Installation of the fonts / type Install fonts on PC 1) Extract the TTF files from the zip (this should be fine on a PC but you may need an extraction tool such as PKUnzip or winzip or Stuffit Expander, these can be found on the web) 2) On Vista, you can right click the TTF file and select the option to ‘install font’ (third item in the dropdown) 3) OR, go to the control panel (via start) and select the fonts. With XP, go to the menu and install new font. On Vista, right click and select the ‘install new font...’ Option See the control panel on XP (select file menu) ‘add fonts’ (below)
See the Vista’s control panel fonts section below (right click using the mouse to display the menu)
If you want to see some of the characters stored in the fonts, select the font in the control panel and then right click the font.
Fonts install on MAC OS X The fonts are for PC and MAC OS X To install, use an application such as Font Book found in the applications folder and use the add fonts command and select the font and open and the fonts will be installed in your user font's library collection. You can then use the font in many applications. The fonts can be found in the user : library : fonts folder. You can find the FontBook application in the applications folder. Run that to install the font
All the fonts currently displayed on the system can be viewed here
Select the add fonts command
Then select the font file
Once the file has been added, you can then view the font in the font list (user)
Loading fonts Fonts are accessed via the font menu of the host application. You will need to check the application's documentation for the exact uses of fonts. The fonts are decorative or symbols fonts and are useful in such applications as Photoshop 速 and custom shapes. The font(s) can also be useful in DTP as well as Illustrator and Freehand. Select the font from the menu and then the font size. Example below shows the numbers application on the MAC
Example below shows the font menu on the PC (Photoshop)
Charmap application A good way to access the fonts is via the Charmap application on the PC. You might also be able to find third party applications to access the TTF fonts on the PC (as well as the mac): fontlab.com is a good choice but you can also find open source TTF font viewers as well.
To access the charmap application,
Or search for the application (it is a default application with Windows). Once the application is running, select the font (GX_.. Depending on the font) and then select the character and copy Another alternative is to use the thumbnail gallery supplied with the font set and this displays the characters in the set and their location on the keyboard or the name of the character so you can select it by keystroke (ALT+0252 etc)
To see the designs on the MAC, use the character palette application (found in the top right of the finder)
Serial number Please store the serial number for future reference, updates, replacements etc. This is not the order number. You can find the serial number included in the zip file only
Support If you have any questions about the font(s), please let me know on support@graphicxtras.com
Requirements ME, XP, 98, 2000, XP and NT and Vista MAC OS X 10.3 10.4 10.5
Minimum requirements At least 32 MB of memory, though some operations might require a lot more.
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Copyright All the font (s) are copyright Andrew Buckle and Abneil Software Ltd 20002009 (depending on the set), but they are royalty-free.
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Font (s) use Please consult the your documentation or manuals on the host application. The font(s) can be used in many different ways in different applications. Convert to native shape (for Photoshop 速 etc) The font (s) can generally also be converted to the native application's format and use say as a custom shape and distorts and have effects applied. In the case of Photoshop 速 use the layer->type->convert to shape option (or path) and then the shape can be defined as a custom shape. For example, select the A shape of the font set and set the size as required, select the character and go to the layer menu and select type and convert to shape
Use in Photoshop 速
The shapes (converted from fonts) can be then transformed + modified + warped and more.
Normal text can also be scaled and rotated etc and also styles can be applied (as with the shapes)
Character palette Select the character and you can also apply bold and italic as well as underline and faux bold and other settings such as vertical scale and so on
If you wish to use the character in a work path say, you will have to remove certain of these settings such as faux bold; Photoshop will refuse to convert the path with those settings
Convert to work path The character can also be converted to a work path via layer > type > create work path. Once it is a work path, go to the paths palette
Once it is a work path, go to the paths palette and change into a selection via the make selection Flatten the type or use the layer > rasterize type command. The text can now have effects applied, gradient fills and more.
The work path (if not rasterized) can be further manipulated using direct selection tool; or transformed etc.
The work path / selection can also be manipulated, transformed, border added, expanded and more via the select menu
Use in Paint Shop Pro ® Text can also be used in Paint Shop Pro, as text or the text can be converted to a shape or effects can be applied etc
Change the font and font size etc via the text tool options, also set the create as option to ‘vector’ to keep the text as a vector design for use as a ‘preset shape’
Click on the document surface with the text tool and the text tool dialog will appear. Enter the required text. The text can be copied in from another document. You will also see the text previewed on the document. The text will take the current color setting,
The text can be resized and rotated as well as applying perspective via holding down the ctrl key while you re-size (other combinations are available such as shift)
Convert text to a preset shape To convert to a preset shape, the text must be a vector. As mentioned before, select the ‘create as vector’ option on the type palette (you don’t need to convert the text into a preset shape, you can do basically the same operations
with the text as with the preset shape but the preset shape is the native shape format for Paint Shop Pro.. So here are the steps.
Before creating the text, you may wish to change the current materials / color of the text to be generated
Once you have the text in the color / fill / stroke as required you can then save it as shape
The text can be converted to a shape and used as a preset shape (export to a shape via the export menu) Right click on the text to see the menu options and select ‘convert text to curves’
And select one of the options: as single shape or as character shapes
You can then use the design as a shape but you can now save the design as well as the properties / materials for future use via the export command to save the shape (as a pspshape file)
Shapes use The shape can be used and manipulated in many other ways. The shape can also be used to create a tube design (via selections menu from vector object and then promote selection to layer and remove background and vector and then send the promoted layer to export to picture tube menu command)
The text can also be rasterized. Right click on the shape to reveal the create raster selection. The text selection can be further manipulated, filled, promoted to layer and much more.
You can apply flood fills, picture tubes etc to the text selection
Use in Painter ™ The font can be used in many applications such as Painter ™, use with the large selection of functions in the text tool options dialog such as blur and opacity and path settings
Use in Illustrator 速 The font can be used in various Illustration packages such as Illustrator 速. The character can be modified in many ways via the character palette
You might prefer to convert the font shapes into outline using the create outline or use the expand command
Once in Illustrator 速, use as a symbol, brush, path, etc or apply distortion / warps or apply various effects such as punk and bloat etc
Word and wordpad and other DTP applications. The fonts can be used also in various tools such as Word pad 速, Works, Open Office etc. Placement of the designs depends on the application. Use various features of the DTP such as floating text / frames etc. Each application has its own way of handling text and layers (some only allow normal typed text)
Access non-keyboard characters / PC To access some of the characters you will need (might - this depends on the font) to enter ALT followed by 161 or 162 or 163 164 165 or 166 etc (please check the thumbnail) The rest are all accessible via a normal keyboard character, pressing [ A ] etc
Accessing non-keyboard characters / MAC In any application (or most) for example mail or DTP applications, go to the edit menu. Select the special characters menu option. This brings up the character palette Select the glyph view via the view dropdown. This displays the glyph catalog. Select the required font. Select the required character. This will display the selected character in the character info preview as well as related characters. Double click the character or click the insert character button. This will place the character in the current application (if it can). You will have to set the font beforehand so if you are currently using Arial font and then you wish to add a character from the font pack 3 then you must first set the font or select the character and set the font to the font pack 3 The character palette in MAC OS X has many different options and features to explore.
Typestry and 3D applications The characters may also be used in 3D applications such as Typestry (from Pixar 速) and others such as Carrara 速. The characters can be used as designs within many 3D applications, add lights and materials etc as required.