Important Note
This is the original readme file of the ProFont distribution for Apple Macintosh.
If you’re using ProFont on Windows or Unix, or downloaded any other ProFont
package than »ProFont Distribution 2.2«, most of the information provided here
is not valid for you (except for the »license« section, of course).
Just figure it out…
ProFont contains outline fonts as well as bitmapped fonts for screen display atcertain sizes: 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18 and 24 points. You get the best results using
ProFont at this very sizes and with anti-aliasing turned off.
Comparing Mac vs. Win bitmap version, you’ll see that all font sizes are off by
1. This means that Win 8pt version displays like Mac 9pt version. I don’t know
how the Unix versions displays.
For questions about the Windows or Unix versions of ProFont, contact:profont@tobiasjung.name (Please write in English or German.)
Visit http://tobiasjung.name/profont/ to look for new versions orupdated information.
Tobias Jung, January 2014

ProFont Distribution 2.2
21 July 1997
SQ Software• What is ProFont?
ProFont began life as a better version of “Monaco 9” which is especiallygood for programmers. It was created circa 1987 by Andrew Welch.
Here is a portion of his description of ProFont:
To programmers, being able to read what you see on the screen is VERY
important – just one misplaced symbol can be the difference between a
successful compilation and a frustrating editing session. Unfortunately, Monaco,as Apple presents it, is not very readable, The symbols are small, there is no way
to tell the difference between a zero and an ʻOʼ on the screen, and the one, ʻIʼ
and ʻlʼ characters are almost identical. Not good.
ProFont is a font created to be the most readable font for programming. It has
shlashed zero’s, distinct punctuation, larger parentheses and brackets, distinct
one’s, “1’s” and “I’s”, and reshaped text character for readability.

In version 1.1 of the ProFont distribution, ProFont ceased being just a 9 point
bitmap font. Carl Osterwald contributed bitmaps at several larger sizes and anoutline version of ProFont in both TrueType and Adobe Type 1 (ATM) formats.
In version 1.2 of the ProFont distribution, Carl extended ProFont to include theentire Macintosh character set including accented characters with ASCII codesfrom 0x80 to 0xFF.
In version 2.0 of the ProFont distribution, Carl provided an ISOLatin1 encodedversion of ProFont. The shapes of several of the characters have been modified
for improved readability, and a 7 pt bitmap version of ProFont is included.
In version 2.2 of the ProFont distribution, Carl produced a version of ProFont
that uses the Windows character set. Once again the shapes of several of thecharacters have been modified for improved readability--especially when thefonts are anti-aliased.
• What is the ProFont Distribution?
ProFont was originally released as shareware by Andrew Welch. At that time,
it was distributed inside an installer application which could replace Apple’s
Monaco 9 with ProFont 9. This made using ProFont as a substitute for Monaco
9 very easy. When the Mac II and SE came out, the magic used by the original
installer became ineffective. Over the years I (Steve Gilardi) have figured out
how to install ProFont 9 in place of Monaco 9 through the various releases ofthe System Software. After a time I asked Andrew for permission to distribute
ProFont along with my instructions and he agreed and also decided to change
ProFont’s status from shareware to freeware.
The methods for accomplishing the substitution for Monaco 9 have gone
through significant changes over the years as the Macintosh font architecture
has evolved. The various releases of what has become the “ProFontDistribution” have been my effort to share my knowledge of how to use
ProFont as a replacement for Monaco 9.
Since Carl Osterwald became involved with the project, ProFont has blossomed
into a full-fledged font in its own right and most recently into a suite of relatedfonts. ProFont is unusual among fonts in that the outline version was designed
to closely follow the original 9 pt bitmap version. More often, fonts areconceived as outlines and then rendered at the various point sizes.
Earlier versions of the ProFont Distribution have included very involved
instructions and utility programs to allow installation of ProFont as areplacement for Monaco 9. Release 2.2 contains none of those instructions.
Instead, I have developed a control panel called “Monaco Tuner” which allows
you to substitute a font of your choosing for Monaco. The substitution can bejust for Monaco 9 or for all sizes of Monaco. Of course, I think the best
substitute font to use is ProFont! See the information in the “Monaco Tuner
1.1.1 ƒ” folder for details.

• What does ProFont 2.2 look like?
Here’s a sample:

Also, each font folder in the ProFont distribution contains a file showing thefont’s character set at 9 and 18 point sizes. You don’t need to install thecorresponding font to see the character set.
• What is included in this distribution?
The distribution includes 7 items:+ “About ProFont Distribution 2.2” PDF document
This is the file you are reading now.
+ “ProFont Quick Start” SimpleText document
Quick instructions for installing ProFont and Monaco Tuner.
+ “ProFont 2.2 ƒ” folder
Version 2.2 of the “ProFont” font. This includes both TrueType and ATM
versions of ProFont.
+ “ProFontISOLatin1 2.2 ƒ” folder
Version 2.2 of the “ProFontISOLatin1” font. TrueType and ATM versions ofProFontISOLatin1 are included.
+ “ProFontClassic 1.2 ƒ” folder
ProFontClassic 1.2 is the 9 pt size of ProFont from the 1.2 release of theProFont distribution. It’s included mainly for those who prefer the look ofProFont 1.2 to that of ProFont 2.2 and who are only interested in substituting
ProFontClassic for Monaco 9 using Monaco Tuner.

+ “ProFontWindows 2.2 ƒ” folder
Version 2.2 of the “ProFontWindows” font. This is the first release of this font,
but it is version 2.2 to keep its version number in sync with that of the“ProFont” font. TrueType and ATM versions of ProFontWindows areincluded. This font can be useful for viewing files that originate on Windowsmachines.
+ “Monaco Tuner 1.1.1 ƒ” folder“Monaco Tuner” is a control panel which replaces the complicated instructions
for installing “ProFont(Monaco)” included in previous releases. It lets you picka font (such as ProFont) to be substituted for Monaco in all applications. See
the file “About Monaco Tuner” inside this folder for details.
• What kind of Macintosh and System Software do I need to use
ProFont?
The family of ProFont fonts are standard Macintosh fonts and should work on
any Macintosh (or compatible) running any version of System 7 or Mac OS 8.
The fonts may be compatible with System 6.0.8, but that has not been tested.
Monaco Tuner requires System 7 or better and has been tested on several
machines including a PowerBook 100 running System 7.0.1 and a PowerMac
8100/100 running System 7.5.3 and Mac OS 8 with and without QuickDraw
GX.
• What happens if I have problems with ProFont Distribution?
“ProFont Distribution” is provided in the hope that it will be useful. However,
it is provided AS IS and carries NO WARRANTY that it will do anything goodand NO WARRANTY that it will not do anything bad.
See license section info for more information.
That being said, if you do have any difficulties or any suggestions, I’ll be very
appreciative if you let me know about them so I can attempt to improve future
releases of ProFont Distribution.

• How do I install the various versions of ProFont?
The various versions of ProFont included in this release are standard Macintoshfonts. You install them into any version of System 7 or Mac OS 8 by dragging
the font suitcase containing the font you want to install onto the System Folder
icon on your startup disk.
“ProFont 2.2”, “ProFontISOLatin1 2.2”, and “ProFontWindows 2.2” also
include ATM versions. Since the System Software prefers TrueType fonts toATM fonts, special suitcases are included in the distribution which do notcontain the TrueType outline version of the font. These suitcases and thecorresponding PostScript font files are inside a folder called “ATM Version”
within each font’s folder. To install the ATM version of one of these fonts,
drag the two files contained in its “ATM Version” folder onto the System
Folder icon on your startup disk.
Note: During testing it was discovered that some internal tables in“ProFontISOLatin1” suitcase can be damaged if you use the Finder to remove
the TrueType version by dragging it out of the suitcase. Fortunately, you don’t
need to do that because ProFont Distribution includes the suitcase called“ProFontISOLatin1 Bitmaps” which is does not contain the TrueType version.
As the instructions above indicate, please use the “ProFontISOLatin1 Bitmaps”
suitcase if you want to use ProFontISOLatin1 with ATM.

• License and Copyright
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2014 Carl Osterwald, Stephen C. Gilardi, Andrew Welch
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy ofthis software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in theSoftware without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sellcopies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TOTHE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENTSHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT
OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OROTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
• Who is responsible for ProFont?
+ Andrew Welch
The original “ProFont” was created by Andrew Welch. It was originallyshareware. Andrew generously gave his permission for it to be distributed
freely: “let’s make it free though [...] just credit me for making the font in thefirst place, and you’re good to go!” Andrew’s ProFont 9 font is no longer
distributed in the ProFont Distribution, but the fonts included in ProFont
Distribution 2.2 are based on it.
Thanks Andrew!
+ Carl Osterwald
The fonts included in ProFont Distribution 2.2 were created by CarlOsterwald. Carl created the outline versions of ProFont and implemented theMacintosh Extended ASCII Character Set for all versions of ProFont. Most
recently Carl created the ProFontWindows font and did the modifications of thecharacter shapes for ProFont 2.2.
Carl can be reached at carl_osterwald@usa.net
Thanks Carl!

+ Steve Gilardi
I am the author of the “modern” (post Mac II/Mac SE era) ProFont
distributions. I have gotten ProFont to work with successive System releases
for my personal use, and have shared the methods with other folks from time totime through these distributions. Most recently I developed the “Monaco
Tuner” control panel to ease the use of ProFont as a replacement for Monaco 9.
Please send comments, suggestions, and questions about Monaco Tuner,ProFont in general, or the ProFont Distribution as a whole to me.
I can be reached at scgilardi@gmail.com.
Enjoy ProFont!
--Steve
Stephen C. Gilardi
SQ Software
21 July 1997
•Version History:
Version 2.2:
+ ProFont 2.2 and ProFontISOLatin1 2.2 include modifications toseveral characters for improved readability especially whenanti-aliased.
+ Several small bugs fixed in the fonts.
+ Improved QuickDraw GX compatibility+ ProFontWindows 2.2 introduced.
+ Monaco Tuner version bumped to 1.1.1 for minor documentation
updates.
Version 2.1:
+ Monaco Tuner 1.1 adds “Resizing of Monaco 9” and works around abug which affected desk accessories on Power Macs.
Version 2.0:
+ ProFont 2.0 includes modifications to several characters+ ProFont 2.0 includes a 7 pt bitmap version+ ProFontISOLatin1 2.0 released in response to requests frominternational users

++Monaco Tuner 1.0 replaces far-too-complicated “ProFont(Monaco)”
installation instructions
ProFontClassic 1.2 is the 9 pt size of ProFont from the version 1.2
releaseVersion 1.2:
+ Both versions of ProFont now implement the full Macintosh Extended
ASCII character set.
Version 1.1.1:+ “ProFont Info” (this file) now actually prints on LaserWriters. Sorry!
+ Added item labeled “What about Monaco 12?”+ Minor editing of “ProFont Info”
Version 1.1:
+ “ProFont (ProFont)” now includes TrueType and Type 1 Outline
Fonts!
+ Includes instructions for installation under System 7.5.1.
+ I think ProFont needs an installer. If you agree, please read the bullet
item labeled “Aren’t those instructions a little bit too complicated?”.