FAQs For Dynamic Fonts

DYNAMIC FONT

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Can i use Frontpage or Dreamweaver for making the webapage. Where do I get the Dynamic fonts?

Ans.: Yes you can use any editor to create a web content in indian languge.Provided you have the web fonts.This web fonts are available with ISM OFFICE 2000.These new set of fonts are specifically made for web application.

Q. Where do I get the Dynamic fonts?

Ans.: Basically dynamic fonts are of 2 type

a. EOTS: EMBEDDED OPEN TYPE FONT (A Microsoft Product).Tool used is Microsoft Weft and this can be downloaded free. The only restriction in this is the dynamic font which is been prepared using Weft will work only on a IE browser.
So this Dynamic font (EOT) can be made by the user it self.
b. PFR: PORTABLE FONT RESOURCE (A Bitstream Product ).Tool Used is Bitstream web font maker.This product costs few dollors .And pfrs works on both the browsers.

Both Pfrs and Eots can be procured from C-DAC.

Q. Which C-DAC GIST products supports Web fonts for generating Dynamic fonts?

Ans.: We prepare Dynamic fonts only for C-DAC Web fonts. ISM 2000 range of products comes with Web Fonts.

Q. How do i set the parameteres in the html source so that the bitstream font player works?

Ans.: In the header tag of the html file you have to include the following code
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=x-user-defined">

<LINK REL=fontdef SRC="http://your URL name/pfr/your-font- name.pfr">


<SCRIPT SRC=http://www.bitstream.com/wfplayer/tdserver.js TYPE="text/javascript">
</SCRIPT>
<LINK>

{Type the requsite content}
</head>

Q. Do you have any static web font which performs well in browsers?

Ans.: Yes we have a new set of web fonts which works on the the browser.But In that case you have to give a link for a manuall download of the font .This is because the font which you have used to create the content must be on the clients machine ,to view the page.

Q. How can I get PFR fonts and install them on my web server for development and testing?

Ans.: The PFR's are avialable along with ISM Office 2000 and EOT's free of cost.

Q. Is there any server of CDAC running, to serve the PFR fonts? i.e. can I give the address of that server on my web site and user can get the PFRs from that server insted of my server. If yes, how can it be done?

Ans.: No. We presently don't have any Web servers for using PFR free.

Q. Is the dynamic and the static web fonts are with the same name? i.e. if due to any reason dynamic font is not working, user can manually download and install the static font and it will work in the same way?

Ans.: In this case the naming of both the fonts dosent come into picture.Dynamic font is just a link in your html page.And for this you dont have to change anything in your html page all you have to do is add a link to ur html page . Dynamic fonts work on your site with out any download of the true type font ,But if you think that you have to give a manual download of the same font then also it will work.Basically there is no difference weather you are using a dynamic font or a manual download as long as the content you have made and the font which you are allowing the user to download must be one and the same.

Q. How to Declare a PFR MIME Type?

Ans.: In order for users to view PFRs from their WebFont-enabled Web browsers, system administrators must set up their Web servers to recognize the PFR MIME type.

The MIME type is

application/font-tdpfr

The file extension is

pfr

If Using the Windows NT 4 Server

If you are using the Windows NT 4.0 Server, use the IIS Server Management Console to set the MIME type in the File Types area of the server's Properties, as follows:

Open your IIS Server Management Console.
Select your server computer in the right pane.
Select Properties in the left pane.
Click File Types.
For extension, enter pfr
For MIME type, enter application/font-tdpfr
Click OK until you can exit the IIS Server Management Console.
Reboot your NT IIS server.

If Using the Windows NT 3.51 Server with an Older Version of IIS

If you are using the Windows NT 3.51 server with an older version of IIS, you need to set the gopher type to 5:REG_SZ: as follows:

Save a back-up copy of the registry before making any changes to it. See your NT IIS documentation for help with saving a backup registry.
Next, you use REGEDIT32 to set the MIME type on an NT 3.51 server.
Note: Microsoft provides additional help on setting MIME types.
On Windows NT 3.51, IIS: open the registry using REGEDIT32.
Under the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Services/
Inetinfo/Parameters/MimeMap,
add the following new key:

application/font-tdpfr,pfr,,5:REG_SZ:

Note: Create the MimeMap key if you do not have it.

Depending on the Web server, you or your system administrator may have to enter the extension in uppercase or lowercase (or both) and put a period before the extension.

Exit and save the registry.

Restart the server.

If Using a Unix Web Server, such as Apache

If using a Unix Web server, you must first find the command your server uses to add a MIME type. For example, on an Apache Web Server, the command is:

AddType
Then use command parameters to add the application/font-tdpfr type for the .pfr extension using one of the configuration files. For example, on the Apache Web Server:

Open the Apache configuration file httpd.conf
Insert the following directive:
AddType application/font-tdpfr .pfr
The important information that you need to know is the MIME type and the file extension. The specifics of how to add this information varies, depending on your Web server software. Many use the file mime.types. Check with your vendor for details.

If you would like to find out more about the AddType command, please check the documentation at http://www.apache.org or at one of Apache's mirror sites.

Q. We have to use Dynamic font in our website. The URL might change after some time. Do we have to change the Dynamic font, if we want to use it even after there is a change in the URL?

Ans.: The URL locking is restricted to EOT's only. PFR's can be used for the time being and once the URL is fixed, the EOT's can be generated and can be used.