Microsoft KB Archive/59274

Word 5.00: Using Bitstream Fonts with Other Applications

PSS ID Number: Q59274 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Font files created with the Bitstream Fontware Installation Kit for Word version 5.00 or 5.50 cannot be used with other software applications. The BCO and BEZ files that are on the Bitstream Typeface disks can be used with other software applications that support Bitstream Fontware.

= MORE INFORMATION =

BCO files are the Bitstream Compressed Outlines that are used in creating the fonts for the respective application. The Bitstream Fontware Installation Kit copies these files from the Bitstream Typeface disks to the BCO directory, which is a subdirectory of the FONTWARE directory. BEZ files are the BEZier outline files for use in the creation of fonts for PostScript printers.

All the BCO and BEZ files can be stored in a generic font directory so that other software applications that support Bitstream can use these files while creating the fonts. The FONTWARE.INI file must be edited to indicate where the BCO and BEZ files are located. For example:

  Create a directory called TYPEFACE on the hard disk.   Create subdirectories of TYPEFACE called BCO and BEZ.   Copy the BCO and BEZ files from the previous BCO and BEZ directories into the new BCO and BEZ subdirectories.   Update the BCODIR and BEZDIR paths in the FONTWARE.INI file for each application to reflect the new location of the BCO and BEZ files. For example:

Word 5.00’s FONTWARE.INI
BCODIR=C:BEZDIR=C:

Other Application’s FONTWARE.INI
BCODIR=C:BEZDIR=C: Because the typeface files are the same, the other application does not need to use separate BCO and BEZ files if the other application is using the same version of Bitstream Fontware. 

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