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Found this IBM Product Annoucement today:

AFP Font Collection for AIX, OS/400 and OS/2 Features New 
International Font Support
Software Announcement
September 8, 1998
Announcement Letter Number: 298-314


At a Glance


The AFP Font Collection provides a comprehensive set of 
fonts and utilities to enable consistent printing on AFP 
printers in any IBM system environment. Version 2 includes 
new international language capabilities to support printing 
in global markets: 

Support for the euro currency symbol and code pages 

Support for printing in Thai and Lao 

Support for the New Sheqel Sign in Hebrew 

Enhanced code page support for Cyrillic, Hebrew, Katakana, 
Latin2 and APL 

Addition of "g-cedilla" to all Latin4 Core Interchange 
fonts 

Full GBK support for Chinese, and full Hangul support for 
Korean with the Outline Fonts and Programs feature. 
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For ordering, contact:
  Your IBM representative, an IBM
  Business Partner, or IBM North America
  Sales Centers at
    800-IBM-CALL  Reference: YE010

Overview

The IBM AFP (TM) Font Collection provides a comprehensive 
set of fonts and utilities to give you consistent printed 
output on AFP printers at 240 or 300 dpi, or on any printer 
that uses AFP outline fonts. It also provides compatible 
Type 1 and CID keyed outlines that allow you to view your 
AFP documents in Windows 95, NT or OS/2 (R) systems, or via 
the Netscape or Internet Explorer browsers with WYSIWYG 
fidelity. The fonts can be installed in any IBM operating 
system environment. 

The AFP Font Collection supports printing in approximately 
forty-six languages. The Type Transformer optional program 
enables you to acquire outline fonts in any typeface of 
your choice and create AFP fonts in raster format, or in 
AFP outline font format. 

Version 2 of the AFP Font Collection includes new 
international language capabilities to support print 
requirements for global markets. Specific new functions 
include: 

Support for the new euro currency symbol and code pages in 
all Latin1 Core Interchange fonts 

Addition of full Core Interchange font support for Thai and 
Lao languages 

Support for the New Sheqel Sign in all Hebrew Core 
Interchange fonts 

Enhanced code page support for Cyrillic, Hebrew, Katakana, 
Latin2 (including Estonia), and APL 

Addition of "g-cedilla" to all Latin4 Core Interchange 
fonts. 

Full GBK support for Chinese (on Outline Fonts and Programs 
CD-ROM in CID-keyed outline font format only) 

Full Hangul support for Korean (on Outline Fonts and 
Programs CD-ROM in CID-keyed outline font format only) 


Intended Customers



AFP Font Collection is intended for any AFP customer who 
requires: 

Consistent font support on printers with different 
resolutions 

Print and view fidelity for AFP documents 

Printed output with the new euro currency symbol 

Ability to customize AFP fonts. 


Key Prerequisites



AFP Font Collection can be installed in any supported IBM 
operating system. Media features are available for upload 
to OS/400 (R) from OS/2, or for direct installation in AIX 
(R), OS/400 or OS/2. 



Planned Availability Dates



September 25, 1998 (OS/400) 

December 11, 1998 (AIX, OS/2 and Outline Fonts and 
Programs) 



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