Software Announcement June 27, 2000

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Make Your Own AFP Fonts with AFP Font Collection′s Type Transformer for Windows Overview

Key Prerequisites

Do you need to design your key business documents to communicate more effectively with your customers, but you think you′re limited to the fonts that came with your IBM Advanced Function Presentation (AFP ) printing software? Then you will appreciate the new Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows  feature that is now included in IBM AFP Font Collection for Workstations and OS/400 . This feature lets you purchase fonts from any type vendor and easily turn them into AFP fonts for your important AFP print applications so that your message has a unique look for your targeted business.

The Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows feature of AFP Font Collection Version 2.1.1 runs on any PC capable of supporting Windows NT. A PC with a Pentium 300 or equivalent processor is recommended. Windows NT 4.0 or later is required.

The Type Transformer and Utilities feature, which was previously available only for the OS/2  environment, now works with Windows NT . The OS/2 feature is being withdrawn.

Planned Availability Date

At a Glance The AFP Font Collection provides fonts and utilities that enable consistent printing across all IBM system environments and Windows NT. Now, the optional Type Transformer and Utilities feature is available for use with Windows NT. •

Type Transformer for single-byte and double-byte fonts gives you unlimited flexibility in font selection for designing your important customer documents.

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The Code Page Editor and Coded Font Editor let you customize detailed font information.

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AFP Object Store provides an automated transfer mechanism for delivering fonts from the PC to S/390 and OS/400.

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Font utilities from Soft Union let you modify Type 1 and CID outline fonts to meet your unique design needs using a GUI.

June 30, 2000

For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL

Reference: YE001

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

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Font Utilities from Soft Union

Description

The Soft Union utilities consist of five programs that help you customize fonts for your application′s unique requirements.

What is the AFP Font Collection?

The IBM AFP Font Collection provides a comprehensive set of fonts and utilities to give you consistent printed output on AFP printers using 240 or 300 dots per inch (dpi) raster fonts, or on AFP printers that use outline fonts at any resolution. The fonts provided with this program can be installed in IBM′s AIX , OS/400, and OS/2 operating systems, and in Windows. The fonts provided in the companion product, IBM AFP Font Collection for OS/390 , VM and VSE, can be installed in S/390. The Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows feature also includes compatible outline fonts in the standard Type 1 and Character Identifier (CID) keyed outline font architectures. These fonts can be used with the AFP Viewer to view your AFP documents in Windows or OS/2 environments, or on a Web server via the Netscape or Internet Explorer Web browsers with WYSIWYG fidelity to the printed AFP document.

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The FontLab editor is a full feature digital typeface editor with a GUI that lets you create or edit Type 1 and CID outline fonts. If you need a specially designed font typeface or style, this utility can help you create it.

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The Composer is a DBCS typeface editor that enables the creation of User Defined Characters which can then be converted into AFP fonts using the Type Transformer.

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ScanFont is a tool that lets you scan images and convert them into an outline font format.

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SigMaker lets you add signatures or other black and white graphics to TrueType fonts. The FontLab editor, Composer or TypeTool can then be used to convert the TrueType fonts into Type 1 or CID formats for use with the Type Transformer.

The new Type Transformer and Utilities optional feature of AFP Font Collection provides programs that let you convert any Type 1 or CID font typeface in the market into an AFP font. FontLab Editor even lets you modify those fonts to meet your unique design requirements. To support these new capabilities in the Windows environment, Font Collection now includes the same AFP fonts that are available for IBM operating systems in a Windows NT format. The corresponding Type 1 and CID-keyed outline fonts are also included.

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TypeTool is a basic font supplement outline fonts.

Type Transformer

This program is EuroReady.

The Single-Byte Character Set (SBCS) Type Transformer transforms Type 1 outline fonts to 240-dpi or 300-dpi raster format, or AFP outline font format for use on AFP printers. The Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS) Type Transformer transforms CID-keyed outline fonts into AFP 240-dpi raster and AFP outline font formats. It has a new GUI to help build DBCS fonts, and a Job Manager to control execution of the jobs.

For more information on the implications of the euro, visit the IBM euro Web site at:

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Year 2000 This product does not have date dependencies and is, therefore, Year 2000 ready.

Euro Currency

http://www.ibm.com/euro EuroReady Products

IBM considers an IBM product to be EuroReady if the product, when used in accordance with its associated documentation, is capable of correctly processing monetary data in the euro denomination and of respecting the euro currency formatting conventions (including the euro sign). This assumes that all other products (that is, hardware, software, firmware, and so forth) that are used with this product are also EuroReady. IBM hardware products that are EuroReady may or may not have an engraved euro sign key on their keyboards.

Code Page Editor

The Code Page Editor has a new GUI that allows you to convert an AFP code page object into a text-readable file. You can then edit the file with any text editor to add, change, or delete code point assignments, character identifier assignments, and global code point control information. The edited file is then rebuilt into a code page object.

Currently, EuroReady status applies primarily to IBM products specific to the EMU countries. Products that are not specific to these countries are deemed to be “not ready” for euro unless otherwise stated in the product′s country-specific specifications.

Coded Font Editor

The Coded Font Editor has a new GUI that allows you to convert an AFP coded font object into a text readable file. You can then edit the file using any text editor to add, change, or delete character set and code page assignments. For coded fonts that name AFP outline character sets, you can also change the point size. The edited file is then rebuilt into an AFP coded font object.

IBM Hardware Ready

IBM supplies certain IBM products which include third party software (pre-loaded or not) and/or third party attached hardware. In these instances IBM is not in a position to assert that these third party products are, in themselves, EuroReady.

AFP Object Store

AFP Object Store is a utility that lets you transfer AFP objects from the PC to OS/390, VM, VSE and OS/400 in the respective formats required for printing. Objects are reblocked on OS/390 and VM. A transfer mechanism is provided for font object sets to VSE and OS/400.

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Therefore, such IBM products will be designated as Hardware ready.

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EuroReady Solutions

IBM considers a solution to be EuroReady when the solution providers have: •

Analyzed the euro requirements, including the need to comply with relevant EC rules

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Built in appropriate function

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Detailing euro related requirements

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Describing how these will be implemented in the solution

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Declaring when the implementation will be generally available

The euro capabilities of a EuroReady solution will be clearly identified as features of the Solution specification as described in the contracts document.

Product Positioning IBM AFP Font Collection is a member of the family of software products that support IBM′s de facto industry standard AFP/IPDS printing architecture. AFP printing solutions are now available on OS/390, VM, VSE, OS/400, AIX, OS/2 and Windows NT. The Type Transformer and Utilities feature gives AFP application developers the flexibility to select any typeface available in the market in a Type 1 or CID-keyed outline format, modify it if desired, and convert it into an AFP font for printing on AFP printers from 12 to over 1000 pages per minute.

Reference Information •

Software Announcement September 8, 1998

298-314,

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Software Announcement December 15, 1998

298-453,

dated

Trademarks AFP and IPDS are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. OS/400, OS/2, S/390, AIX, OS/390, and AS/400 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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IBM US Announcement Supplemental Information June 27, 2000

Publications The following publication can be ordered from Mechanicsburg after planned availability. Publications can be ordered using the Publication Notification System (PNS).

Limitations: The FontLab Editor in the Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows feature is third party software. It is provided with the AFP Font Collection to offer a complete font solution, including editing of outline fonts. Customers may report problems with this utility through IBM Software Service. However, IBM cannot guarantee that fixes will be provided in every case.

Order Number

Title

IBM AFP Fonts: Type Transformer for Windows User′s Guide

G544-5726

Technical Information

Security, Auditability, and Control AFP Type Transformer and Utilities use the security and auditability features of the Windows NT operating system. The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.

Specified Operating Environment Hardware Requirements: A PC capable of running Windows NT is required. A Pentium 300 processor or equivalent with 64 M RAM is recommended. 500 MB hard disk storage should be sufficient for most installations. Software Requirements

Windows NT 4.0 or later is required. The following software programs on the PC are also required: •

Adobe Acrobat Reader

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eNetwork  Personal Communications Version 4.3 or later for use with the AFP Object Store to Host function

Compatibility: Font objects produced by the AFP Font Collection, Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows, are fully compatible with objects created using the same utilities available as the “Outline Fonts and Programs for OS/2 ” feature, which is being withdrawn and replaced by the equivalent function in Windows.

Ordering Information AFP Font Collection Version 2 for Workstations and OS/400 has a single per install charge unit, with multiple features that are separately orderable. Each feature has a one-time charge (OTC). Any combination of features can be ordered. Ordering information for the AFP Single-byte (Latin 1-5) Font features, and for the Double-byte Font features, is as described in Software Announcement 298-314, dated September 8, 1998, and Software Announcement 298-453, dated December 15, 1998. To order the new Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows feature, select the OTC and medium feature numbers below. Also, specify asset registration feature number 9001 if you are not currently a licensed user of the AFP Font Collection, program number 5648-B45.

Program Name: IBM AFP Font Collection V2.1.1 for Workstations and OS/400 Order Type Description

Type-Model Number

OTC Feature Number

Medium Feature Number

Medium

Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows

5648-B45

0020

6239

CD-ROM

Customization Options: Select the appropriate feature numbers to customize your order with delivery options desired. These features can be specified on the initial or MES orders.

Example: If publications are not desired for the initial order, specify feature number 3470 to ship media only. For future updates, specify feature number 3480 to ship media updates only. If, in the future, publication updates are required, order an MES to remove feature number 3480; then, the publications will ship with the next release of the program.

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

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Feature Number

Description

Order Now

Initial Shipments

Use Priority/Reference Code: YE001

Serial Number Only (suppresses shipment of media and documentation)

3444

Ship Media Only (suppresses initial shipment of documentation)

3470

Ship Documentation Only (suppresses initial shipment of media)

3471

Phone: Fax: Internet: Mail:

800-IBM-CALL 800-2IBM-FAX ibm — [email protected] IBM Atlanta Sales Center Dept. YE001 P.O. Box 2690 Atlanta, GA 30301-2690

You can also contact your local IBM Business Partner or IBM representative. To identify them, call 800-IBM-4YOU.

Update Shipments

Ship Media Updates Only (suppresses update shipment of documentation)

3480

Note: Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.

Ship Documentation Only (suppresses update shipment of media)

3481

Trademarks

Suppress Updates (suppresses update shipment of media and documentation)

3482

AFP and eNetwork are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. OS/2 and OS/400 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

Expedite Shipments

Local IBM Office Expedite (for IBM use only)

3445

Customer Expedite Process Charge ($30 charge for each product)

3446

Expedite shipments will be processed to receive 72-hour delivery from the time IBM Software Delivery and Fulfillment (SDF) receives the order. SDF will then ship the order via overnight air transportation.

Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure Statements made in this announcement regarding Year 2000 are

“ Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures” under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, a U.S. statute enacted on October 19, 1998.

Charges Charges for the AFP Single-byte Fonts (Latin 1-5) Features, and for the Double-byte Font Features, are as described in Software Announcement 298-314, dated September 8, 1998, and Software Announcement 298-453, dated December 15, 1998. Program Name: IBM AFP Font Collection V2.1.1 for Workstations and OS/400 Order Type Description

Type Transformer and Utilities for Windows

TypeModel Number

OTC Feature Number

OTC

5648-B45

0020

$995

Contact your sales channel for Support Line pricing information. Customer Financing: IBM Global Financing offers attractive financing to credit-qualified commercial and government customers and Business Partners in more than 40 countries around the world. IBM Global Financing is provided by the IBM Credit Corporation in the United States. Offerings, rates, terms and availability may vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization. Country organizations are listed on the Web at: http://www.financing.ibm.com

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