With the introduction of hinted CompuGraphic fonts, the
PageStream font management system has a new file. On the Atari
ST this file is called FONTEQIV.V2. What this file does is tell
PageStream that a certain CompuGraphic (CG) font is the same as
a certain PostScript (PS) font. This way you can use your CG
fonts to the Atari laser or dot matrix printer, and then use PS
fonts when printing to a PostScript printer service, or to a
PScript printer or through UltraScript.

The FONTEQIV file slows PGS down a bit, and here's why. Each
time the program gets a new font, it has to compare that font
with the fonts listed in the FONTEQIV file. The more fonts in
the FONTEQIV file the longer this comparison takes. Now
PageStream ships with only 3 CG fonts: Triumvirate (which is the
same as Helvetica), Times and Garamond. So if you don't have any
other CG fonts (and I bet 99% of PGS users do not) then you
don't need any other fonts listed in the FONTEQIV file. I've
edited the FONTEQIV file to include only the 3 CG fonts that we
all own, and the speedup is dramatic. Doing a test of a full
viewed page of 12 point Times (with greeking off) the page
redrew in 18 seconds instead of 29 seconds. In other words, the
page with the full FONTEQIV file is about 50% slower than the
page with the edited FONTEQIV file.

To use the new FONTEQIV file. First, make sure your original
FONTEQIV.V2 file is safe on your master PGS disk. Now copy the
enclosed FONTEQIV.V2 file from this arc into the PSFONTS folder
(or wherever you have installed it on you working copy of
PageStream), overwriting the existing file. Now run PageStream.
That's it!

If you want to you can do some speed tests. I am sure you will
appreciate the speedup.

--Nevin Shalit
  Sysop, SoftLogik RT on GEnie (m385;1)