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                                EASY FONTS v1.0                         
                                  for Windows                           
                                                                        
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         1.  INTRODUCTION                                               
         2.  WARRANTY                                                   
         3.  USING EASY FONTS                                           
         4.  ABOUT THE CHR STANDARD                                     
         4.1.  Chars' dimensions                                        
         4.2.  The interspace                                           
         4.3.  The font header                                          
         4.4.  The font name                                            
         5.  SOFTWARE LICENCE                                           
         6.  THE DOS VERSION OF EASY FONTS                              
         7.  CONTACTING THE AUTHOR                                      




      1.  INTRODUCTION                                                  

         Easy  Fonts is an utility for Borland programmers:  it  converts
      any  TrueType  font to the CHR format used by the  Borland  Graphic
      Interface (BGI).  You'll throw the old Triplex away!              



      2.  WARRANTY                                                      

         THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS. THE AUTHOR (PINO NAVATO) MAKES
      NO  WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
      LIMITED   TO  WARRANTIES  OF  MERCHANTABILITY  OR  FITNESS  FOR   A
      PARTICULAR   PURPOSE,   WITH   RESPECT   TO   THIS   SOFTWARE   AND
      DOCUMENTATION.  IN  NO  EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE  LIABLE  FOR  ANY
      DAMAGES,  INCLUDING  LOST  PROFITS,  LOST  SAVINGS,  OR  ANY  OTHER
      INCIDENTAL  OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE  OF  OR
      THE INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM.                                



      3.  USING EASY FONTS                                              

         It is really easy: choose the TrueType font and its  attributes,
      choose  which  characters  to  convert  and  choose  the  resulting
      filename.  Done!                                                  
         Easy Fonts also performs an ANSI-to-ASCII conversion unless  you
      ask  to convert the entire font as is, and unless  this  conversion
      makes no sense (symbol fonts, OEM fonts).                         
         Easy  Fonts can be used under Windows 3.1 or above.  It  can  be
      easily uninstalled because it doesn't change or create any file  in
      the Windows directory or its subdirectories.                      



      4.  ABOUT THE CHR STANDARD                                        

      4.1.  Chars' dimensions                                           

         Chars' dimensions are limited as follows:                      
      1) origin to cap heigth: max 64 pixels;                           
      2) origin to bottom heigth: max 64 pixels;                        
      3) width: max 64 pixels, interspace included (see below).         


      4.2.  The interspace                                              

         The interspace is the space between two consecutive chars.  Each
      char  is coded with its own interspace; it appears on the right  of
      the chars and increments (or decrements, if negative) their width.
         Easy  Fonts properly handles both fixed spaced and  proportional
      spaced fonts: spacing informations are automatically extracted from
      the TrueType font and converted along with the chars' shapes.     


      4.3.  The font header                                             

         The  CHR  standard  allows you to insert a  description  at  the
      beginning  of the font file; it can be specified in  the  "Options"
      dialog box.  The header size depends on the size of this string and
      it's  not fixed by the standard but the old (and  buggy)  Borland's
      font editor accepts only fonts having a 128-byte header.  For  this
      reason the "Options" dialog contains a check box that lets fix  the
      header size to 128 bytes.                                         


      4.4.  The font name                                               

         The  name of a CHR font is subject to a curious  limitation:  it
      must be exactly 4 chars long (don't ask me why!).                 
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
      5.  SOFTWARE LICENCE                                              
                                                                        
         Easy  Fonts  is  shareware.  This means that you  have  a  trial
      period  of  two week at your disposal; after this  period,  if  you
      continue  using  this  program  you must pay a  fee  of  $49  (U.S.
      currency) or lire 79000 (Italian currency).  I cannot accept credit
      cards as payment.                                                 
         You  can supply fonts produced by the unregistered version  only
      with  PD or freeware programs; for any other kind of  program,  the
      registered version of Easy Fonts is required.                     
         Registered  users will receive a password which is a license  to
      run  Easy  Fonts  unimpeded.  You will not receive a  disk  with  a
      registered  version since you already have the full  program.   The
      password is calculated on the basis of your name.                 
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
      6.  THE DOS VERSION OF EASY FONTS                                 
                                                                        
         A  DOS version of Easy Fonts is also  available  (EFONTD11.ZIP).
      Actually  it  hasn't the same features of the Windows one:  it  can
      convert  *ANY*  graphic  font  (not only  TrueType  ones)  but  the
      conversion is semi-automatic and takes a few minutes.             
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
      7.  CONTACTING THE AUTHOR                                         
                                                                        
         Feedback   is  always  welcome,  even  if  it  comes   from   an
      unregistered   user.    For   your  suggestions   and   any   other
      communication, these are my addresses:                            
                                                                        
      E-mail:  pnavato@poboxes.com                                      
               pnavato@geocities.com                                    
               Pino Navato, 2:335/225.18  (The Bits BBS, Fidonet)       
                                                                        
      WWW:     www.poboxes.com/pnavato                                  
               (currently forwards to                                   
                 www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4421)                  
                                                                        
      Mail:    Pino Navato                                              
               Via Pittore, 164                                         
               80046 S.Giorgio a Cremano (NA)                           
               ITALY                                                    




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