FGFIX v1.0 - Documentation


Introduction:

Fontographer 3.3 allows the inclusion of some non-standard characters in the
plain text portion of Type 1 fonts destined for the DOS platform. These are
NULL characters (ASCII 0) and high ASCII characters (ASCII 128 to 255).  The
inclusion of these characters to the plain text portion of a Type 1 font can
lead to incompatibilities, printer font rejection, etc.  Furthermore, these
characters are meaningless to the definition of a Type 1 font.  The PS
interpreter only expects and accepts plain text commands when receiving the
plain text portion of a Type 1 soft font. FGFIX is a simple DOS command line
utility that replaces all occurrences of these non-standard characters with
spaces (ASCII 32).


Using FGFIX:

First make a backup of your Fontographer 3.3 font.  Then at the DOS prompt
type:

                              FGFIX fontname.pfb

Replace "fontname.pfb" with the name of the font you want to fix, for example,
"FGFIX d:\psfonts\myfgfont.pfb"  FGFIX will first verify the font as a valid 
Fontographer 3.3 Type 1 soft font and then proceed to fix it.   


Product Support:

If you have any questions about using FGFIX please contact me via CIS mail at
Costas Kitsos 73667,1755.


Legal Stuff:

This program is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either express or
implied.  The entire risk related to the installation, performance and quality
of the program is yours. In the event there is any defect the cost of all
repairs, servicing or correction is up to you.  In no event will I be liable
for any damages caused from the use of this program or its documentation. FGFIX
is free but it is Copyrighted.  You have my permission to distribute it if you
want but only in the original ZIP archive containing FGFIX.EXE and FGFIX.TXT. 
You may not alter FGFIX.EXE, FGFIX.TXT or the archive in any way and you should
not charge anything for it's distribution unless it's a modest fee covering
duplication, shipping or transmission costs.  BBS Sysops are granted permission
to add their BBS' Telop.

                                        Costas Kitsos
                                        August 30, 1991

                      FGFIX Copyright 1991, Costas Kitsos