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Information about “BRADFORD”
You don't need an expensive laser printer to output pages in beautiful
fonts. With BRADFORD, you can print any ASCII or WordStar file in
different types of fonts (typestyles) on your dot-matrix printer. The
fonts include Greek text, double-height fonts, typewriter quality print,
a variety of italics, and much more. There are over 40 fonts included
and you can create additional fonts.
BRADFORD is excellent for printing other languages, such as Russian or
Hebrew. Print reports and memos. The font commands can either be
issued when BRADFORD is executed, or can be inserted into text files.
BRADFORD also has commands for page formatting. These include
adjustable margins, center text, adjustable page length, underline,
double underline, boldface, superscript, subscript, and proportional
spacing.
BRAD2.DOC
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FOR A FAST DEMO OF THE BRADFORD PRINTING PROGRAM:
A> BRADFORD MX BRADDEMO (for Epson MX-compatible printers)
A> BRADFORD FX BRADDEMO (for Epson FX-compatible printers
and Epson LQ-compatible printers)
A> BRADFORD ST BRADDEMO (for Star Gemini-10x and 15x)
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INTRODUCTION
Greetings! These are the instructions for version 2.04 of
Bradford, the printing program. Bradford prints WordStar and
ASCII files in very high quality, in a large variety of fonts
(typestyles). It also allows you to give commands, either on
the system command line or within your document, to control how
your document will be printed.
This version of Bradford is far more versatile, and often much
faster, than previous versions, so you might want to give it a
look even if you've tried an earlier version of Bradford.
SETTING UP
Bradford works with three types of printers:
Type MX -- compatible with the Epson MX-80 or IBM Graphics Printer.
Type FX -- compatible with the Epson FX-80 or IBM Proprinter.
(This includes 24-pin Epson LQ and compatibles.)
Type ST -- Star Gemini-10x and compatibles
There are three "configuration files" on your disk, named MX, FX,
and ST, one for each type of printer. Before using Bradford, you
should rename your printer's configuration file to the new name
CONFIG.BF. For example: REN FX CONFIG.BF
Now you are ready to use Bradford. Use the command
A> bradford braddemo
to print the demonstration file. (Don't type the "A>".)
THE FONTS
There are many files on your disk that end in ".BF2". These are
the font files. The part of the name before the ".BF2" is the
name of the font. Bradford reads one of these files in order to
print in the corresponding font.
Notice that there's a font called "select". Let's print the file
called ASCII in the "select" font.
A> bradford ascii .fnselect
Notice that we included a special Bradford command ".fnselect"
on the command line. This told Bradford to read the new font
before printing our document. Bradford has a very large number
of commands that can be used in this way.
PRINTING THIS FILE
If you want to use Bradford to print this instruction file, use
this command at the system prompt:
A> bradford brad2.doc .mo1 .dcc
PRINTING WORDSTAR FILES
Bradford has a special facility to print WordStar files. Use
this command to print a WordStar file:
A> bradford ws.bf myfile
Substitute the name of your file for the word "myfile".
USING BRADFORD COMMANDS
A command can be used in any of three ways:
(1) Put it on the command line after the name of your document,
preceded by a period, as demonstrated above.
(2) Include it in your document, on a line by itself, preceded by
a period.
(3) Include it in your document, within a line of text, preceded
by a backslash (\) and followed by a space.
The file BRADDEMO demonstrates methods (2) and (3) of using
commands.
PARTIAL LIST OF COMMANDS
Here's a list of some of the commands available with Bradford.
If part of a command must be typed exactly as shown, we'll show
it in capital letters. If you should substitute your own
information for part of a command, we'll show that part in lower-
case letters. Remember that comands must be put on the command
line preceded by a period, or in your document as described
above. See the file BRADDEMO for some examples of how to use
commands.
FNfontname Selects the specified font.
POvalue Sets the left margin to the specified value (0-79)
Normally 8
MRvalue Sets the right margin to the specified value (1-80)
Normally 73
MTvalue Sets top margin to specified value (0-65)
Normally 3
MBvalue Sets bottom margin to specified value (0-65)
Normally 8
HMvalue Sets horizontal magnification (width) (1-9)
Normally 2
STL Print the document flush-left
(This is the normal setting)
STJA Print the document justified. (Must double space
between paragraphs before using this.)
STC Print the document centered
STR Print the document flush-right
PLvalue Set page length in lines for odd-sized paper (1-254)
Normally 66
MO1 Print in monospace instead of proportional space
MO0 Resume proportional space printing
UL1 Begin underlining
UL2 Begin double underlining
UL0 Stop underlining
DK3 Begin boldface printing
DK1 Resume non-boldface printing
SUB Begin subscript printing
SUP Begin superscript printing
SU0 Resume mid-line (standard) printing
MORE ABILITIES
If you decide that you wish to continue using Bradford after a
reasonable trial period, you are expected to "register" your copy
by purchasing a manual. Additional features and abilities
explained in the manual include: print multiple copies, print
selected range of pages, pause before each new page, high-speed
draft mode, change spacing between characters, headers and
footers, conditional and unconditional page breaks, a very
thorough system of macros, changing the command characters,
overstriking, custom configuration files, and page and chapter
numbering.
IF YOU WISH TO ORDER A MANUAL
You can get the printed Bradford 2.04 manual (well over 50 pages
of text) for $25, which includes postage. It's a very well
written manual, not full of hard-to-understand terminology. Or
get both the latest manual and the latest version of the disk(s)
for a total of $39.95. Please send your check or money order
(in U.S. dollars) to:
Contorer Computing Enterprises
Post Office Box 6755
Bellevue, WA 98008-0755, USA
Add $3 for air mail outside North America.
You may print the enclosed file "orderfrm.doc" for a convenient
order form.
QUESTIONS?
If Bradford seems to be severely malfunctioning, it's more likely
a problem with this explanation than with the program. Please send
us a note if you can't get the program to work, and we will try to
solve your problem.
Technical support -- advice on how to get Bradford to do
something in particular -- will be given only to registered
users (those who have purchased at least a manual).
BRADFONT AND UNFONT
These are programs for use in making your own font. Use the command
A> unfont fontname
to read the font file "fontname.bf2" and create the editable text file
"fontname.bff". You can then edit this file with a text editor, and
turn it back into a font file with the command
A> bradfont fontname
This process is explained in more detail in the manual.
"Brad2.doc" file last updated July 3, 1990.
FILE1053.TXT
Disk No: 1053
Disk Title: Bradford
PC-SIG Version: S1.3
Program Title: Bradford
Author Version: 2.04E
Author Registration: $25.00 or $39.95.
Special Requirements: IBM or Epson compatible printer or Gemini-10X prin
You don't need an expensive laser printer to output pages in beautiful
fonts. With BRADFORD, you can print any ASCII or WordStar file in
different types of fonts (typestyles) on your dot-matrix printer. The
fonts include Greek text, double-height fonts, typewriter quality print,
a variety of italics, and much more. There are over 40 fonts included
and you can create additional fonts.
BRADFORD is excellent for printing other languages, such as Russian or
Hebrew. Print reports and memos. The font commands can either be
issued when BRADFORD is executed, or can be inserted into text files.
BRADFORD also has commands for page formatting. These include
adjustable margins, center text, adjustable page length, underline,
double underline, boldface, superscript, subscript, and proportional
spacing.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989, 1990 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< PC-SIG Disk #1053 BRADFORD >>>> ║
╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ To print out documentation for BRADFORD, type: ║
║ BRADFORD BRAD2.DOC (press Enter) ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
(c) Copyright 1990, PC-SIG Inc.
HEBREW2.DOC
.mo1
.hm3
.fnselect
.stc
HEBREW FONT FOR BRADFORD
.stl
.hm2
This font creates Hebrew characters with \dk2 \ul1 Bradford 2.0\ul0 \dk1.
This is a new version of the Hebrew font. Version one permitted
printing only an unpointed text. This version permits printing a
pointed or unpointed Hebrew text.
Some things to remember:
> Hebrew is written right-to-left. Therefore you must
enter your Hebrew text backwards.
> To print a pointed text you must use Bradford's
overstrike capability. Enter your line including
the Hebrew text, then add a line with the
pointings [pointings must be entered backwards as
well].
Suggestion: 1. Enter all your text [English & Hebrew],
2. On the next line enter your pointings
under the corresponding Hebrew letter,
3. Finally, enter your Bradford commands
into the document.
[This procedure assures that the correct
pointings will appear under the appropriate
Hebrew character.]
\dk2 \ul1 EXAMPLE\ul0 \dk1
:M0qy rPA-lA N)rHaw yH ylag ytADy ynaw
1 22 4 _48 2 7_ 7831 7_3
Bwya 19.25
.fnhebrew2
:M0qy rPA-lA N)rHaw yH ylag ytADy ynaw\ov
1 22 4 _48 2 7_ 7831 7_3
Bwya \fnselect 19.25
.fnselect
I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand
upon the earth.
Job 19.25
-- \dk2 \ul1 Bradford\ul0 \dk1 is a trademark of Concom Enterprises.
.pa
\dk2 \ul1 HEBREW CHARACTERS\ul0 \dk1
Hebrew Letter Arabic Hebrew Letter Arabic
=============================================================
Aleph -- a Mem -- m\ov
\fnhebrew2 a m
\fnselect Beth -- b -- M\ov
\fnhebrew2 b M
\fnselect -- B Nun -- n\ov
\fnhebrew2 B n
\fnselect Gimel -- g -- N\ov
\fnhebrew2 g N
\fnselect -- G Samekh -- s\ov
\fnhebrew2 G s
\fnselect Daleth -- d 'Ayin -- A\ov
\fnhebrew2 d A
\fnselect -- D Pe -- p\ov
\fnhebrew2 D p
\fnselect He -- h -- P\ov
\fnhebrew2 h P
\fnselect Waw -- w -- f\ov
\fnhebrew2 w f
\fnselect Zayin -- z TSadhe -- v\ov
\fnhebrew2 z v
\fnselect Heth -- H -- V\ov
\fnhebrew2 H V
\fnselect Teth -- Q Qoph -- q\ov
\fnhebrew2 Q q
\fnselect Yodh -- y Resh -- r\ov
\fnhebrew2 y r
\fnselect Kaph -- k Sin -- x\ov
\fnhebrew2 k x
\fnselect -- K SHin -- X\ov
\fnhebrew2 K X
\fnselect -- c Taw -- t\ov
\fnhebrew2 c t
\fnselect Lamedh -- l -- T\ov
\fnhebrew2 l T
.pa
.fnselect
\dk2 \ul1 HEBREW POINTINGS\ul0 \dk1
Hebrew Pointing Arabic Hebrew Pointing Arabic
==============================================================
Qames -- 1 Qibbus -- 9\ov
\fnhebrew2 1 9
\fnselect (rht)
\fnselect (mid) -- 2 Sureq -- 0\ov
\fnhebrew2 2 0
\fnselect Pathah -- 3 Holem -- )\ov
\fnhebrew2 3 )
\fnselect (rht)
\fnselect (mid) -- 4 -- =\ov
\fnhebrew2 4 =
\fnselect Seghol -- 5 Hateph Pathah -- _\ov
\fnhebrew2 5 _
\fnselect (undln)
\fnselect Sere -- 6 " Seghol -- !\ov
\fnhebrew2 6 !
\fnselect Hireq -- 7 " Kamets -- +\ov
\fnhebrew2 7 +
\fnselect Shewa -- 8\ov
\fnhebrew2 8
.fnselect
\dk2 \ul1 PUNCTUATION MARKINGS\ul0 \dk1
Hebrew Punctn. Arabic Hebrew Punctn. Arabic
=============================================================
Makkeph -- - Soph Pasuq -- :\ov
\fnhebrew2 - :
.fnselect
(hyphen)
rht)
\fnselect (mid) -- 4
ORDERFRM.DOC
.. To print this with Bradford:
.. A> bradford orderfrm.doc .mo1
If you decide that you wish to continue using Bradford after a
reasonable trial period, you are expected to "register" your copy
by purchasing a manual. The manual explains how to use Bradford,
including many advanced features not explained elsewhere.
You can get the printed Bradford 2.04 manual (well over 50 pages
of text) for $25, which includes postage. It's a very well
written manual, not full of hard-to-understand terminology. Or
get both the latest manual and the latest version of the disk(s)
for a total of $39.95.
------------------- BRADFORD 2.0 ORDER FORM --------------------
Send to:
Contorer Computing Enterprises
Post Office Box 6755
Bellevue, WA 98008-0755, USA
Please send ____ copies of the latest Bradford disk or disks.
My operating system is [ ] MS-DOS or PC-DOS [ ] CP/M
Operating system version number: _______
Computer model: _________________________________________________
Disk format: ____________________________________________________
Please send ____ copies of the Bradford 2.04 manual.
(Use this option if you're not ordering disks.)
Please send ____ copies of the latest Bradford manual.
(Use this option if you're ordering disks.)
$14.95 times number of disk copies = $_______ for disks.
$25.00 times number of manual copies = $_______ for manuals.
If outside North America,
add $3.00 per manual for air mail: $_______ for air mail.
Total amount enclosed: $_______
Your name and address:
RUSSIAN.DOC
.fnselect
.stl
.mt12
The Russian font is a new addition to Bradford. A shareware
distributor named PC-SIG stated (incorrectly) in its ads that
Bradford already had a Russian font, and quite a few people
responded with letters saying they would indeed like to have
such a font for use with Bradford. So we made one, and here it
is.
This is a new font, and we are still taking suggestions on how
to improve it, so feel free to send us a note indicating what
changes you would like to see. For more information on using
non-English fonts, please see page 17 of the Bradford manual.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Print this file with Bradford to see how the characters in the
Russian font correspond to the characters on your keyboard. Use
this command: BRADFORD RUSSIAN.DOC
----------------------------------------------------------------
.mo1
.ai7
!"#$%&' ()*+,-./ 0123456 789:;<=>?@
ABCDEFG HIJKLMNO PQRSTUV WXYZ[\pr \]^_`
abcdefg hijklmno pqrstuv wxyz {|}~
.fnrussian
.ai3
!"#$%&' ()*+,-./ 0123456 789:;<=>?@
ABCDEFG HIJKLMNO PQRSTUV WXYZ[\pr \]^_`
abcdefg hijklmno pqrstuv wxyz {|}~
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1053
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
ARTICLE 335 3-18-88 7:42p
ASCII 140 2-19-88 4:14p
AVANT3 BF2 5760 7-22-88 8:00p
AVANT3B BF2 6016 5-30-89 11:32p
AVANTW BF2 3456 7-29-88 1:29a
ORDERFRM DOC 1626 7-04-90 5:19p
BRADFONT COM 13636 3-19-88 6:10p
BRADFORD COM 31970 5-04-88 5:20p
CHART BF2 2944 3-08-88 5:21p
CHART2 BF2 8192 3-15-88 10:10p
CHART2H BF2 8320 3-15-88 10:13p
DIGIT BF2 2688 2-07-88 10:27p
DIGIT2 BF2 6912 2-07-88 10:28p
EXTEND BF2 2432 2-07-88 10:23p
FX 128 1-29-88 5:19p
GREEK BF2 2560 4-03-88 2:11p
GRID 2931 3-19-88 6:00p
HEBREW BF2 2688 6-08-88 7:04p
HEBREW2 BF2 3328 8-14-89 8:28p
HEBREW2 DOC 5888 12-15-88 12:19a
IDIGIT BF2 2816 2-19-88 4:11p
INTRO 160 3-18-88 7:12p
IORATOR BF2 2816 3-09-88 4:59p
IPIZZA BF2 2816 2-07-88 10:23p
IPIZZA2B BF2 7296 3-08-88 1:12a
IPIZZAW BF2 4096 2-07-88 10:24p
ISELECTW BF2 4608 3-08-88 10:21a
ITYPE BF2 2944 2-07-88 10:24p
ITYPEX BF2 4096 2-07-88 10:26p
IVANIL BF2 2688 2-07-88 10:27p
JAZZ BF2 2816 2-07-88 10:22p
JAZZ2 BF2 6912 2-07-88 10:28p
JAZZ2H BF2 6912 2-07-88 10:24p
JAZZH BF2 2816 2-08-88 11:31p
MAIN 245 3-18-88 7:15p
MODERN BF2 2688 2-07-88 10:26p
MOVEIN 71 3-07-88 8:40p
MX 116 2-02-88 10:15p
NOSTALG BF2 2816 2-07-88 10:27p
ORATOR BF2 2688 3-06-88 10:20a
BRADDEMO 3939 7-15-90 7:09p
PIZZA BF2 2560 2-07-88 10:25p
PIZZA2 BF2 6144 2-07-88 10:26p
PIZZA2B BF2 6400 2-07-88 10:29p
PIZZA2C BF2 6912 2-19-88 4:28p
PIZZA2H BF2 6912 3-08-88 2:34a
PIZZAW BF2 3712 2-07-88 10:24p
RUSSIAN BF2 2816 5-16-89 12:13p
RUSSIAN DOC 1171 5-18-89 8:04p
SAMPLE1 19 3-07-88 8:34p
SAMPLE2 26 3-07-88 8:38p
SAMPLE3 241 3-07-88 8:40p
SELECT BF2 2688 2-07-88 10:27p
SELECT2 BF2 7168 2-07-88 10:23p
SELECT2B BF2 7552 3-08-88 2:36a
SELECT2C BF2 7936 3-08-88 2:36a
SELECTW BF2 4224 2-07-88 10:27p
SHARP3 BF2 7168 7-15-88 11:46a
SHARPW BF2 4224 7-30-88 2:17a
SMALCAP BF2 2688 2-07-88 10:29p
ST 122 2-02-88 10:15p
STRIPE2 BF2 7040 2-07-88 10:28p
SUMMARY 196 3-18-88 7:15p
TINY BF2 2048 2-07-88 10:25p
TINYW BF2 2688 2-07-88 10:23p
TYPE BF2 2688 2-07-88 10:26p
TYPEX BF2 4096 2-07-88 10:29p
UNFONT COM 13385 3-19-88 6:10p
USETABS 109 3-19-88 6:03p
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WS BF 1159 3-19-88 6:03p
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