Installation Instructions
for the SAS Monospace Font Update (Beta)
for Windows®
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The files included in the self-extracting zip archive include:
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read.me
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this file
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sas1252.fon
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Font File
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sasmono.ttf
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TrueType Font
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sasmonob.ttf
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TrueType Font
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It is a requirement that previous versions of the SAS fonts be removed from
the machine prior to installation of the new fonts. If the previous versions
are not removed, Windows may experience problems deciding which SAS fonts
to use. To remove previous versions of the SAS fonts, make sure SAS is not
currently running and remove sas1252.fon,
sasmono.ttf, and sasmonob.ttf from
the core\sasdll directory of your 6.12
installation of SAS and from the
core\resource directory of your Version
7 installation of SAS. Also, use the control panel fonts applet to remove
the font. To run the control panel fonts applet, click on the Start Menu
and choose Settings and then Control Panel. Then double click on the Fonts
icon. Select the SAS fonts and press the delete key. This will delete the
SAS fonts from the system.
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Verify the SAS fonts have been removed from the system by running the character
map applet (Start Menu, Programs, Accessories, Character Map) and trying
to select a SAS font. Also, you may want to make sure no SAS font files exist
by doing a Find Files from the Windows Explorer. Look for files that start
with sas and have an extension of .ttf,
.fon, or .fot. If you find any
such files, delete them. If the SAS fonts still exist, try repeating step
2. If they still exist after repeating step 2, try rebooting your machine
and repeating step 2 again.
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For Windows platforms, double-click on the self-extracting zip archive,
sasfont.exe, to extract the files. To
install the new SAS fonts, copy them from the directory into which they were
extracted to the core\sasdll directory
of your 6.12 installation of SAS and to the
core\resource directory of your Version
7 installation of SAS. Also use the control panel fonts applet to install
the fonts into Windows. See step two above on how to get to fonts applet.
Instead of deleting the fonts, choose Install new fonts from the File menu.
Point the dialog to the folder into which you extracted the fonts. You should
see three fonts listed in the list of fonts. Click the Select all
button. Make sure the Copy fonts to Fonts folder checkbox is checked.
Click OK to install the fonts.
You should now be able to access the new fonts. Verify this by viewing the
fonts via the character map applet described in step 3.