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Youthendothesamefortheitalicsandboldfacefiles,forexampletyping
forthe italicsfont:
DOWNLOADCN1OOIPN.R8P
Thepromptswillbethesame,butyouhavetoremcmbertouscdifferentfont
IDnumbersfor theupright,italicandboldfacefonts.
Downloading a font: example two
Exampletwo is for a computerrunningAldusCorporation’sPageMaker
desktoppublishingprogramwithMicrosoftWindows.
PageMakerprovidesa print dnvcr called HPPCL.DRV,and a program
calledPCLPFM.EXEwhichcrcatcsthedatait needstoprinta givenfont.
TocreatefontdataforyourCenturySchoolbookfonts,attheA>promptyou
type:
PCLPFMCNIOO*.R8P
Theastc&k, a“wildcardcharacter,”indicatesthatPCLPFMis to createa
datatileforallthreefonts—regular,italicsandbold.Theprogramasksif
youwanttocreateafilecalledAPPNDWIN.INItoappendintotheWindows
fontmenu tile:typeY foryes.
AfterPCLPFMhasmadethefontdatafile,withyourwordprocessoropen
theWindowsfilecalledWIN.INIandkeyinthefontdefaultsyouwantto
apply. At the section refcrnng to the HPPCL printer driver, insert the
APPNDWIN.INIfileyoucrcatcdearlier.
That’sit! Fromnowon yourCenturySchoolbookfontswillappearon the
print menusof all yourWindowsapplications.
Withbothexamples,howyouusc theformdependson yourapplications
software.As youknow,sendingcommandsto changefontswillprobably
requiresomeexperimenting:bepatient.Thesecommandsaredescribedin
thefollowingfourchapters.
The process of downloadinga font you’vedesignedyourselfis not so
straightforward.AsyoucanonlydothisinHPLaserJet11mode,creatingand
downloadingfontsis dcscribcdfurtherin chapter4.
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