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Pengey
Inspiring
February 23, 2012
Question

can't install Sonata font on Win 7

  • February 23, 2012
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For many years I have been using Sonata font which has the following files:

SO______.AFM

SO______.PFB

I have just started using WIndows 7 and find that the .AFM file is not recognised as a font file, so I can'rt install Sonata. This means my exisiting files don't show correctly.

Is there any way around this problem?

Thank you

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PengeyAuthor
Inspiring
February 23, 2012

If I buy the true type version will it 'show' properly in the files where I have used the PostScript version?

Where do I buy the true type version?

Jeffrey_A_Wright
Jeffrey_A_Wright
Legend
February 23, 2012

Depends on which product you are using?  Also I do show a Sonata Standard Medium being available from Adobe but no other versions of Sonata.  Is your Postscript font also Sonata Standard Medium or did you obtain the font from a source besides Adobe?

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PengeyAuthor
Inspiring
February 24, 2012

I bought the font from Adobe probably around 1993

I've just got the flopy disk out, on the front it says 021 Sonata there is a number on the back:  G055EM3C05C5

I assume it is a standard size, perhaps the information below tells you:

Below is the information in SO______.INF

FontName (Sonata)

FullName (Sonata)

AppleName (Sonata)

AppleFONDID 14940

FamilyName (Sonata)

version (001.001)

isFixedPitch false

CharacterSet (charset)

Encoding (encoding.ps)

ItalicAngle 0

CapHeight 991

UnderlinePosition -100

UnderlineThickness 50

StemWidth 25

Serif false

Pi true

MSMenuName (Sonata)

VPMenuName (Sonata)

WORDMenuName (Sonata)

VPTypefaceID 130

VPStyle (N)

PCFileNamePrefix (SO___)

PCLTypefaceID 20870

PCLStrokeWeight 0

PCLStyle 0

PCLSymbolSet 10S

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
February 23, 2012

You could try to find/ buy the Truetype/OpenType version... Other than that you'll have to drag&drop install both files or use a font manager. Anyway, you should realyl consider updating your font. PostScript font support is not gonna get better as it's pretty much declared dead...

Mylenium

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