Microsoft KB Archive/31069

Description of the Bitstream Fontware Kit

PSS ID Number: Q31069 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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The Bitstream Fontware Installation Kit allows you to create quality printer fonts and printer description (PRD) files for use with Microsoft Word.

The Fontware kit contains two Bitstream outline fonts, Swiss and Dutch (these equate to Times Roman and Helvetica). The fonts come in Medium, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic. You can scale them in any size up to 36 points on a LaserJet Plus and 120 points on a Series II or PostScript printer. Available RAM determines the size availability. The fonts are scaled or built by the scaling utility as per user input of size criteria and then become regular disk-based font files. Custom .PRD files and their associated .DAT files are also generated during the scaling process.

Microsoft provides support for setting up Bitstream Fontware and its use with Word. For questions involving the internal workings, error messages, etc., contact Bitstream at (617) 497-7514. For Fontware kits for printers other than HP LaserJets or PostScript devices, contact Bitstream at (617) 497-6222.

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