Microsoft KB Archive/69295

Using Isogon Font Space

PSS ID Number: Q69295 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

4.00 5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

FontSpace, by Isogon Corporation, compresses bitmapped LaserJet font files in order to free up hard disk space.

The owner’s manual states that it is compatible with Microsoft Word; however, Microsoft has not tested Word with FontSpace and therefore cannot guarantee the results.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following information is a summary of some of the major features outlined in the “FontSpace Owner’s Guide”:

MS-DOS version 3.20 or later is required for operation. If FontSpace is run with EMS 3.2 or greater, it will use about 4K of conventional memory. Without EMS, FontSpace will uses about 25K of conventional memory.

FontSpace can be run as a standalone application or as a TSR. As a TSR, it automatically compresses font files put onto the hard drive without any use of a pop-up window or dialog box. It will reduce font file sizes anywhere from 50-97 percent while not increasing downloading time (downloading time may actually decrease).

Release 2 addresses a new HP bitmap file format for the HP LaserJet IIP and III printers.

Release 2 of FontSpace can be run from a LAN workstation, from either the DOS shell or Windows 3.00. Limitations are explained in Appendix C of the “FontSpace Owner’s Guide.”

FontSpace has been tested with fonts from Bitstream, HP, AGFA Compugraphics, Swifte, Digifonts, MicroLogic Software, ZSoft, and the Font Factory.

For more information, contact Isogon Corporation at the following address and phone number:

Isogon Corporation 330 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10001 (212) 967-2424

Phone orders can be placed by calling (800) 662-6036.

Reference(s):

“FontSpace Owner’s Guide”

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