Introduction
If you weren't convinced that the arrival of true type in windows makes font easy to use, consider the fact that the windows font book is one of the thinnest computer books ever published.
David angell and Brent heslop didn't need to write hundreds of payes of problem solving advice, but were able to write a compact, elegant guide to managing windows fonts.
The book opens with a guide to font formats and styles, then walks you through font management using the windows controls panel and adobe type manager. It even explains how to copy font files and create a batch file for font downloading. Charts of windows symbol sets, a survey of font utilities, and low priced fonts samples fill out the book.
In its coverage of the steps you take to install and use fonts, the book is strikingly accurate. It sometimes misstates the steps that windows performs in the background, but this won't affect the way you work.
The authors cover only TrueType fonts and the post script type 1 fonts used by ATM- the only fonts you'll probably use. But if you work with fonts in intellfont speedo,or laserjet bitmap formats you're on your own.
The windows 3.1 font book is the first and only practical guide to fonts that isn't bloated with irrelevant and outdated information. It's lucid organization and abundant illustration make it impossible to go wrong when you use the more obscure options built into windows font control menus. If you want to move beyond the 13 TrueType fonts built into windows, look here first for advice on where t o get more fonts and on what to do with them.
