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1. APPENDIX D B TROUBLESHOOIING ANSWERS TO TYPICAL POINTLESS QUESTIONS Q Anytime I highlight text and select a new font all I get is the Shaston font A What s wrong Whenever your GS is unable to load a font into memory it will use the default system font which happens to be the Shaston font as a substitute This is typically caused by a lack of memory To free up memory try using a smaller sized font or using fewer fonts in your document Remember you can also configure Pointless to only generate specific characters of the fonts character set see Configure in Chapter 4 This can save a lot of memory Ultimately the best solution is to add more memory to your computer None of my Truelype fonts show up in my program s font menu Pointless may not have been installed correctly or the Truelype fonts need to be added to the built in font list by using the Pointless control panel s Add feature see Add in Chapter 4 Also there are a few GS applications such as PrintShop GS and Word Perfect GS that use a non standard font system Pointless will not work with these applications When I try typing a character all I get is a rectangular box There are two possible reasons for getti2. ImageWriter Il print dialog box Once it s done printing take a look the high quality text you see is the most significant benefit of Truelype fonts 29 B USING TRUETYPE FONIS 30 TYPING ALTERNATE CHARACTERS Although the alphabet has only 26 letters many font files contain up to 256 different characters There are a number of alternate characters available such as various math symbols A and symbols to represent American cents or British pounds 5 These alternate characters can be entered directly from the keyboard by holding down the option key while typing other keys or by holding down the option and shift keys while typing Some examples follow To type a copyright symbol hold down option while typing the letter g To type a trademark symbol hold down option while typing the number 2 To type a British Pound 5 hold down option while typing the number 3 To type a Bullet symbol hold down option while typing the number 8 Located at the back of this manual is a chart of all the characters contained within each Truelype font included with Pointless International Characters Many fonts also include foreign language and punctuation characters such as 1 and y These characters are entered with two keystrokes First type the accent and then type the letter Use the following option key combinations to select the accent symbol for for op
3. Make sure that Keyboard translation in the GS control panel keyboard options is set to Standard How can I make Pointless work with my AppleWorks or Publish It programs Though Pointless will not work directly with these applications since they are ProDOS 8 programs Pointless can generate and save bit mapped fonts in any point size from 57 fA VT U 58 PPVYUDLEOIMIVY PING Truelype fonts see Save Bitmap in Chapter 4 Once saved to disk these fonts can be used with the AppleWorks TimeOut SuperFonts enhancement Publish It and any other ProDOS 8 program that uses the standard GS bit mapped fonts 0 When I type very small text or use a very ornate font it s difficult to read on the screen Because the IIGS screen has a relatively low vertical resolution small text and fonts with fine design elements will not display with much detail there just are not enough pixels for Pointless to work with These fonts will print with much greater detail because the printer has a higher resolution than the screen When working with these type of fonts you can always edit your text at a larger more readable size then change to the final size before printing 59 99000690000000900000900000000090000009000000009009009000009990000 ju 0000000 0000009000090909000000009000000009000900000090990 RBCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UUW Zabcdefghijkimn opqrstuvWxYyZzZ81254
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5. Pointless allows the IIGS to use TrueType fonts the industry standard font format used by the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows 3 1 TrueType fonts can be referred to as scalable fonts or outline fonts In an outline font each character is stored as a mathematical formula that describes the lines curves and points that make up the shape of the character Since an outline font is not a pattern of dots it can be re sized while accurately retaining the shape of its When TrueType font is re sized Pointless enlarges or shrinks the outline to the selected size and then converts it to a pattern of dots that most accurately fill the outline for display on the screen or output on the printer Since a single Truelype font be used to create any point size you ll no longer need many different fonts files for separate sizes one Truelype file does it all saving disk space and making font organization and installation much easier TrueType Fonts included with Pointless Included with Pointless are several popular Truelype fonts These fonts are initially located on the Pointless disk however unlike the bit mapped fonts you re now using Pointless will allow you to store Truelype fonts anywhere you wish even on several different disks This is significant benefit to one or two drive users who don t have hard disk Pointless js TrueType Font zz 6 itens
6. TrueType font technology forthe Apple IIGS By Alan Bird x SOFTWARE _ Pointless v2 03 Product Registration No 2 08388 203 LESS Truelype Font Technology for the Apple IIGS by Alan Bird ap WestCode Software Inc 1 15050 Avenue of Science Suite 112 San Diego California 92128 619 487 9200 Fax 619 487 9255 WestCode Tech 614 Ga 1223 LICENSE PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE BY USING THE SOFTWARE YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE PROMPTLY RETURN THE UNUSED SOFTWARE TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU OBTAINED IT AND YOUR MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED 1 License The software accompanying this License the Software and related documentation are licensed to you by WestCode Software Inc WestCode You own the disk on which the Software is recorded but WestCode and or WestCode s Licensor s retain title to the Software and related documentation This License allows you to use the Software on a single computer and make one copy of the Software in machine readable form for backup purposes only You may also transfer all your license rights in the Software the backup copy of the Software the related documentation and a copy of this License to another party provided the other party reads and agrees to accept the terms and conditions of this License
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8. USK used 312K available Geneva Monaco Chicago Courier Hew York Symbol Truelype font files will appear in the Finder with a different icon than standard GS bit mapped fonts allowing you to readily tell the type of a font file ES Bit mapped font file icon TrueType font file icon ONE INTRODUCTION VVHAT HAPPENS WHEN You SELECT A FONT Pointless operates transparently behind the scenes so you ll continue to work with your IIGS programs as you always have You ll continue to choose a font from a pull down menu and you ll still have an option of choosing a style such as bold or italic Any Truelype fonts you have installed using Pointless will appear in the Font menu along with your other standard bit mapped fonts The following steps and the flow diagram on the next page provide a visual summary of what happens when you select a Truelype font with Pointless installed First font and font size selected In most GS programs you select a font by choosing the font and size from the pull down menus Many GS programs also provide an alternate method of choosing the font size and style from a single dialog window as shown e Pointless checks if a bit mapped font is available With a font and size selected Pointless will first check if a regular bit mapped font file is available in the selected size If a bit mapped font is available in the chosen
9. a look at where we ve been font wise before looking at the future All standard GS OS application programs use bit mapped fonts In a bit mapped font each character is made up of a pattern of dots that are displayed on the screen when you type a character Because bit mapped fonts are created in specific sizes usually 10 12 14 18 and 24 point they will appear crisp and legible only at these sizes If you select any other size you will get the jaggies characters with a rough stair stepped appearance that makes the text difficult to read This happens when the GS tries to re scale one of the existing bit mapped fonts by shrinking or stretching the dots that make up the font usually with poor results Re sized bit mapped character with jagged edges Several standard bit mapped fonts such as Courier and Geneva were included with the Apple IIGS System Disk that came with your computer These fonts are located within the System folder on your IIGS Startup disk in a folder named Fonts If you look at the System Fonts folder on your startup disk you ll immediately notice that there are many fonts in there that have the same name but with different numbers ie Courier 10 and Courier 12 ONE INTRODUCTION 11K available 789K used Courier 10 Courier 12 Geneva 10 Geneva 12 10 Helvetica 12 idee FONTS folder on the GS System startup dis
10. font file name will automatically appear with a default file name extension of 12 which indicates that 12 point bit mapped font will be saved to disk To save the font in any other point size just click right after the 12 and use the delete key to delete the 12 then type a new point size from 1 to 255 and press return There must be a period between the font name and the point size Pointless will save the font in the indicated point sizes at the currently selected disk location You can choose a different location by clicking on the Volumes button Another reason to use the Save Bitmap option Even if you do use GS applications exclusively you may still want to use this option to save TrueType fonts as bit mapped fonts When you re using a GS application and you choose a font Pointless will first check to see if a bit mapped font exists on your System Startup disk in the exact size and style you requested and if that bit mapped font is available Pointless will use that font If a bit mapped font isn t available then Pointless will load the Truelype font from disk and create the appropriate size font 39 FOUR THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL 40 If you find yourself frequently using a font at a particular point size it may actually be faster for you to save a bit mapped copy of that font in that point size so that Pointless doesn t need to generate that particular size font during each session A
11. pull down menu Imageriter Printer 1 Paper Type US Letter B 5 x11 Reduction Height C Mo Vertical Gaps Vertical Condense Orientation Ja g Page setup dialog box The standard ImageWriter II driver has a Vertical Condense option which can be clicked on or off to select the vertical aspect ratio Your page setup dialog box may have different options than shown here depending on which printer driver you have installed Other drivers typically provide means to alter the vertical and horizontal sizing Keep in mind that TrueType fonts were designed to be displayed on Macintosh computers which uses square display pixels When printing to maintain the same width height proportions the Vertical Condense box must be selected If there is no Vertical Condense selection set the horizontal and vertical sizing to correspond to the display ratio of the Macintosh APPENDIX B PRINTING OVERVIEW PRINTING TIPS Here are a few things to keep in mind when printing documents containing TrueType fonts Most importantly the print quality that you select will affect memory requirements maximum font size and printing time of the document Memory Requirements More fonts means more memory The more fonts and font sizes used in a document means that more memory will be required to create and later print the document A typical 10 point font for instance requires 3 to 4K of memory Whereas a 40 point font will
12. size then it will be used e Pointless loads the TrueType font file from disk If a bit mapped font file isn t available in the correct size Pointless will load the font outline from the TrueType font file At this point depending on the disk location you have configured for the TrueType file Pointless may ask you to insert the disk containing the font file if it s not already in the disk drive or on your hard disk Pointless will leave the font file in memory so the next time it s used Pointless won t need to load it from disk if you have sufficient memory making access faster e ONE INTRODUCTION WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SELECT A FONT Courier Geneva Helvetica Monaco New York Choose Font New York 24 Pointless Y New York oa Font Chicago Courier Geneva Shaston Style 218014 C Italic E Outline CI Shadow w Document his is New York 24 11 ONE INTRODUCTION o Pointless scales the font outline to the selected size After loading the Truelype file Pointless will scale the font outline to the correct point size and create the font bit map from the outline It may take just a second for Pointless to create the font or several seconds depending on the size of the font and your system speed While Pointless generates the font you l
13. symbols there are many special symbols and foreign language characters The currently selected characters will appear highlighted These are the characters that Pointless creates when it generates a font Below the characters are two buttons that control how the characters appear in the configuration window When you click on the System Font button the characters will be displayed using the standard System font Shaston making it much easier for you to see the characters If you click on the font name itself you ll see the actual characters in the font but due to the small size of that window it may be hard to see them clearly however this is the only way to determine which characters are really available in the font Many fonts do not provide all 256 characters Any characters not defined in the font will appear as inverse blocks with a white question mark or as a rectangular box 37 FOUR BH THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL 38 Selecting characters To select the characters that you want available highlight the characters by holding down the shift key and clicking on the characters that you want You can also drag the mouse to select several character at once Clicking on a character that s already highlighted will de select it Once you re finished click on the Ok button 9900000000900290950009909000009050000059090000090009090909090090900099000090900002009090908500000900099 Important IIGS System Software versions before Syste
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15. Empty Trash option from the Special pull down menu Remember to check how much disk space is available after deleting each item Non essential system files in order of likely removal preference TUTORIAL folder This folder if present contains files that you probably no longer need Remove the entire folder from your disk BASIC System and BASIC Launcher These two files can be deleted if you don t plan to run BASIC programs while using this particular System Disk 15 TWO H 16 INSTALLING POINTLESS Font files Many of the bit mapped fonts contained within the System Fonts folder are expendable since the Pointless TrueType fonts make them redundant Start by removing the largest size fonts of the font families that are included with Pointless ie Courier New York Geneva Monaco and Symbol Continue to remove fonts from these font families until you have enough space available on your disk or until you have removed the entire family from the folder If you still do not have enough room continue to the next non essential files listed Desk Accs files The only essential file contained in the System Desk Accs folder is the Control Panel CtlPanel NDA file If necessary remove any other unneeded desk accessory files until you have enough space available on your disk or until you have removed all but the Control Panel file from the folder If you still do not have enough room continue to the next files listed CDevs files
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17. R B THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL 34 Add The Add option lets you add Truelype fonts to the standard Font menu that s used to select fonts in GS applications Select this option to install additional fonts for use with Pointless The scroll box in the Pointless control panel window shows the list of Truelype fonts currently installed in Pointless By clicking on a font name in the list Pointless will display the disk location of the font s file in the box above the list Pointless 1 0 Copyright 1991 by Alan Bird WestCode Software POINTLESS TRUETYPE FONTS COURTER i 771 Courier Courier Bold Geneva Monaco New York Symbol Remove Configure Pointless allows fonts to be stored anywhere If you chose to copy both Pointless and the fonts when you installed Pointless you ll see that the fonts are located in the Fonts folder on your System disk Otherwise they are located on the Pointless disk as shown above To add additional TrueType fonts click on the Add button FOUR B THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL The standard Get File dialog box will appear Select TrueType fonts to add xExPointless TrueTupe Fonts Chicago m L3 Courier C Geneva Honaco New Vork Symbol Click on the Volumes button until the name of the disk or partition that contains the new TrueType fonts appears If the fonts are stored in a folder open up the folder by double cl
18. V WK Y 7 option f 7 f u 7 Yew Y QO ction GE 0 8040008 ON GALES DAD key 123 456789 0 8 J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 s L 15 4 AN shift 96v amp 7 ee option 5 4 lt gt shift y amp ft VA i gt option 65 Symbol ABXAEOI HIOKAMNOIIOPZT YcOEZPZapyoeoynupkAjvonop 010005 y60123456789 3 amp shift option shift option key shift option shift option 66 m T I 2 3 6 K vom 9 2 J 9 Y VWXYZ 7 ex READ POINTLESS Thank you for your purchase of Pointless This sheet describes additional information and changes that occurred since the manual was printed Please read this sheet in addition to the manuals Conflicts with other Control Panel Devices If the Pointless icon does not appear on the GS OS startup screen or if you cannot access Pointless from the control panel this may indicate a compatibility problem with other CDevs control panel devices or INITs installed on your System Disk Try removing any non standard CDev files in the System CDevs folder and INITS in the System System Setup folder by dragging these files into a temporary fo
19. You can remove many of the CDev files in the System CDevs folder however you will loose the ability to access the function or options that they provide once deleted many of these CDevs duplicate functions available from the text based control panel Be sure not to delete the DirectConnnect file When you have 32K of free disk space you re ready to proceed with the installation Install TWO INSTALLING POINTLESS Using the Install Program The Pointless disk itself is not a bootable disk In order to install Pointless it will be necessary for you to boot up your IIGS System disk then run the installer program on the Pointless disk by double clicking on the Install icon The first time you use the Install program it will be necessary for you to personalize your original Pointless disk before installation is possible Pointless Installer Copyright 1991 by Alan Bird 5 WestCode Software Organization Personalize Enter your name and or organization then select the Personalize button After the personalization window appears enter your name on the first line then press the tab key to move the cursor to the second line where you can enter your organization s name 90000090900900900060900909090000090909099090900090090990000200900000002909000000009090900009000025099999 Please remember that Pointless is licensed for use on a single computer If you plan to use Pointless on a network or on sev
20. able you re using a TrueType font 69990900990000090009009090009900000000000000000090099000000900000090999090099090900000000000990000529 THREE USING TRUETYPE FONTS In the following tutorial we describe the process of using these menu options in one of your GS applications to visually demonstrate the difference between standard bit mapped fonts and the smooth crisp text that TrueType fonts provide A POINTLESS EXERCISE With Pointless installed start up your favorite GS word processor All word processing programs allow users to switch the font they are using to change the point size of the font and to change the style of the font NOTE The examples in this tutorial use AppleWorks GS but any standard GS program will produce the same results Once you ve opened up blank word processing document look for the three menus that you ll want to pay special attention to Font Size and Style Then follow these steps 1 Pull down the Font menu and select the Choose Font option A dialog box will appear that lets you select all font aspects font style and size 2 Choose the Shaston font by clicking on its name using your mouse If necessary click on the scroll bar arrows to move through the list of fonts The Shaston font is a standard bit mapped font that s on every IIGS System Disk Make sure that the plain style is selected If it s not selected click in the box next to the word Plain An X will appear in th
21. andard Control panel device CDev files installed in the System Cdevs folder and INITs in the System System Setup folder by dragging these files into a temporary folder create a folder called Disabled CDevs for instance Then restart your system If Pointless loads correctly re add these files one at time to determine which file is causing the problem Files copied by the Installer If you re interested in what the Installer did it copied the Pointless Control Panel Device CDev into the System CDevs folder on your startup disk and the Pointless configuration file TrueType List into the System Fonts folder Additionally if you selected Pointless and fonts the TrueType fonts are copied into the System Fonts folder on the startup disk POINTLESS 20 Now that you ve installed Pointless you re ready to learn how to use it with your GS software Whether you re using a word processing program or paint program Pointless will make any text you type look great The next chapter describes how to access and use TrueType fonts any GS application Using Truelype Fonts this chapter you ll learn how easy it is to use Pointless Truelype fonts with your GS software A simple tutorial will show you bow to access TrueType fonts using your applications menus 21 E USING TRUETYPE FONIS 22 THE FONT SIZE AND STYLE MENUS In most applications you select fonts from a s
22. e box 25 IHHEE USING IHUEIYPE FONIS Choose 16 point by clicking on the 16 in the size scroll box You can also select 16 point by typing 16 in the size box Then click on OK to accept the changes 5 Next type a few sentences in your blank document it doesn t matter wia you type we typed something pointless Pointless brings the world of TrueType to your Apple 11691 Notice that the text you typed with the Shaston font appears clear and readable From the Edit pull down menu choose the Select option or type the keyboard equivalent command of open apple A 93 4 This will select and highlight all the text in your document 26 THREE B USING TRUETYPE FONTS f Pull down the Size menu and choose 24 point This will increase the size of the text in the document Point less brings the world of TrueType to Notice that the text is not quite as smooth as it was with the smaller point size This happens because a standard bit mapped font was not available for Shaston in the 24 point size so the GS scaled whatever size was available for the Shaston font to 24 point by stretching the dots in the font Now let s see what happens with Truelype font 8 ifthe text still isn t highlighted go back to the Edit menu and choose Select This will highlight all the text again 27 THREE B USING TRUETYPE FONTS 28 9 From the Font menu choose the New York font New York i
23. e from Apple User Groups and from online services such as GEnie CompuServe and America Online Apple File Exchange AFE transfers files from a Macintosh format disk to a ProDOS disk However since AFE can t transfer files containing system resources and fonts are stored as resources you ll first need to use Stuffit to create an archive file containing the fonts you want to transfer The archive file can then be transferred to a ProDOS disk using AFE and then the font files can be extracted from the archive using ShrinkItGS Truelype fonts transferred from a Macintosh disk will have an undefined file type so they will not appear with the correct icon in the Finder After you install them with the Pointless control panel Add option the file type will automatically be set to the correct type by Pointless TrueType fonts that are already installed in the Macintosh System file must be copied into a folder or suitcase of their own Use Font DA Mover to make a copy of the fonts and create a suitcase containing the fonts If you are using System 7 on the Mac simply hold down the option key and drag the desired fonts from the opened System file Into a folder or suitcase 53 APPENDIX B ADDITIONAL TRUETYPE FONTS 54 Accessing Fonts over a Network If you have a Macintosh and IIGS connected on a network using AppleShare you can directly access Macintosh Truelype fonts over the network To do this simply use t
24. e maximum point size allowable will be the printing of tiny characters in place of the larger characters that you expected 46 APPENDIX B PRINTING OVERVIEW Printing Delays The printing process may be delayed momentarily when you begin printing because Pointless must generate the fonts requested by the print driver before printing can begin You will see the Pointless cursor being displayed as the necessary fonts are being generated The length of this delay will be relative to the number of fonts that must be created However once the required fonts are generated there will be no further delays 47 1 POPPIN Gt PENNA 48 Application Limitations FAT PF ENN M LIMITATIONS OF POPULAR PROGRAMS Although Pointless gives you the capability of creating very large size fonts up to 255 points many GS programs impose restrictions on the maximum point size allowed within the program Among the most popular programs we found these point size limitations AppleWorks GS 48 Points GraphicWriter 96 Points HyperCardGS 80 Points HyperStudio 125 Points Platinum Paint 100 Points BeagleWriteGS 48 Points If you attempt to use a font larger than a particular pr
25. er No amendment to or modification of this License will be binding unless in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of WestCode CREDITS SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Alan Bird PACKAGE AND COVER DESIGN Carol Anne Craft MANUAL AUTHORS Rob Renstrom Joe Kohn and John Oberrick MANUAL DESIGN Rob Renstrom and John Oberrick COPYRIGHT 1992 WestCode Software Inc All rights reserved This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved Under the copyright laws this manual or the software may not be copied in whole or part without written consent of WestCode Software except in the normal use of the software or to make a backup copy of the software This exception does not allow copies to be made for others Under the law copying includes translation into another language or format You may use the software on any computer owned by you but extra copies cannot be made for this purpose The TrueType fonts included with this software are copyrighted material licensed from Apple Computer Inc TRADEMARKS Apple Apple IIGS Macintosh TrueType GS OS Finder LaserWriter ImageWriter and ProDOS are trademarks and registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc AppleWorks is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc licensed to Claris Corporation TimeOut SuperFonts is a trademark of Beagle Bros Inc AppleWorks GS is a registered trademark of Claris Co
26. eral computers contact WestCode Software to obtain a network or site license e99990009000000909090969000999009000050000090000609990009900009900090990009000009090006090090090090009 9 17 TWO E INSTALLING POINTLESS After personalizing your Pointless disk the standard GS OS Installer window will appear The upper left corner of the Installer window shows the Disk to update which is the location where Pointless will be installed This should be the volume name of your startup disk or hard disk The box below this shows the installer update selections with Pointless highlighted 1105 Installer Emm Disk to update SYSTEM DISK n SYSTEM DISK Pointless Pointless and fonts L Update Selection Application Folder Selection Hard Disk Installation If you want to install Pointless on a hard disk click on the Pointless and Fonts selection then click on the Install button The installer will copy both Pointless and the Truelype fonts to your hard disk Pointless will be pre configured to use the fonts copied to your hard disk 3 5 Disk Installation If you don t have a hard disk you can install Pointless on your 3 5 startup disk Insert the disk that you use to startup your computer normally the System Startup disk if you have only one disk drive remove the Pointless disk Then click on the Disk button until the startup disk name appears next to Disk to
27. f the configuration feature provided by Pointless that allows you to specify which characters Pointless will generate when creating a font Many of the available characters within a font character set are never used in your documents so there is no need to waste valuable memory with these characters 99000900000000009000000909090090009096000000000000000090995009000000990909900009990009099000990900 Maximum Printable Point Size The maximum character point size allowed on the GS is 255 points With this in mind it is important to understand that when printing in the highest quality mode available to your printer the maximum printable point size for your printer will be less than 255 points For instance the maximum printable point size for the ImageWriter II at Best quality is 127 since the print driver uses fonts that are 2 times the size of the fonts you are using in the document 127 times 2 is 254 so 127 is the maximum print size because of the 255 point limitation Likewise the maximum printable size at the highest print quality for the ImageWriter LQ and 24 pin dot matrix printers is 85 85 x 3 255 And the maximum size at the highest print quality for the HP DeskJet Writer LaserJet and similar printers is 63 63 x 4 252 indication that you have used font that exceeds th
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29. he Pointless control panel Add option and open up the Macintosh volume Locate and select the fonts in the same manner as you would with a GS disk or folder Downloading TrueType Fonts If you own a modem and you re familiar with downloading files you have access to the many additional TrueType fonts available on the online services You can typically find Truelype fonts in the Macintosh and DeskTop Publishing sections on these services Usually the fonts are stored in a Stufflt archive file usually designated with the SIT extension in the file name You can download these files with your and then extract the fonts using ShrinkItGS ShrinkItGS is available from Apple User Groups and from online services such as GEnie CompuServe and America Online WHERE TO STORE ADDITIONAL FONTS Additional TrueType fonts can be stored on separate 3 5 disks or anywhere on your hard disk preferably in a separate folder such as the System Fonts folder To make the fonts available for use with Pointless you ll need to use the Pointless control panel Add option You ll probably also want to use the Configure option to select only specific characters to be generated by Pointless Please review The Pointless Control Panel chapter for more information 55
30. icking on the folder name To select a font file click on its name then press return You can select more than one font by pressing the open apple key while clicking on the additional files And to select a range of files in the list hold down the shift key while clicking on the last file you want font may actually contain multiple styles bold italic bold italic and plain which will appear as separate fonts in the control panel font list however they will only appear as a single font in the Font menu or Choose font list that s displayed within a GS application Pointless will use the correct font based on the selected style 9496 66 4 9 0 4 If you add a font that is already installed at a different disk location Pointless will remove the previous font from the list and install the replacement font with the new location 35 FU 36 n VYUN F AINEL Remove To remove a font that you don t want to use click on the font name in the list then click on the Remove button The removed font will no longer appear in the Font menu As a short cut you can also click
31. k The different numbers refer to the point size of a font As a rule of thumb a point is equal to about 1 72nd of an inch For example characters in a 72 point are about one inch tall Printers and Fonts It s important to realize that printers have a greater resolution than the IIGS screen so printed text requires fonts with more detail than the fonts used on the screen For instance if you re printing on an ImageWriter II the GS Print Manager will attempt to find a font that is twice as big as the one intended Since the ImageWriter has twice the resolution of the GS screen the font is printed at the proper size but with a higher resolution As the resolution of the printer increases so does its need for larger sized fonts An ImageWriter LQ requires fonts that are 3 times larger than the screen fonts and an HP DeskJet requires fonts that are 4 times larger UNC If you have bit mapped fonts that are respectively 2 3 or 4 times larger than the font size you want to print then your print outs from bit mapped fonts will look just fine Unfortunately large size bit mapped fonts are just not that readily available And large fonts also require a large amount of disk space Fortunately Pointless overcomes all these limitations you ll never have to concern yourself again with point sizes as Pointless will internally generate any size you need from a single Truelype font POINTLESS FONTS
32. kJet B Apple GS System Software 5 0 or higher including System 6 0 Optional equipment An accelerator card will enhance the performance speed of Pointless and all your other GS software INTRODUCTION CUSTOMER SUPPORT At WestCode Software we re dedicated to creating outstanding software that s available at a reasonable price Our goal is to ensure that you re satisfied with our products and service If you ever have a question or problem with Pointless call us for a quick solution Please check the manual before calling it may answer your question Our knowledgeable and friendly customer support staff is available to help you from 9 00 am to 5 00 pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday Call or write to 619 487 0200 Product support and information 619 487 0255 Fax WestCode Software Inc 15050 Avenue of Science Suite 112 San Diego CA 92128 Please include your product registration number on all correspondence and have it available whenever you call We re always looking for ways to improve our products and frequently add new features requested by our customers We welcome and encourage your comments and suggestions for making our products even better Registration Please take a moment now to complete the Registration Card included with this manual Registration will allow us to notify you of updates and enhancements to Pointless and to tell you about new products from WestCode Software Re
33. l see the Pointless cursor as shown The cursor indicates how far Pointless is in the process of creating a font This whole process happens automatically and takes just seconds With the font created it s ready to use for displaying and printing text INSTALLING PoiNTLESS Now that you ve learned about TrueType fonts and how Pointless works you re ready to start using it The next chapter explains how to install Pointless The installation process takes only a few minutes 12 60 00600090000000900090000900900900009000000590000909000090000090090090 chapter explains bow to install Pointless on to your IGS System Startup disk Once Pointless is installed it works as a built in component of the GS System Software transparently operating behind the scenes to generate high quality TrueType fonts at every point size VIN MEIN PE LL THE POINTLESS Disk Pointless is supplied on a single 3 5 disk Included on the disk is the Pointless Control Panel Device CDev a starter set of TrueType fonts and an easy to use installer program Pointless Install Pointless TrueType Fonts Install Files Icons The TruelType Fonts folder contains several Truelype font files for use with Pointless see the back of the manual for a printed sample of each typeface The Install Files folder contains files needed during the installation process The Icons folde
34. lder create a folder called Disabled CDevs for instance Then restart your system If Pointless loads correctly re add these files one at a time to determine which file is causing the problem Memory Requitements Pointless will work on a system with a minimum of 1 25 megabytes of memory However if you are using high resolution printer such as the HP DeskJet you will need additional memory to get the best results In addition if you re using System 6 or large applications such as AppleWorks GS which require a lot memory we highly recommend that you have at least 2 megabytes of memory Printing at Large Point Sizes When printing text at large point sizes usually 40 point and higher if the text prints with jagged edges or with the Shaston font instead of the correct font this may indicate that you ve encountered the 64K memory size limitation for fonts in GS OS System 5 0 thru System 5 04 This problem was corrected with GS OS System 6 0 Print Quality get the highest quality text possible when printing make sure that you have selected the Best print quality option in the Print dialog box With certain printers the best quality option is represented by the highest printer resolution available such as the HP DeskJet s 300 x 300 resolution Also select the Vertical Condense option if available to get the correct width to height proportions for the printed fonts New Phone Number for Customer Support If you have questio
35. m 6 0 have a limitation that prevents Pointless from creating fonts that are larger than 64K If you re using an earlier version of the System Software it may be necessary for you to configure a font with fewer characters if you plan to create large point sizes with the font This 64K limitation was fixadi in System 6 i e 5609209990000609 9 9005090900099 99506090909950000950099092009609 044 Will TrueType fonts make your older bit mapped fonts obsolete No not entirely Since Pointless works with GS OS applications you won t be able to use Pointless fonts 100 of the time unless you run GS OS software 100 of the time That s why we ve added an option that lets you save any TrueType font at any point size as a standard bit mapped font This option will benefit anyone who uses AppleWorks Classic with Beagle Bros TimeOut SuperFonts or TimeWorks Publish It both of which use 65 bit mapped fonts To save Truelype font as a bit mapped font click on the font name in the font list then click on the Save Bitmap button FOUR B THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL A standard Save File dialog box will appear and you ll see a prompt to Save bitmap font as with a file name box beneath 3 Pointless TrueType Fonts 306 free of 800 k T MR Deneve i Mangas Hew York L3 Save font as mt Coat The
36. member product support is available only to registered users ONE INTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS MANUAL There s a lot of information contained in this manual about Pointless the GS OS System Software and about fonts You don t necessarily need to understand all the technical aspects of Pointless in order to use it but we re providing that technical information nonetheless If you read this entire manual cover to cover you should understand all aspects of Pointless including how it works and why it works If you are the type that likes to explore and start using software without first reading the manual please feel free to skip ahead to the Installing Pointless chapter which explains how to install Pointless Once you have installed Pointless go through the Using Pointless chapter which contains a brief tutorial on how to use Pointless you ll see for yourself why Truelype outline fonts are superior to the bit mapped fonts you ve been using on your IIGS We strongly suggest that once you ve seen Pointless in action that you return to this manual and read it completely Are You Experienced In this manual we assume that you are familiar with basic GS skills such as selecting menu items If terms such as double click icons and the Finder are new to you please review the manuals that were included with your computer before reading this manual ONE INIMUDUUGIION Bit MAPPED FONTS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS Let s take
37. mple the Courier font included with Pointless contains both a plain and a boldface version of Courier When you select Courier and apply the bold style Pointless will use Courier Bold font instead of having the GS create the bold style from the plain Courier font Choose Font option Most GS applications also have an option usually called Choose Font which allows you to select all font aspects font size and style from a single menu item 23 PARC B IMUEITFE FONTS 24 Chicago Courier Geneva Monaco Hew York Style Eg Plain HH Size 19 M CJ Italic Outline stats u Choose Font dialog box From this dialog box you can click on a font name choose one or more font styles and enter non standard point sizes such as 11 point in the size box The size scroll box shows the bit mapped point sizes available with the selected font Any sizes that have been generated by Pointless for the selected font will also appear in this box HOES Which Fonts TrueType Most users will have both TrueType and bit mapped fonts installed If you want to know whether a font is TrueType type a line of text and try selecting a non standard point size such as 21 If the text appears smooth and read
38. naco Hew York Symbol HE Ed had Remove Configure i s When it appears you ll see list of the TrueType fonts currently installed Below the list are the four Pointless control panel options Add Remove Configure and Save Bitmap FOUR THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL To choose an option click on its button or type the keyboard equivalent command hold down the open apple key and type one additional key 6 A for Add 5 for Remove C for Configure and 9 5 for Save Bitmap Here s a brief overview of each option Add Adds Truelype fonts to the Pointless font list which controls what fonts will appear in the standard Font menu This option also selects the disk location of each font Remove Removes a font from the font list and consequently the Font menu Configure Selects which characters in each font will be generated by Pointless Save Bitmap Saves a bit mapped version of a TrueType font file in a specific point size These options are described in more detail in the sections that follow Any changes made with the Pointless control panel will be saved to disk in the Pointless configuration file when you exit the Control Panel by clicking in the close box in the upper left hand corner of the control panel window Fonts that are added or removed while you re inside an application will not appear in the application s Font menu until you quit and re start the application 33 FOU
39. ng a missing character box when typing a character The character may not be included in the selected character set as defined by Pointless For the fonts included with Pointless the selected character set is pre configured as the 96 common keyboard characters If the character you want is not part of that predefined set you must configure the font to include that character see Configure in Chapter 4 Ifyou made changes to Pointless while using a program you must quit and restart the APPENDIX D B TROUBLESHOOTING The other reason for the missing character box is that the character is not defined in the current font and therefore does not exist After re configuring a font none of my changes seem to be in effect when I exit the control panel and return to my current program program before the changes will take effect Don t forget to save your work before quitting the program Why my TrueType fonts not showing up with the TrueType files icon in the Finder windows The Pointless Icons file was not properly installed into the Icons folder on the System disk Simply drag the Pointless Icons file from the Icons folder of your original Pointless disk into the System disk Icons folder or re run the Pointless installer Then close and re open the folder or disk that contains the fonts When I try typing an alternate character using the option and option shift keys all I get is the regular character
40. ns about using Pointless and you can t find a solution in the User s Manual or Update Booklet you can contact our technical support staff directly by calling 619 487 9233
41. ogram can handle you may or may not be notified via a dialog box that you ve exceeded the limit imposed by the program If you attempt to create for example a 200 point font yet it displays on screen at a smaller size you ll know that you ve exceeded the limit allowed by the program This is not a limitation of Pointless it is a limitation of the application program you are using 50 51 APPENDIX C B ADDIIIONAL IHUEIYPE FUNIS VEesTCODE COLLECTIONS To add even more style to your projects WestCode Software offers additional TrueType font disks for use with Pointless Each package contains an outstanding collection of professionally designed typefaces selected for their superior printing qualities on the Apple IIGS They make perfect additions to Pointless Please contact us for more details and pricing information MACINTOSH TRUETYPE FONTS Cheer 52 Pointless has the ability to directly read Macintosh Truelype font files You can transfer fonts from a Mac disk download fonts from an online service or access them over a network Transfer
42. ointless creates smooth crisp and clean text at any point size both on screen and on the printed page To create high quality text Pointless uses TrueType fonts the new font standard for the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows This remarkable font technology allows text to be scaled to any size with perfect clarity With Pointless you ll never again see characters with the stair step effect commonly called the jaggies ONE INTRODUCTION The Pointless program is a small application called an INIT that automatically loads when you start your System Software and operates in the background Pointless is also Control Panel Device CDev that lets you configure various settings from the GS control panel Pointless quickly installs in the GS OS System Folder on your startup disk Once installed it operates transparently behind the scenes so you ll continue to work with your IIGS programs as you always have You ll continue to choose a font from a pull down menu and you ll still have an option of choosing a style such as bold or italic Any TrueType fonts you have installed using Pointless will appear in the Font menu along with your other standard bit mapped fonts Everything works the same you just get better quality fonts SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To use Pointless you ll need An Apple IIGS with a minimum of 1 25 megabytes 1280K Additional memory is recommended if you are using a high resolution printer such as the HP Des
43. on a font name then press the delete key to remove a font from the list Configure Every Truelype font can contain up to 256 different letters numbers and symbols Since the majority of IIGS users generally only require the upper and lower case characters numbers and standard keyboard symbols we ve provided a way for you to easily configure a font so that only the characters you need will be created when Pointless generates the font This will free up valuable RAM memory which is especially important if you use memory intensive programs such as AppleWorks GS on a standard 1 megabyte IIGS It also takes less time for Pointless to generate a font with fewer characters making Pointless operate faster To configure a font click on a font name in the list then click on the Configure button As a shortcut you can double click on a font name FOUR B THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL The configuration window will appear showing all 256 characters that comprise a font HHRBHRRABA HRA EBHOv EpEEHEBBEERH Cet 740123450789 D BABCDEFGHIJKLHNOPQRSTUVWKYZEN 3_ Sabcdefghijklmnoparstuvuxyz ily Ti 165 Pc 2 fen 9 B HHEEH EE E PARRA System Font Courier You ll notice that in addition to all the standard letters numbers and
44. r contains Finder icons for Pointless and TrueType font files INSTALLING POINTLESS The Install program will automatically copy all the necessary files from the Pointless disk to your System startup disk In order to install and use Pointless you must have at least 32K of free disk space on your System Startup disk This should not be a problem if you are using a hard disk or 14 TWO B INSTALLING POINTLESS other type of high capacity disk drive So if you have enough space on your System Disk skip ahead to the Using tbe Install Program section in this chapter However if you do not have enough space available you will need to delete some unnecessary files from your System Disk Removing Unnecessary Files from the System Disk Since you ll need to modify your IIGS System Disk it is a good idea to make a copy of it before continuing Start up your computer with the copy of the System Disk then delete the following files to make enough space to install Pointless The files and folders listed here are non essential items typically found on the IIGS System Disk It s unlikely that you ll need to delete all these files so start at the beginning of the list and remove only the necessary items until 32K of space is available 999009900090990900009000242000909900000000099 9 9060990022029209 delete file from the Finder drag it to the trash then select the
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46. require 20 to 30K of memory This is further compounded by the type of printer you are printing with and the print quality that is selected since a higher print quality requires larger font sizes When printing with the highest quality the print driver will request fonts that are 2 3 or even 4 times the size of the fonts that you have used in your document This might not seem too important when simply printing text with one 10 point font But imagine printing a document that has several different fonts at various sizes It isn t hard to understand how memory can be used up very quickly An out of memory condition is typically indicated with the substitution of the System s Shaston font for a font that you used in the document Whenever the System is unable to complete a font activity because of a lack of memory or because it couldn t load the required font for whatever reason it will utilize the default System font Other indications of insufficient memory may include a message describing the condition or a system hang up If any of these conditions are the result of too many fonts your only remedy may be to use fewer fonts print in a lower quality mode or add more memory to your computer 45 APPENDIX amp PRINTING OVERVIEW e209009090092229090909909 99090002900090929099 2 95060000200999999 Tominimize the amount of memory required by a TrueType font take advantage o
47. ring Fonts from a Macintosh Disk There are two ways to transfer TrueType fonts from a Macintosh disk to a ProDOS disk the first requires IIGS System 6 which has a File System Translator for reading Mac disks while the second uses the Apple File Exchange program Whichever method you use make sure that the fonts being transferred are truly TrueType fonts and not bit mapped fonts Pointless will only recognize the TrueType variety System 6 HFS File System Translator Apple IIGS System 6 software provides the ability to directly read Macintosh format disks via the HFS FST File System Translator included with the System disk This provides the easiest way to transfer TrueType fonts from a Macintosh disk just insert a Mac disk and copy the fonts to your hard disk If you only have a 3 5 disk drive you can directly access the fonts on the Mac disk just like a ProDOS disk kless 95 i Ow APPENDIX B ADDITIONAL TRUETYPE FONTS To let Pointless know the location of the fonts you ve transferred use the Pointless control panel Add option to select the fonts from the hard disk or the 3 5 disk Using Apple File Exchange to Transfer Fonts If you don t have System 6 you ll need access to a Macintosh and two Mac programs Apple File Exchange and Stufflt On your IIGS you ll need the SbrinkliGS program Apple File Exchange is included with every Mac system Stufflt and ShrinkItGS are availabl
48. rporation HP Deskjet is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp Pointless is a trademark of WestCode Software Inc All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies Third Printing July 1993 Printed in the United States of America Contents Oo 1 Installing Pointless 13 Using TrueType Fonts 21 The Pointless Control Panel 31 Appendices HAWS Printing Overview 41 Application Limitations 49 Additional TrueType Fonts 51 Troubleshooting iieri 55 Font Samples 59 chapter introduces you to Pointless In this chapter you ll learn about TrueType fonts and how Pointless works ONE INTRODUCTION elcome to Pointless Pointless is a font management utility for the Apple IIGS that incorporates Truelype font technology into the GS OS System Software Instead of the ragged text you sometimes get with your current fonts P
49. s a Truelype font included with Pointless If your Pointless fonts are stored on the Pointless 3 5 disk you will need to insert that disk when prompted to do so After Pointless loads the font from disk a round cursor will appear on the screen Whenever Pointless re sizes or creates a new Truelype font this cursor indicates how far Pointless is in the process of generating the new font All the text will now change to the New York typeface Pointless brings the world of TrueType to your Apple 105 Notice how sharp and clear the text appears with no jagged edges and all the characters perfectly formed Now let s try it at even a larger size THREE USING TRUETYPE FONTS 10 Use the Choose Font option to select a 48 point size 11 At 48 points the text still appears smooth and crisp Try other sizes if you wish Even though the fonts look good on the screen they ll look even better when you print them because your printer has a greater resolution than the screen Go ahead and print your document Select the Print option from the File pull down menu When the print dialog box appears choose Best Quality then click on OK to start printing Your printer may have a different print quality option than shown here See Appendix A for information about printing options on other printers InogeWriter Printer Copies Pages All_CQRenge Froa Text Only To Fast Standard Quality Sheet Feed
50. s an example if you always use a 24 point New York font with all your work you ll save yourself few seconds by saving a New York 24 point font to disk Bit mapped fonts for use with GS applications must be saved in the the System Fonts folder on your System Startup disk Use the Volumes and Open buttons to select this folder Saving a bit mapped font to save time is a matter of personal preference as Pointless can and will create any point sized font in just a matter of seconds If you have a TransWarp 65 or a ZIP 65 accelerator installed it just might not be worth wasting valuable disk space to store bit mapped fonts Printing Overview APPENDIX PRINTING OVERVIEW PRINTING OPTIONS The printer drivers provided with the IIGS System software for Apple brand printers or the drivers provided by third party companies for non Apple printers offer several options for controlling how a document will print such as the page size and orientation enlargement or reduction of the page and ribbon selection with color printers These options are explained in the manuals that came with your computer or with the print drivers so we re not going to explain them here However we will review the options that directly affect the use of fonts in your printed documents specifically the print quality and aspect ratio options Print Quality The print quality option affects the appearance of the text in your printed documen
51. tandard Font menu the font size in points from a Size menu and the font style such as bold or italic from the Style menu as shown below Style Plain Choose Font Courier Geneva Helvetica Queline Shadow New York When you choose an item from one of these menus it will be applied to the text currently selected in your document If no characters are selected any font changes will appear when you begin typing Font menu The TrueType fonts installed with Pointless will appear in the Font menu along with your standard bit mapped fonts When you select a TrueType font from the menu Pointless will automatically load it from disk if it s not already loaded in memory and create the currently selected point size jn A RRR THREE USING TRUETYPE FONTS Size menu The Size menu shows the standard sizes available in the application but remember that Truelype fonts will display and print in any size so you re not limited to the standard sizes shown in the menu Style menu You can also select the font style such as boldface or italic from the application s Style menu With bit mapped fonts the GS mathematically derives the selected style from the plain unstyled font however many TrueType typefaces actually have separate fonts for each different style providing more precise and accurate styles than the computer generated styles For exa
52. the screen fonts respectively Some print drivers specify print quality selections using the printer s available print resolutions in dots per inch To determine approximately what size font will be required with these other settings divide the printer resolution by 72 screen fonts are based at 72 dots per inch For example if the printer is set to 150 DPI then a 2x font will be used when printing 150 72 2 08 000000090950000000005960606 4000000200990900040960090090009000000990909000900090900950009600000000000000002009 Printing on an Apple LaserWriter The LaserWriter printer driver supplied with the IIGS System Software does not utilize nor take advantage of larger fonts and therefore does not benefit from Pointless Instead the printer uses its own built in scalable fonts to generate text This is fine when your documents contain fonts that are equivalent to those built in fonts however when using other fonts you will continue to get less than perfect print As of this writing there were no alternate printer drivers available to correct this problem 6009000090000999909099090090909009090909009909000000900906002990909009900090090099090900009009 099099909 099 43 APPENDIX A amp PRINTING OVERVIEW 44 Aspect Ratio The aspect ratio affects the height and width of the text in your printed documents The aspect ratio is controlled from the Page Setup dialog box that appears when you select Page Setup from the File
53. tion i for option n for and option u for 7 For example to type an 6 hold down the option key while typing a nothing will appear then type an e the character will then appear The Pointless Control Panel Pointless Control Panel device lets you configure various settings that control how Pointless works with fonts This chapter describes the Pointless control panel options 31 FOUR THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL THE POINTLESS CONTROL PANEL About the Finder Control Panel The Pointless Control Panel device CDev controls how Pointless works with TrueType fonts on your system With the control panel you can select which Truelype fonts appear in the Font menu and configure which characters can be used in each font In addition you can save a font as bit mapped font file for use in non GS OS applications The control panel can be accessed anytime by selecting the Control Panel option from the Apple pull down menu In the scroll box at the left of the control panel window are various icons representing each control panel device To select Pointless click on the scroll bar arrow to move down the list until you see the Pointless icon Then double click on the icon to bring up the Pointless window Control Panel Pointless 1 0 Copyright 1991 by Alan Bird WestCode Software This Pointless belongs t Alisha Bird 0 Chicago ri Courier Courier Bold Geneva Mo
54. ts This option is selected from the print dialog box that appears when you select Print from the File pull down menu Your print dialog box may have different options than shown here depending on which printer driver you have installed ImageWriter Printer O Range Text Only Copies Pages From 10 Fast Standard Best Black White Sheet Feed Quality Chroma ImageWriter I Print dialog box APPENDIX B PRINTING OVERVIEW The standard ImageWriter II driver offers four print quality options Text Only Fast Standard and Best When printing with Standard quality the printer will produce text that appears similar to the text displayed on the IIGS screen This is because the printer is using a low resolution that closely matches the screen display resolution When printing with Best quality the printer produces text with a more solid and smooth appearance To achieve this the printer uses a higher resolution with more closely spaced dots than the screen display In order to maintain a proper size relationship to the screen display the printer needs larger font sizes For instance the ImageWriter II printer has over twice the resolution of the screen twice as many dots per inch and therefore needs fonts that are twice the size of the screen fonts These are referred to as 2x fonts Other printers like the ImageWriter LQ or HP DeskJet use fonts that are three 3x and four times 4x the size of
55. update Make sure that the Pointless selection is highlighted then click on the Install button TWO B INSTALLING POINTLESS If you have just one disk drive you will be prompted to alternately insert the Pointless and startup disks you will need to switch disks several times Since the Truelype fonts will not fit on the 3 5 startup disk Pointless will be pre configured to use the fonts on the Pointless disk This means that whenever you use a Truelype font any of your programs the computer will prompt you to insert the Pointless disk You can later specify a different location for these fonts if you wish by using the Pointless control panel to add the fonts at a different location To Activate Pointless Restart Your Computer After successfully completing the installation the Installer will tell you that An update has altered system files on the startup disk To restart the system and activate Pointless click on the Quit button then click the Restart System button Pointless will load automatically when GS OS starts up At the bottom of the GS OS startup screen you will see the Pointless icon verifying that Pointless is loaded and ready to use 19 TWO E INSTALLING POINTLESS If the Pointless icon does not appear there may be a compatibility problem with other Control panel files such as screen blankers or INITs on your startup disk To determine if this is the problem try removing any non st
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