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EPSFONTS.EXE

EPSFONTS adds PostScript Type1 fonts to Score's EPS files, eliminating the need to download those fonts to the printer before printing. It also can concatenate a series of EPS files into a single PS file that can then be converted into a PDF file in Distiller. The PDF file will retain the original order of the EPS files, something that is often difficult or tedious to do manually.

The program is very simple to use:

You tell it the directory location where your PFB files are kept (usually C:\PSFONTS)
You then tell it the name of a single EPS file, or you feed it a text file that contains a list of any number of EPS files for processing

The program then does the following:

It scans your PFB file directory and takes note of all of your PFB files
It then reads the "trailers" of all of your EPS files to see what fonts are used in those files. (Score's EPS files conclude with a "trailer" that states the names of all fonts in use in the EPS file.)
It then determines which of those fonts you have in your PFB file directory and collects the required font data from the relevant PFB files.
It then edits each EPS file in sequence, adding to it *only* the fonts that are required.
NEW: It also corrects Score's faulty outline font routine in the EPS files.

It is lightning-fast.

The fonts are added to the EPS files just *below* the "header" at the top of each EPS file. Each font begins with the comment "%%BeginFont" and concludes with the comment "%%EndFont", so the included fonts can be easily distinguished from the Score-generated EPS code.

Backup copies of the original EPS files are generated before any editing is performed. The back-ups by default use the extension ".$$$", but the program can be made to use any valid character sequence for back-up extensions.

The output files retain the original filename of the input files (so X01.EPS remains X01.EPS).

If the fonts have already been included in the EPS files, perhaps because you are (accidentally) reprocessing the same EPS files again, those fonts will *NOT* be added again. The program is thus intelligent; it will only add fonts that are not already present. And as stated above, it only adds the fonts that are required (prescribed by the "trailer" at the end of the EPS files.)

If corresponding PFB files for the fonts required for your EPS files cannot be found, the program will indicate that during processing. The names of all fonts added to each EPS file are typed to the screen during processing, along with any relevant error messages.

EPSFONTS.EXE is a 32-bit program, and requires Windows95 or higher to operate. (It will not run in Windows 3.11 or earlier.) It is a console program, just like PAGE, JUST, and SCORLAS, but can be run from a DOS-box within Windows.

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