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                             T T F 2 F S C  2.0 
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    A Shareware Windows True Type Font converter to Series-3 and Series-3a 
                               FSC font file                               
   
                     (c) Copyright 1994 - Marco Aicardi


                                ķ
 Ķ SHAREWARE 
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   TTF2FSC is Shareware. If you find this program valuable and useful, please
   register it by sending 5.00 (or  $10.00)  to:

   Marco Aicardi,
   Via G. Acerbi 6/3
   16148 - GENOVA (Italy).
   
 Ĵ ATTENTION Ŀ
                                                                             
  It is absolutely  forbidden  to  unregistered  users to distribute FON/FSC 
  files created by using TTF2FSC.                                            
                                                                             
 Ĵ ATTENTION 

   Registered  users will receive a code for registering the program with the
   following features:

   * Conversion over 16 points up to 72 points;
   * No nag-screen delays;
   * No auto-exit routine after one conversion.

   You use this program at your  own  risk:  the Author will not be liable of
   any damage caused by use or misuse of this program.

   The  only  "bug" I found is the inhability to swicth to another task while
   conversion is being made, since  output  whill  be blank. If someone knows
   some way to "intercept" a task-switch in VB, please let me know!

   If you find any bug, please report me. I will fix them (I hope!).

   E-MAIL (valid only to Mar 1995): gaslini@vaxgea.ge.infn.it


                              ķ
 Ķ DISTRIBUTION 
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   The TTF2FSC program  and  auxiliary  files  are  copyrighted,  but you are
   hereby granted permission to make  and  distribute  copies  for  personal,
   non-commercial  use.  Use  them  yourself,  give  copies  to  friends  and
   co-workers,  or  distribute  them for a cost-based fee as part of a user's
   group or bulletin board service. If  you wish to distribute these programs
   in  connection  with  any  other  product,  or  for  use   in   commercial
   applications,  please contact me for a license agreement. All of the files
   that make up this product  must  be  distribute together, in an UNMODIFIED
   form.
   
   The files you should have in the archive are:
   
     TTF2FSC.EXE    The executable program file
     TTF2FSC.TXT    This documentation


                               ķ
 Ķ USER GUIDE 
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   TTF2FSC is very simple to use. First of all copy these files  in  a  clean
   directory  (e.g. C:\FSC). Then, if you are good enough, start your Windows
   and create a Program Manager Icon  for  TTF2FSC. If you are not, just type
   TTF2FSC and press your enter key; Windows will be loaded and FFT2FSC  will
   automatically start.

   In  order  TTF2FSC  to  start, remember you will need to have a file named
   VBRUN300.DLL in your Windows directory; it is the run-time library you can
   easily  find  on  InterNet,  or  on  a  shareware CD-ROM or in every PSION
   software library, because other Windows software (PSION or not) needs it.
   
   To create a Series-3(a) font file you only need to select a font file from
   the font list you will see. Then, choose the right size (it can not  exeed
   72 points in the registered version, 16 in the shareware version). Now you
   can  look  at the big font example box to have an idea of the true size of
   your font. By default, TTF2FSC converts all character set (0-255); you can
   override this  default  by  clicking  on  the  "Choose  output characters"
   button. A big window will be displayed, and you can activate or deactivate
   the 6 preset buttons or click on every one of the character set button  to
   add  or  delete  the  characters  you  need/don't need from the conversion
   table.  The  preset  buttons  are  self-explaining:  uppercase, lowercase,
   numbers,  punctuation,  unprintable  (range  0-31)  and   remaining   (the
   characters  not  contained in the other 5 buttons). This is an easy way to
   quick select the characters you want to be converted.
   
   Choose "Start font conversion" button, select  your  output  file  (output
   will  go  in  the  directory  containing  TTF2FSC.EXE  only)  and, after a
   "little" brainstorming, TTF2FSC will create your FSC file.
   
   Unregistered  users  will  be  quitted  from TTF2FSC after one conversion.
   Registered users can convert as many fonts as they want in one session.


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                                 ATTENTION
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  YOU CAN NOT SWITCH TO ANOTHER WINDOWS TASK WHILE FONT CONVERSION IS BEING  
  MADE, OR THE OUTPUT FILE WILL CONTAIN ONLY BLANK PIXELS.                   
                                                                             
 

   When  you have your new .FSC file, run WSFCOMP.EXE (the font compiler from
   PSION - you can find it  on  src.doc.ic.ac.uk /packages/psion or on CIX or
   on every BBs with PSION files), giving it on the command line the file you
   have just created (e.g. WSFCOMP  ARIAL_18.FSC); if you have enough memory,
   it will create a new file .FON (e.g. ARIAL_18.FON). Copy it on your  PSION
   and use it with your own programs.

   Have fun, but do no forget to register!


                                ķ
 Ķ HISTYRY 
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   13-10-94 v.1.0 - First public release
   
   24-10-94 v.2.0 -	Due to bugs reported by  Steve Ridd, had to rewrite *all*
                    the source code (I  lost  the  original in a bad computer
                    crash!)
                    * Char Set Table
                    * 16 color VGA and different Windows color schemes fix
                    * Improved char dimensions check that make output correct
                    * Output file name selector
                      

                               ķ
 Ķ TRADEMARKS 
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   Windows and True Type Fonts are  trademarks  of  Microsoft.  Series-3  and
   Series-3a are trademark of PSION.


                               ķ
 Ķ LAST WORDS 
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   Thanks  must  go  to  Steve  Ridd,  for  being  the first user of my v.1.0
   TTF2FSC, and for reporting a "big bug" in the program.
   
