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.

This document discusses the following topics.

• MIME type and file extension
• If using the Windows NT 4.0 server
• If using the Windows NT 3.51 server with an older version of IIS
• If using a Unix Web server, such as Apache

MIME Type and File Extension

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:

1. Open your IIS Server Management Console.
2. Select your server computer in the right pane.
3. Select Properties in the left pane.
4. Click File Types.
5. For extension, enter pfr
6. For MIME type, enter application/font-tdpfr
7. Click OK until you can exit the IIS Server Management Console.
8. 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:

1. 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.
2. Next, you use REGEDIT32 to set the MIME type on an NT 3.51 server.
   Note: Microsoft provides additional help on setting MIME types.
3. On Windows NT 3.51, IIS: open the registry using REGEDIT32.
4. 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.
   
5. Exit and save the registry.
   
6. 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.

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