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You then do the same for the italicsand boldfacefiles, for exampletyping
for the italicsfont:
DOWNLOADCN1OOIPN.R8P
Thepromptswillbethesame,butyouhaveto remcmbertouscdifferentfont
ID numbersfor the upright,italicand boldfacefonts.
Downloading a font: example two
Exampletwo is for a computerrunningAldus Corporation'sPageMaker
desktoppublishingprogramwith MicrosoftWindows.
PageMakerprovides a print dnvcr called HPPCL.DRV,and a program
calledPCLPFM.EXEwhichcrcatcsthe data it needsto print a givenfont.
To createfontdataforyourCenturySchoolbookfonts,attheA>promptyou
type:
PCLPFMCNIOO*.R8P
The astc&k, a "wildcardcharacter,"indicatesthat PCLPFMis to create a
data tile for all three fonts—regular,italicsand bold.The programasks if
youwanttocreatea filecalledAPPNDWIN.INI t o appendintothe Windows
fontmenu tile: type Y for yes.
After PCLPFMhasmadethe fontdata file, withyourwordprocessoropen
the Windows file calledWIN.INIandkey in the fontdefaultsyou wantto
apply. At the section refcrnng to the HPPCL printer driver, insert the
APPNDWIN.INIfile you crcatcdearlier.
That'sit! From now on your CenturySchoolbookfontswill appearon the
print menusof all your Windowsapplications.
With both examples,how you usc the form dependson your applications
software.As you know,sendingcommandsto changefontswill probably
requiresomeexperimenting: b e patient.Thesecommandsare describedin
the followingfour chapters.
The process of downloadinga font you've designed yourself is not so
straightforward. A syoucanonlydothisin HPLaserJet11 mode,creatingand
downloadingfontsis dcscribcdfurtherin chapter4.
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