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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:47:53 PST
From: Don Burch <hurin@home.com >
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-Help: Help Desk Request

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barbara.moore@sabre.com wrote:
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> Barbara Moore has the following problem:
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> I am using OS/2 Warp 4 and I have installed
> a font that was created for my application
> to get the correct style and size (monospaced)
> required.
> However, I was thinking that once it was installed,
> I would be able to view it with EPM. But it is not
> one of my choices. How do get the third party
> font to be a system font that I can select for my
> application?
>
> Thanks,
> Barbara
>
I haven't noticed a reply to this problem yet. It has been awhile since
I added any fonts to my system.
Have you added the font to the OS/2 Font Palette? (Os/2 System\System
Setup\Font Palette)

From the OS/2 hlp library:

"There are thousands of additional font styles in the Adobe Type 1
font-file format that are available for use with the OS/2 operating
system. These fonts require two files for each typeface. The files
have AFM and PFB file-name extensions. The Font Palette converts the
AFM file to an OFM file when it installs the new font.

If the set of fonts you want to install is supplied on multiple
diskettes, you might need to copy the files into a temporary directory,
because the font installation process requires that both files for a
given typeface be available at the same time.

To add more fonts to your system:

1. Double-click on System Setup.
2. Double-click on Font Palette.
3. Click on Edit font. The Edit Font window is displayed.
4. Click on Add.
5. Follow the instructions on the Add Font window; then click on
Add.
6. Click on the names of the font files that you want to install on
your system.
7. Click on Add.
8. Close the window.
End Quote

If you can scroll through the font list in the font palette nd can see
you new font, it should be available to EPM.

--
Don Burch
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

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