustassigna fontID numberfirst).If you download
fontswiththeMS-DOSCOPYutility,makesureto usetheCOPY/Boption.
That willkeepyourcomputerfrom"interpreting" thedatayou send,which
sometimesproducesbadlyshapedcharacters.
OK, let's look at a coupleof examples.
Downloading a font: example one
Exampleonc is for a computerrunningjust MS-DOS.
Say you'veboughtHewlett-Packard's C enturySchoolbookfontsandwant
to downloadthe regular(upright),italicsand boldfacecharacters.The HP
disk Iabels for each tile are CN1OORPN.R8P, C NIOOIPN.R8Pand
CN1OOBPN.R8P. In case you'reinterested,that'sHP's code for CeNtury,
100dccipoints,Regular(or Italicor Bold),ProportioNal, R oman-8symbol
set, Portrait.
One of the disks you get also contains a batch tile named
DOWNLOAD.BAT. T o load the regularupright font you make sure the
printeris online,then after yourcomputer'sA> promptyou type:
DOWNLOADCN1OORPN.R8P
Whentheprogramasksforthe fontIDnumberyoukeyin a numberbetween
Oand32767.ThenwhentheprogramaskswhetheryouwantLhe fontstored
permanently or temporarily you type either P or T (a tcmporary font
disappearsif you press the printer'sRESET button).Finallythe program
asks if you wantto print a sampleof the font and you reply Y or N for ycs
or no.
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