October 6, 1991

I've uploaded the most recent version (v.1.03) of FRACTION FONTS 
for Windows. There are four modifications to the previous versions 
worth noting . . .

1.  At the request of several SYSOPs, the archive is now in ZIP 
format, rather than EXE (which was a self-extracting ZIP).

2.  The fonts have been rebuilt using a different encoding scheme. 
This results in about an 18% decrease in font file size.

3.  The "FRACFONT.WRI" file has been totally recomposed. This file 
gave some new users fits -- it appeared as a chaos of meaningless 
characters in Windows Write.

    This had nothing to do with FRACTION FONTS in any version. I 
    just happened to have written the original "FRACFONT.WRI" 
    using the store-bought version (1.0) of ATM. In this file all 
    text except fractions was identified as either "TIMES" or 
    "HELVETICA" rather than "Tms Rmn" or "Helv". Consequently, 
    ATM's Alias and Synonym functions weren't being used.

    Then, along came PageMaker 4.0 with an OEM version of ATM 
    (1.1) and a diskfull of free fonts. Later, Lotus did the same 
    with ATM (1.5). Alias and Synonym functions were necessary to 
    identify Ariel, Gill Sans, and Times New Roman as the logical 
    counterparts of Tms Rmn and Helv.

    To make a long story short, the updated version of 
    "FRACFONT.WRI" should work with any correctly installed 
    version of ATM that references Aliases and Synonyms for Tms 
    Rmn and Helv.

4.  The major modification in v.1.03 is the inclusion of alternate 
Degree Signs. This is to compensate for idiosyncrasies in how ATM, 
PCL, PostScript, and dot matrix printers handle this symbol.

Sorry for any confusion I may have caused. I hope everyone enjoys 
this sample of FRACTION FONTS for Windows.