Importing Fonts - Videonics PowerScript PS4000S Instruction Manual

Appendix A
When you click Delete , PowerScript asks you to confirm that you want to remove the font
file. The file is not deleted until you click Delete . Click Cancel if you change your mind
about deleting the font.

Importing Fonts

PowerScript can process most PostScript fonts without modification. The quality of the
font and its complexity affect PowerScript's ability to process the characters. Poorly
designed fonts have many control points that reduce PowerScript's ability to process
them efficiently. Some inexpensive fonts and shareware fonts fall into this category.
Ornate and decorative fonts that include complex graphics (such as some dingbat and
picture fonts), might not work with PowerScript, or they might display very slowly.
Accented and extended character set fonts might not process well, depending on how
they have been encoded. The only way to determine a font's processing capabilities is
through experimentation.
When using extended characters (such as accented characters and special symbols), the
font must include an encoding vector. PowerScript's encoding vector is based on 1252
Windows Latin 1 (ANSI), but includes several added characters and some that have been
moved to different locations. Table 16 on page 198 lists all of the PowerScript assign-
ments.
If you want to add your own fonts with other encoding (such as Latin 2), make sure the
font encoding vector is included in the font file.
Some fonts contain characters (such as ñ , ö , and W ) that you cannot type directly from
Entering Special
the keyboard as you do with normal characters (such as v , R , and 9 ). To enter these
Characters
accented and special characters you must use a specific key combination. See "Accented
Fonts and Special Characters" later in this appendix for information about using these
and other characters.
PowerScript works well with standard DOS or Windows-format PostScript Type 1 and
Font Formats
Type 3 fonts.
You can also use Macintosh-based PostScript fonts and TrueType fonts if you first convert
them to one of the font formats mentioned above. Commercial Macintosh applications
(such as Macromedia Fontographer) can do these conversions. There are also freeware
and shareware applications available for this purpose at Videonics Customer-Extra Web
site. (See Table 1, Contacting Videonics , on page 2.)
Before attempting to import a PostScript font to PowerScript:
Importing Fonts to
PowerScript
In order to import the font file, you must have a computer that can work with a PC Card.
or a connection (such as Serial RS-232) between a computer and PowerScript.
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4 Select the font you want to delete in the fonts list.
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Click Delete .
• If necessary, convert the font to one of the compatible formats described above.
• Make sure you have a PFB file for the font (most conversion programs create this
file for you, and the file is normally present with commercial fonts). PowerScript
does not use the PFM file often present with PostScript fonts, so you can disregard
this file.
• Make sure the font file has a DOS-compatible file name—the name can be up to 8
characters long and must also have the PFB file type extension.
PowerScript Fonts