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   *  GFU - GEM font uncompressor                           *
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   *  Freeware for the Atari ST                             *
   *  Written by Jeremy Hughes                              *
   *  Published by the ST Club                              *
   *  2 Broadway                                            *
   *  Nottingham NG1 1PS                                    *
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   GFU is freeware - it can be copied or given away freely so 
   long as it is accompanied by this text file (GFU.TXT) and 
   is not modified in any way.  The main reason I wrote this 
   program is that it allows PD libraries or other interested 
   parties to distribute GEM fonts in compressed format (GFU 
   can be included with any PD or commercial collection of 
   fonts).  The other reason is that it serves as an advert 
   for Fontkit Plus and Trimfont.

   Fontkit Plus is a sophisticated GEM-font editor which can 
   read and write compressed GEM fonts, and can also edit 
   Signum fonts, ST screen fonts, and downloadable printer 
   fonts.  It contains a full set of drawing tools, with 
   global effects, and import options for converting Calamus, 
   HP, and Macintosh fonts into GEM fonts (it can also read 
   and write GEM/3 fonts used on PC computers).

   Trimfont is a GEM-font manager which can compress or 
   uncompress batches of GEM fonts, and can also remove 
   unwanted (e.g. foreign) characters, and list or change ID 
   numbers (useful for writing assign.sys files).  Trimfont 
   is accompanied by Fontxpander, a memory-resident program 
   which allows compressed fonts to be used with standard 
   GDOS programs (they are automatically uncompressed when 
   they are loaded).  This is a useful way of saving space 
   on a hard disk or using more fonts with floppy disks and 
   ram disks.

   Trimfont and Fontxpander are included with Fontkit Plus 
   3.4, and they are also available as a separate package.

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   *  Fontkit Plus and Trimfont are published and           *
   *  distributed by                                        *
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   *  The ST Club                                           *
   *  2 Broadway                                            *
   *  Nottingham                                            *
   *  NG1 1PS                                               *
   *  England                 Tel 0602 410241               *
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   *  Fontkit Plus 3.4 (including Trimfont and Fontxpander) *
   *  is supplied on three double-sided disks and is        *
   *  accompanied by a 280-page printed manual.  The        *
   *  current price is œ19.95.                              *
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   *  Trimfont (including Fontxpander) is supplied on one   *
   *  disk with an 11-page manual.  The current price is    *
   *  œ9.95.  Upgrades from Trimfont to Fontkit Plus 3.4    *
   *  are available at a current price of œ12.95            *
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   *  A demo version of Fontkit Plus 3.4, which is          *
   *  complete except for the absence of a file-save        *
   *  facility and import/export facilities is available    *
   *  from the ST Club at a standard PD price of œ2.80 or   *
   *  thereabouts (see The ST Club Disk Catalogue for       *
   *  discounted prices).                                   *
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   GFU is straightforward to use.  Copy the fonts you wish to 
   uncompress onto a working disk with plenty of free space 
   (compressed fonts are normally less than half the size of 
   uncompressed fonts; large fonts may be less than one tenth 
   the size of uncompressed fonts).  Then click on the button 
   labelled 'uncompressed' and use the GEM file selector to 
   select the directory containing the compressed fonts, 
   leaving the filename blank.  GFU will then uncompress 
   compressed fonts in this directory (overwriting the 
   original compressed fonts).  You can also use the GEM file 
   selector to select a single compressed font which GFU will 
   uncompress.
   
   GFU can be used to uncompress fonts in the compressed 
   format introduced with Fontkit Plus 3.2 as well as fonts 
   in the more efficient compressed format introduced with 
   Fontkit Plus 3.4.

   Jeremy Hughes
   Oxford
   20th October 1991