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What are you converting the fonts with? Why are you converting them rather than just using them directly? Michael @ Soft-Logik Publishing Corp.
To SL-tech, Thanks for your help, but I have tried using update Font paths one-by-one and it still only works with a limited number of ProPage fontconverted fonts. Were your 650 fonts Propage fontconverted ones or normal Postscript type I/III? Thanks, Dan Walker c/o my dad's user ID:-)
Christian; I am happy to hear that it worked. I am not too sharp on the fontequiv file but no doubt that Mike or Mark could help you with that one. I have done just a very little bit of playing around with the contents of that file and have…
Bill, a thousand thanks – I deleted the files and installed (via Font Manager) all fonts anew, they now work! But maybe it's just because I haven't replaced the FontEquiv-file yet. As everything seems to be well I refrain from that for the moment being ;v) // Chris coming in…
If you bought PageStream for the first time after March 15, 1993 (from a dealer, mail order or directly from us), you can upgrade to PageStream 3.0 free by sending your receipt (dated proof of purchase) and registration number, plus the shipping charge ($5 in the US or Canada, $15…
This is all due to the Amiga's lousy font system. The next edition of the TypeSmith manual will have more info on character mapping, which is where this problem comes into play. TypeSmith has a 255 character set. So does AmigaDOS. They are not the same. There will be a…
Mike: By following your advice, I finally solved the problem I described with the ampersand (char 38) appearing instead of the "quoteright" (char 39) with exported compugraphic fonts. I "exported" TSTimes as a compugrahic and then used fountain to put it into the fonts: directory. To my surprise, the "quoteright"…
Chris, read Bill's message. It pretty much says it all. Mark @ SOft-Logik Publishing
Hi Mike, thanks for information about upgrade of PgS, but what is with Pgs2-Upgrade, purchaesed after 15-March-93.It tells,that this upgrade cost only the cargo ??? Jens
PageStream 3.0 will be released in early fall. If you have PageStream 2.x then you can upgrade for $125. If you have PageStream 2.x AND HotLinks Editions 1.x, then you can upgrade for $95. If you have PageStream 1.x you can upgrade for $150. If you have Professional Page you…
Chris; I am not going to be very helpful here except to try to assure you that the problem is solveable. I have had that problem occur several times but still have no idea of what happened to cause it to occur. My actions to clear the "no-width" problem have…
#ArtExpression & PgS3.0
Message #62413
Hi — please tell me, you offer, thats Pagestream 3.0 will be a completely new program. How is it with ArtExpression.It will be an program like Adobe Illustrator??? When I can get the upgrade to Pagestream 3.0 ?? Sorry for my English, i must improve it !! Bye and thanks…
Hi, Mark! have tried removing all fonts paths, exiting the program, re-loading the program (PGS 2.22) and one by one adding the font paths again, but to no avail – it seems that all (and only) Compugraphic fonts (CG Times, Triumvirate, Garamond, and DL'd fonts) show this same error, namely…
Try updating your font paths. Click on each path, one at a time, then click on the UPDATE gadget. Do this for all of the paths in the font manager. That should help. I have added in more than 650 fonts into my system before. They all seemed to work…
I have this same problem after I install a large amount of Fonts in my pagestrem. This has bothered me for sometime. Any help would be apreciated Forrest
#Pagestream Font Limits?
Message #62096
To all, I have Pagestream 2.2 and also quite a lot of PD Compugraphic fonts. Informed by my PGS manual that PGS supports Compugraphic, I installed them into a new drawer, and added the path and updated, as per the manual. However, after a certain number (nine) had been added,…
Rick: what happens if you access the quote right in PageStream? What about in DPaint? I tried this and couldn't duplicate it. Try using CG Times from bullet outlines with DPaint or another WB application. If it works ok, load the font into TS and save it back out. This…
#CG Font?? TypeSmith
Message #62076
Mike: I have tried transforming at least six different .dmf fonts to compugraphic fonts using TypeSmith and Fountain. In every case, I get an ampersand (char 38) appearing on the screen when the quoteright (char 39) is used in applications using the exported CG font. I have checked the composition…
Thierry; It is not at all surprising that C= does not supply the disk. The vast majority of A1200's do not have nor will ever have an HD installed. It would be a foolish waste of money for them to supply the software with the machine. I am not familiar…
#AMIGA 1200
Message #61869
I just buy a 60 mo seagate hard disk for my A1200 but no way to install it as i have not the hard disk installation disk . Why does Commodore not provide that disk with THE 1200 ? Where can i find it ? This disk is an ide…
No, the directories can contain a mixture of font formats. Don't forget when you put some fonts in an existing directory that PageStream will not ever be aware of its existance unless you tell PageStream to "UPDATE" the path or directory. So, put your new fonts in any directory you…
#Fonts
Message #61754
Mark: Thanks a LOT!!! Now I can start looking at all those fonts you have on your BBS. I had tried putting the Type1 files in a drawer that was already in the path, but it didn't seem to work. I guess a directory can only contain one format of…
Fonts
Message #61729
I deleted a bunch of .pfb fonts from my PageStream font directories (they were, and still are, in my Art Expression Font Directories. Now I have , what I think you are describing as no font width. When I open a file the text in each row is piled up…
NEW FEATURE
Message #61698
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE voice: 314-894-8608 toll free: 800-829-8608 fax: 314-894-8608 Soft-Logik Translates Professional Page Document Format! St. Louis, Missouri (August 10, 1993) Soft-Logik Publishing Corporation today announced a change to the feature set of the upcoming PageStream 3.0, a completely new version of the #1 Amiga desktop publishing…
Sure Mark, you're welcome. As usual, the "word" from you guys is the authoritive source but us users can often help each other out and save each other a great deal of time. -bill
Curtis: EPS files is a generic name for many different "formats" of EPS files. Illustrator is one such format of EPS. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) is part of the larger PostScript page description language that a lot of printers have built-in. PostScript is basically a programming language which has the main…
Bill: Thanks from me too! I don't get a chance to visit here everyday and you jumping-in helps! Again, Thanks! Mark @ Soft-Logik Publishing
Chris; Just a note… not all of the PC programs used to create "Illustrator" files do the job properly (though PgS seems to handle even the "bad" files better than most other programs). -bill
Curt, I just select Import/Graphics from the file menu, select an EPS file, click ok in the file format box (defaults to 'Illustrator something') and a moment later I have the graphic on my screen. I can even UNGROUP and the edit it (well, not the lines themselves but everything…
Thanks, Mike glad I didn't mess everything up by renaming the files. Looking forward to 3.0 (have already ordered the upgrade) A LOT! :v) Any idea when it'll be out for real? // Chris coming in from Germany \X/ on AutoPilot 1.06………..
#Art 2
Message #61454
You're printing EPS art from PGS on a Hewlett Packard Deskjet?! All I get are big X's where my graphic is supposed to be. A Soft Logic technician told me I need a postscript printer for EPS art. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help on this. Curt…
Mark's away today, so I'll answer this one. We have had a few problems with the sudden 'no width' situation. This is due to a messed up fontlist. If the font is CS Times, for example, go to the font manager, select its path, choose Update and Save Default. That…
Nancy; You posted to SL-Tech but that's OK. You are welcome. Not to get all "mushy" or whatever but to be quite honest trying to help others is just a part of the "pay back" for all of the help that I have had through the years on CIS. Particularly…
Mark, since having upgraded to 2.2 (plus the patch to 2.22) and using PS Type 1 fonts (actually a whole lot of them) I am experiencing some problems with fonts in general. In most documents I did with PgS 1.8 the small fonts (and sometimes even the large ones) seem…
Thank you for your help Bill, it is people like you who make CI$ the great system it is. If I fall flat on my face with the HDInstallation you`ll be hearing from me again!!!! Nancy
Derek: PageStream can use the Type 1 fonts directly. All you have to do is to download the fonts, uncompress them, put them in a new drawer, and copy that drawer into the PSFonts drawer. Then run PageStream. Go to the Global Menu -Set Save Paths option Click on the…
Gracia; Yes, I almost scares me to think of how much CIS has been worth to me over the years. I know that the benefits of participating have far exceeded the on-line costs. -bill
Derek; When it comes to fonts I'm really not too knowledgeable. I mostly publish industrial training courses and the vast majority of font use is times and helvetica. Not only that but when I want something special now I tend to do the work in ArtExpressing, convert to a graphic…
Bill; You seem to be a thorough PgS user, and I was wondering if I could pick your brain for a second about fonts. I'm interested in downloading some fonts from the Soft-Logik BBS, and it seems they are all the Type 1. Are these usable by PgS as-is, or…
Bill, I have to agree, Amiga Forum on CI$ is the greatest! I lurked for 3 months learning all about POST and other goodies. I have a whole loose leaf note book full of advice. Gracia
Thanks for you help Bill. Nancy: Just follow what Bill posted and you should be fine. Again, like Bill said, if you don't understand something, just ask. Mark @ Soft-Logik Publishing
Nancy; I routinely copy things around (like when changing hard drives) but I believe that you would be better off starting with the Original PgS disk set and using the installation program to put the program onto the hard drive. Now, taking a guess… If you are talking about having…
Gracia; I also should have mentioned that in addition to years of experience with PgS, I have years of experience getting help from Michael and other users right here on CIS! Believe me that sometimes I bet others thought that they were dealing with a rock when trying to help…
I'm a Ppage user. It also can drive you nuts with strange & wonderous problems. I do like the way PgS uses plain PS fonts which you can store anywhere (I've almost got it down ) & I like AE & TS. I would like an editor to go back…
Oh dear, confusion reigns! I have already prepared the disks as outlined by you, I used them in my second floppy drive. I now want to install them on my hard drive Do I drag them into the PgS drawer, which is in the WORK partition? I seem to be…
Nancy; I don't see an answer to your question so here is an attempt… I suspect that you are talking about adding additional fonts for PgS to use, yes? Just copy the fonts to the PSFonts directory (probably best to create a directory in PSFonts in which to place the…
Thanks but rather than genius, lets just recognize that I have been using PgS pretty heavily for a number of years now. If you look at how PgS starts up (with something like SnoopDos) much of what you have to do with the font manager actually begins to make sense.…
Micheal, There are some drivers mention in the newsletter thta don't appear here on CIS. ASCII.Import, AegisDraw.import, ProWrite.import and HPLaser.printer are among them. I tried going to your BBS but for some reason or other, after I hear the answer and an apparent lock, the terminal program shows "No Carrier"…
Bill, Thanks, I'll try that. I know the font is good since I can get all but 7 of them in Ppage & in AE. I don't use PageStream oftem which probably explains why i forget how to do it. I'm hoping V3 will inspire me . You're genius! It…
#HDInstall
Message #61142
I have just installed my PgS 2.22 on my new hard drive. Disks 1 and 2 were automatically installed, but how do I put my other Fonts and Dingbats disks in place? Thanks, Nancy
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