Installing fonts

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To install soft fonts and font packs

1.Select Install Soft Fonts... or Install Font Pack... from the 'File' or 'Fonts' menus.
2.Click Browse to locate the folder where the fonts are stored. A table of 'Likely font files' or 'Font packs' (extension *.FIF) are shown.
3.Click to select a font or sweep out to select a range of fonts or use Select All from the right-click pop-up menu.
4.To view the font characteristics, select a font and click Details from the menu bar.
5.Click Add.
6.Click Remove to remove fonts from the list (but not to delete the files).

To install download fonts in the Resident Font Library

1.Load the file containing the fonts in PCL download format.
2.Select File | Save downloaded fonts in the library. A table of the fonts, as RFFs, is shown.
3.Click Yes to install all the fonts
or
No; you may now select any font (or a contiguous range) and click Add to install individual fonts.

The ID is used as the file name; a warning is given if there is already a font with the same ID.

To add and remove fonts from font library

1.Select Library folders... from the 'Options' menu.
2.Click Show Fonts to add more RFF or HP soft fonts to the list of 'Resident fonts' in the RESIDENT.FIF file.
3.Click Browse to locate the folder where the fonts are stored.
4.Click to select a font or sweep out to select a range of fonts or use Select All from the right-click pop-up menu.
5.To view the font characteristics, select a font and click Details from the menu bar.
6.Click Add.
7.Click Remove to remove fonts from the list (but not to delete the files).

Tip

Use right-click to select options.

See also

Viewing font information

Font details

Changing font and image libraries

Setting up substitute fonts