HOW TO USE THIS FONT SET EFFICIENTLY (...in 10 easy files) The following files explain how to get around in this 22 disk collection of Adobe Type 1 (PostScript) fonts. Being a librarian by nature and degree, I found it hard to avoid categorizing and cross-referencing fonts in order to be able to use these fonts efficiently. All the work done on this project was originally done for myself, but after sharing it with a friend, it was suggested that I share my work with others. And YOU are one of the lucky recipients of my efforts, so I hope you have more fun using these fonts than I did sorting through the mess of duplicate and corrupt files on various MS-DOS/Amiga FTP sites and bulletin boards and creating these files to help make sense of it all. The files are: Font Descriptions -- an alphabetical listing of ALL fonts that are included in this set along with descriptions of each font gleaned from the various readme files, and where there was none, I tried to add my own. Also on this list is the disk the font is located on, so if you only know a font by name, rather than style, you can still find it. Roadmap -- This is the complete listing sorted by disk and directory hierarchy. Use the alphabetical list to find which disk your font is on, and then check the Roadmap to see just which directory it is in on that disk. No .readmes are listed, to avoid cluttering up the usefulness of the Roadmap to find the fonts themselves. Similar Fonts -- This is a listing of fonts that look nearly identical, but aren't *quite* and these differences are noted. I did not want to delete anything that was different in any way. The similar font files can also be found in their respective disks/directories and include the following: ConnectedScript.readme OldEnglishFonts.readme PrimitiveFonts.readme SansSerifFonts.readme ScienceFictionFonts.readme SerifFonts.readme StencilFonts.readme Identical Fonts -- This is a listing of fonts that have identical names or identical internal program information that prevents them from being used together at the same time. PageStream will read only ONE of the files in the archive at any given time and may even read it *strangely* if either BOTH files are loaded, or if the previous one has not been cleared from memory. Fonts that are affected by this (yet ARE different in ways that have been noted) include the following: Baskerville Farquharson Free Good City Modern Latin-Wide ParkAvenue Peignot-Thin STOP Toulouse-Latrec The readmes that explain the problems and the differences between the font files can also be found inside their respective archives. Fonts Deleted -- In the course of checking out the multitudes of files, I found many that were identical (but had different names), and several that were earlier versions or incomplete ones. This file lists which fonts I deleted; which one it was identical to, and why I kept the version that I did. I am sad to say that I did NOT keep track of which files were deleted simply as earlier incomplete versions, but I hope that will not be a problem in the long run. ShareWare Authors -- This is just a name and address listing, along with the fonts they represent here on the disk to help make it easy to pay your shareware fees. The details, however, are in the original readmes inside the archives. This list is to make it easier to pay for several fonts at once by the same author, as well as be a list of sources for more fonts for those of you who are insatiable. Fonts Available -- This is a listing of all the fonts that have been referred to in the various readmes as being available "out there somewhere", either uploaded to a BBS, or for sale by the shareware authors above. Note that most of these are quite likely MS-DOS or MAC conversions, and NOT Amiga. But not to worry! If you can obtain a .pfb file of the font and get it ported to the Amiga, you can use TypeSmith to create the necessary .afm file for PageStream. Where I Got Em -- This is simply the various listings off the FTP sites that I got the files from so that you won't have to bother doing the work I've already done or checking the files I have already checked. Printing Readmes -- This file explains how to set your printer in order to print out the various textfiles I have written above. It also gives some tips on how to deal with some of the original readme files in the font archives themselves. How To Use This -- This file you are reading that explains all the files. I realize that these are an awful LOT of indexes, but, hey, some librarians are simply incurable! And my hope is that in your world FTP/BBS travels, if you run across a "new" font, you will also be able to tell if it is one that you already have or not, and therefore won't waste downloading time on it if, like me, you are stuck with 1200 bps... Enjoy the Fontasy!