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Working with the 
Matha font
Cross Platform Compatibility
The Yolngu Matha is designed to be completely
cross-platform compatible ie documents saved on Macintosh and
transferred to Windows (& vice versa) will display and print
identically.
Performance
For the font to work exactly as designed, the
kerning feature in applications must be ON. Applications such as
FreeHand, Illustrator, Quark, Corel, PageMaker etc have Kerning turned
ON by default. Microsoft Word is the exception and kerning must be
turned ON manually.
In Microsoft Word, Go to Format/Font/Character
Spacing...and make sure "kerning for fonts" is turned ON. Also type the
number 1 in the "points and above". Click OK.
Note: You must turn kerning on EVERY TIME you open or re-open a file.
Note: Even when turned on, it is our observation that
kerning does not appear to be as accurate in Microsoft word as in
dedicated graphics programs
Font Edge Smoothing
Macintosh
- TrueType
Font edge smoothing for TrueType fonts is not available up to and
including System 8.x. For System 9.x and above (TrueType AND
PostScript):
- Go to System Folder/Control Panels/Appearance
- Choose the Fonts tab. Make sure "Smooth All Fonts
on Screen" is ticked. and type 1 in the Points field.
- PostScript
- Up to System 8.x:
- Go to System Folder/Control Panels/~ATM
- Make sure "Smooth Font Edges on Screen" is
ticked.
- For System 9.x and above: (PostScript AND
TrueType)
- Go to System Folder/Control Panels/Appearance
- Choose the Fonts tab. Make sure "Smooth All
Fonts on Screen" is ticked. and type 1 in the Points field.
- For OSX ATM is not required for font smoothing
for PostScript and TrueType fonts
Windows
- TrueType
- Go to Start/Settings/Control Panels/
- Double-click Display
- First, choose the Settings tab. Make sure the
Colours pop-up is set at 256 colours or above;
- Then, choose the Effects tab and make sure that
"Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts" is ticked.
- Press OK.
(for Windows2000 and higher, the above works with
smoothing for TrueType, PostScript and OpenType)
- PostScript
- Open Adobe Type Manager (ATM). A shortcut is
usually on the desktop. Otherwise try Start/Programs or Start/Program
Files.
- Choose the Settings tab and press Advanced. Makes
sure "Smooth Font Edges on Screen" is ticked. Press OK and quit out of
ATM.
(for Windows2000 and higher, ATM is not required for
smoothing for PostScript. Font smoothing is System wide for TrueType,
PostScript and Open Type)
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