Font Navigator SDK
The Bitstream Font Navigator Software Developers' Kit (SDK) provides
advanced font management capabilities to Microsoft Windows application
developers. This product is a must for Windows applications that bundle
large numbers of fonts or operate in font-heavy environments. Integration
is simple. You can bundle the Font Navigator font manager with an
application, access TrueType and PostScript Type 1 font resources
directly through a series of API calls, or do both.
Review the benefits for developers and
the benefts for end-users.
The Font Navigator SDK consists of an Application Programming Interface
(API), Font Navigator, and implementation tutorials:
- The API provides easy
access to all available font resources, not simply currently installed
fonts. Major functions include enumerating, installing, removing,
and managing fonts. The API is exposed via a Windows Dynamic Link
Library (DLL).
- The retail version
of Font Navigator is Bitstream's popular font manager for Windows.
Font Navigator offers advanced font management of TrueType and
Type 1 fonts. Features include the ability to easily install and
uninstall fonts; view and print font samples; sort fonts by format,
feature, or foundry; and manage font groups.
- The tutorial supplied
with the SDK shows you how to implement the API. Sample applications
demonstrate how to use the various API functions. The tutorials
are designed so that you can cut and paste code directly into
any Windows application.
Bitstream offers pre-built compact font sets for developers to choose
from, or Bitstream can produce custom-made sets to meet specific needs.
The fonts that ship with PostScript printers, HP LaserJet printers,
and the HP FontSmart utility are examples of standard emulation font
groupings that Bitstream can supply.
Bitstream uses its TrueDoc Technology to deliver compact font groups.
The Windows font installation utility decompresses the font data,
converts it into TrueType font files and installs them into Windows.
From then on, Font Navigator provides total control over those and
all other fonts on the user's system.
Features
and Benefits for Developers
| Features |
|
Benefits |
| Enumerates fonts |
Searches the font database and retrieves
font information (font name, PANOSE, font styles, etc.)
|
| Installs and removes fonts |
Installs font families dynamically
to fulfill document requirements, then removes these fonts to
cleanup the user's system. |
| Parses font files |
Retrieves font information (family
name, full name, style, file name, weight, italic, PANOSE, etc.)
|
| Manages fonts |
Adds fonts to database and installs and copies
fonts |
| Matches font metrics |
Checks for font compatibility based
on font name, extent table (set widths) and kern table data
|
| Displays a font select/install dialog |
Lets users preview and install the
font they want, based on criteria, such as font name, font style,
font format, etc. |
| Ships with tutorials |
Makes API implementation extremely simple |
| Comes with Font Navigator |
Adds a powerful font manager that you
can bundle with your application and adds to the capabilities
of the API |
Features
and Benefits for End-Users
| Features |
|
Benefits |
| Enumerates fonts |
Searches the font database and retrieves
font information (font name, PANOSE, font styles, etc.)
|
| Installs and removes fonts |
Installs font families dynamically
to fulfill document requirements, then removes these fonts to
cleanup the user's system. |
| Parses font files |
Retrieves font information (family
name, full name, style, file name, weight, italic, PANOSE, etc.)
|
| Manages fonts |
Adds fonts to database and installs and copies
fonts |
| Matches font metrics |
Checks for font compatibility based
on font name, extent table (set widths) and kern table data
|
| Displays a font select/install dialog |
Lets users preview and install the
font they want, based on criteria, such as font name, font style,
font format, etc. |
| Ships with tutorials |
Makes API implementation extremely simple |
| Comes with Font Navigator |
Adds a powerful font manager that you
can bundle with your application and adds to the capabilities
of the API |
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