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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:46:34 PDT7
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: [Discussion] Need utility to print specimens of UNINSTALLED fonts SOLVED

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Jeffrey,

Where did you get the Bitstream fonts CD?

Jack

In <200309222142.4988547.11@scoug.com>, on 09/22/2003
at 09:42 PM, "Dr. Jeffrey Race" said:

>On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:59:28 +0700, Dr. Jeffrey Race wrote:
>>I have now bought the Bitstream 500 Fonts CD which has these in both
>>Truetype and Postscript for Win, DOS and OS/2. Unfortunately I can
>>find no utility on the CD which will view and print speciments of
>>the UNINSTALLED fonts (so I can select what to install). Is there
>>such a utility for OS/2? Or Win3.1 I could run in WinOS/2?

>OK the answer is in. Get HP Fontsmart Lite (freeware) from

> <http://www.activedesign.co.za/software/hpfslite.zip>

>It runs in Win3.1, Win9x and WinOS/2.

>As soon as you load it, it searches for EVERY font on your hard drive,
>installed and uninstalled. The result is shown in two lists. You can
>install, uninstall, preview, print out samples etc. Turns out I had
>over 200 (uninstalled) fonts on my system I didn't even know about, both
>Truetype and Postscript (in addition to the 500 on the Bitstream CD).

>It prints out about 4-7 fonts per pages depending on how many fonts of
>each family are available. So my 700-over fonts will take over 100
>pages to print out. But it seems like a terrific little program and the
>price is right.

>Jeffrey Race

>PS This utility has for some reason been withdrawn from the HP site.

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