More from Antoniou: That Win2000 font problem

[Robin Fairbairns]

> Robin Fairbairns writes:
> > ...
> > > on the home page, http://www.yandy.com/ there was a large note saying:
> > >
> > > (*) Do NOT try to install ATM 4 for NT 4.0 in Windows 2000 Pro or
> > >     Windows XP!
> > >
> > > while,
> > >     http://www.yandy.com/version22.htm     says:
> > >  [...]
> > > Simple installation: Right click on the CD icon and select from the
> > > menu: (i) install ATM and fonts, and then (ii) install the TeX System.
> > >  [...]
> >
> > of course, version 2.2 can presumably run on old systems, in which
> > case atm _will_ be necessary.
>
> The issue is not version 2.2 -- the issue is whether the OS is
> Win2000/XP or not. If yes, then don't use ATM to install the fonts. If
> not, use ATM as for v.2.1. But what perhaps isn't so clearly stated is
> how ATM is then used, if at all, in fact, to help keep fonts for
> Y&YTeX sorted and separate from, say, TrueTypes on the same machine.

indeed, but since mimi was talking about the web page for 2.2, it
didn't seem unnatural to talk about it.

> > > ...
> >
> > in a way, anyway.  aiui[*], a font to be used by windows has to be in
> > some table of known fonts (probably the registry).  on a 2k system,
> > there's no need for atm in order to use type1 fonts, and windows font
> > installation copes with them.  on earlier systems, the system didn't
> > cope with type1 fonts, and atm did the installation process for such
> > fonts, as well as rendering them.
>
> The smaller manual on p.4, in the general installation remarks, says:
>
>    ATM rasterizes the fonts for on screen display as well as when
>    printing to non-PS devices. On Windows 2000 Pro, the Type 1 font
>    rasterizer is built-in, and Type 1 fonts can be installed by
>    dragging them to the `fonts' folder.

fwiw, i'm with you on this "dragging to the fonts folder" business.  i
would far rather use the installer in start->control panel->fonts

> Then there's a section just for Win2000 (p.5):
>
>    2.2 Installing fonts without ATM -- Windows 2000
>
>    In Windows 2000 Pro you can use Type 1 fonts using the built-in ATM
>    rasterizer. To install the fonts drag the .pfm files --- the ones
>    with the red `a' icon --- from the folder on the CD to the `\fonts'
>    folder -- subfolder of your `winnt' folder. Whenever a font is
>    dropped into the `fonts' folder, it is automatically
>    registered. This can be done conveniently1 starting from `My
>    Computer'Open the `c:\winnt\fonts' folder in one window and the
>    folder with the fonts on the CD in the other (perhaps by starting
>    again from `My Computer'). Alternatively, you may prefer to use
>    Windows Explorer. Explorer can be reached from `Start > Programs.'
>
> So yes, Win2000/XP takes care of the registering of the fonts.
>
> But what role does ATM have once Y&YTeX's been installed?

nothing, unless something's severely wrong.

(actually, i don't understand the implication that atm _can_ help if
things go pear-shaped.  perhaps i'll find out when i finally get my
own new disc. :-)

r