Deleting Fonts for WIN-OS/2 ATM

The standard core fonts and the additional Type 1 fonts have to be deleted with the ATM Control Panel. To delete them:

  • Open the ATM Control Panel

  • Click on the font(s) to be removed

  • Click on Remove

  • Click on Yes in the confirmation box

  • Click on Exit

    You must restart Windows to use the updated font list in the ATM.INI file. The system will prompt you to do this. The soft font entries in the WIN.INI file, however, will not be deleted. This means that you will still "see" the deleted fonts in the font list for your applications if you choose a printer(usually PostScript) that has these entries. Although the font name will appear, when you select it you will not get the expected screen font as it has been deleted from ATM. Instead you will get an installed font, usually Times or Helv, depending on the font you selected.

    In order to remove the deleted fonts from the lists you must edit the \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WIN.INI file. The following example shows you a before and after version of the WIN.INI file if you wanted to remove all Berthold Bodoni Antiqua fonts from your application font lists.

    WIN.INI after ATM delete but before manual edit. 

    [PostScript,LPT2.OS2]
device=36
feed1=1
feed3=1
feed5=1
feed15=1
softfonts=12
softfont1=c:\psfonts\pfm\archi___.pfm,c:\psfonts\archi___.pfb
softfont2=c:\psfonts\pfm\balleeng.pfm,c:\psfonts\balleeng.pfb
softfont3=c:\psfonts\pfm\bpb_____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bpb_____.pfb
softfont4=c:\psfonts\pfm\bpbi____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bpbi____.pfb
softfont5=c:\psfonts\pfm\bpl_____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bpl_____.pfb
softfont6=c:\psfonts\pfm\bpli____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bpli____.pfb
softfont7=c:\psfonts\pfm\bprg____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bprg____.pfb
softfont8=c:\psfonts\pfm\bpm_____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bpm_____.pfb
softfont9=c:\psfonts\pfm\bpmi____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bpmi____.pfb
softfont10=c:\psfonts\pfm\bpi_____.pfm,c:\psfonts\bpi_____.pfb
softfont11=c:\psfonts\pfm\blackcha.pfm,c:\psfonts\blackcha.pfb
softfont12=c:\psfonts\pfm\saintfra.pfm,c:\psfonts\saintfra.pfb

    WIN.INI after manual edit. 

    [PostScript,LPT2.OS2]
device=36
feed1=1
feed3=1
feed5=1
feed15=1
softfonts=4
softfont1=c:\psfonts\pfm\archi___.pfm,c:\psfonts\archi___.pfb
softfont2=c:\psfonts\pfm\balleeng.pfm,c:\psfonts\balleeng.pfb
softfont3=c:\psfonts\pfm\blackcha.pfm,c:\psfonts\blackcha.pfb
softfont4=c:\psfonts\pfm\saintfra.pfm,c:\psfonts\saintfra.pfb

    Note: In addition to deleting the line entries you must also renumber the remaining lines and edit the total number in the softfonts= statement. If you have more than one printer installed you may have to edit other groups in the WIN.INI under other port entries.

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