ATM for Windows XP

[Michael Cross]

The setup I use with Windows XP is: i) do NOT install any fonts; ii) do NOT use ATM. iii) Simply copy the font files somewhere not in the System directory, e.g. to c:\psfonts, and point dvipsone to this place via dviwindo.ini. Dvipsone works fine. Dviwindo itself does not work, since it uses the Windows font rasterizer, but I go directly to pdf format (via Distiller) as a previewer - I think the navigation tools are better in Acrobat than most dvi viewers. I admit this is a rather quirky setup, but the main message is that dvipsone does not necessarily need ATM. And with the fonts not installed, there are not all those CM fonts littering the font choice menus in other applications.

Michael Cross

>From Christina Thiele <cthiele at ccs.carleton.ca> on 25 Dec 2003:

> Neil A Weiss writes:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Which version of ATM is recommended for computers
> > running Y&Y on Windows XP?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > Neil A. Weiss, Ph.D.
> > Voice: 928-541-1112
> > Email: neil.a.weiss at juno.com
> >
>
>
> In mail from a while back, I found the following from Mike Prager,
> who's often supplied very useful tips and information:
>
> > From all the reports and my experiences, it seems that Y&Y
> > (especially DVIPSONE) does not work well in finding fonts under
> > Windows XP unless ATM Deluxe is used.  Another user here had
> > absolutely no luck, despite  installing, uninstalling, reinstalling,
> > and so on, until he used ATM to manage the fonts.
>
> What needs to be reinforced is that ATM actually can do two things:
>
>    a. install fonts
>    b. manage fonts
>
> Under Win2000/XP, it must NOT be used for installing fonts -- the
> rasterising work it did for font installatino under Win95/98/NT is now
> part of the Win2000/XP environment, so all you do is drag the .pfm
> files (the ones with the red-a) into the c:\windows\fonts folder (or
> c:\winnt\fonts) folder.
>
> On the other hand, as Mike reported above, ATM Deluxe is very useful
> in managing fonts. I believe it's only Deluxe that allows you to turn
> whole font sets on and off, once they've been set up with their
> pertinent (i.e. application-specific) folders.
>
>
> It's holiday time right now. I'd suggest waiting until a few more
> people with direct experience (mine is with ATM Lite on an NT box)
> post -- either to contradict me with true facts ;-), or to corroborate
> what's been written above.
>
> If you have to, go ahead with ATM but make darn sure it's NOT active
> (you can find an of/off switch in one of its menus) while you install
> Y&Y's fonts.
>
> Of course, if you've already got Y&YTeX installed, and are just adding
> ATM, then I'd say reading the ATM manual on how to set up
> application-specific folders and activating the pertinent fonts would
> be the next step.
>
> Hope this helps ...
>
> Ch.
>
>
>