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For Windows 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Vista and Windows 7.

Windows' facility for supporting TrueType fonts isn't really matched by its facilities for managing them. While few Windows users will have trouble keeping track of the few dozen typefaces that come with Windows, there are innumerable sources of much more interesting fonts.

If you install several hundred fonts in Windows, you'll probably find that keeping track of them using nothing more than the font management tools in the Windows control panel will become taxing at best. Simply installing new fonts is analogous to juggling live polecats in a dark room after midnight. Remembering what all your installed fonts look like is still more adventurous.

Font Wrangler is the font manager that should have come with Windows. It will allow you to install and remove TrueType fonts in batches; preview fonts before you install them; browse downloaded font files; view font copyright information; change the names of fonts to resolve naming conflicts and print font "contact sheets." Its intuitive user interface can be mastered by most potted plants and some elected officials.

This software is available for electronic delivery and on CD-ROM.

Font Wrangler

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  • Install and remove TrueType fonts with a visual, intuitive user interface.
  • Browse downloaded fonts so you can decide which ones you'd like to keep.
  • Weed your downloaded font collection to rename or delete selected files.
  • Print a "contact sheet" of fonts so you'll have a paper reference of your downloaded and installed fonts.
  • Change the font names of TrueType fonts to make them more easily remembered and to resolve typeface name conflicts.

Should you wish to contact us about this application, please send us some e-mail.

This application can be registered as shareware or bookware. See the
fine print section, below, for details of these registration options.

SHAREWARE

FONT WRANGLER COSTS
24.99
(PLUS APPLICABLE SHIPPING)
SEE OUR SECURE SERVER TO ORDER.
OTHER ORDERING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

BOOKWARE

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Buy and read Steven William Rimmer's novel Eye of the Dawn and you'll have a fully-functional, registered copy of Font Wrangler. See our secure server page and other ordering options.

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Downloading and installation of this software: You can ensure yourself of a problem-free installation by following our downloading and installation instructions. Note that this will open a new browser window — you will not lose your current page.

The downloadable installer can be used to install either an evaluation copy or a fully-functional registered copy of this application. A dialog will appear during the installation procedure to accept your name and registration code — if you wish to install this software for evaluation, click on Evaluate in this dialog.

Important: You might see a warning during download or installation of these installers concerning possible "malicious code." These messages are generated by Windows if you attempt to download and install most non-Microsoft software. They can be safely ignored.

Vista users: Vista's internal security may cause it to display a window that says "this program might not have installed correctly" after you run a downloaded installer for non-Microsoft software. You can click on "installed correctly" if it appears, and ignore the warning.

The current Alchemy Mindworks installation CD-ROM ships with Font Wrangler 2.0v.

Click on one of the following links to download Font Wrangler 2.0v. This file is 4,883,272 bytes in length.

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Alchemy Mindworks FTP 1: FONTRANG.EXE.
Alchemy Mindworks FTP 2: FONTRANG.EXE.
Quitt Mirror: FONTRANG.EXE.
Future Business Mirror: FONTRANG.EXE.

Alchemy Mindworks' applications won't install spyware, malware or other invasions of your privacy, and we're extremely careful about virus scans. Learn more about the security of our downloaded installers.

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Thanks to everyone who has asked for a logo graphic for Font Wrangler. If you'd like a graphic link at your page for Font Wrangler, please download this banner.

(We ask that you not reference this graphic from the mindworkshop.com server, as the file name may change.)

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The HTML to add it to your page is:

<a href="http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/fontrang.html">
<img border=0 vspace=20 hspace=20 src="fontweb.gif"
alt="Font Wrangler by Alchemy Mindworks"></a>



FINE PRINT

Font Wrangler can be registered either as bookware or as conventional shareware. Should you be unfamiliar with the former, here's the rub.

The bookware registration fee for Font Wrangler is to buy and read Steven William Rimmer's novel Eye of the Dawn. Eye of the Dawn is available at selected bookshops, and directly through Alchemy Mindworks. A bookware registration of Font Wrangler will get you a fully functional copy of the software. Please note, however:

Alchemy Mindworks' user database does not keep track of book orders. As such, if you have cause to re-install a bookware copy of this software in the future — because you change computers, for example, or because you reformat your hard drive — you will need the book. We cannot provide replacement bookware codes for this application under any circumstances, even if you claim that the spirit of King Tut Ankh Amon borrowed the book and you have video of the event to prove it. Don't ask. Be sure to hang onto your copy of Eye of the Dawn, and all will be well.

Because in registering this application as bookware you're really just buying a book, you will not be e-mailed a registration code for Font Wrangler when we confirm your order. You'll need to wait for the book to arrive to register your software.

Registering this version of Font Wrangler as bookware will entitle you to download any additional releases and patches in the 2.0 series at no cost. The bookware version will not be upgradable to future major releases, should we substantially expand Font Wrangler one day. For practical purposes, this probably isn't something you need to be greatly concerned about.

Alternately — should you not wish to read the book — you can register Font Wrangler as conventional shareware for $24.99 (US) — plus applicable shipping if you'd like a copy sent to you on CD-ROM.

Should you lose your registration code for Font Wrangler at some time in the future, or need to reinstall it, you will be able to request a replacement code through the Lost Registration Code Robot at our web page. If King Tut shows up to swipe your books, he may deplete your library, but he won't affect your use of Font Wrangler.

You will receive a registration code for Font Wrangler when we confirm your order by e-mail, enabling you to register a downloaded copy of the application immediately.

Should we release a more powerful version of Font Wrangler in the future, you will be able to upgrade to it at no cost or at a reduced price. Note, however, that we do not have plans to do so as of this writing.

Font Wrangler™ is a trademark of Alchemy Mindworks Corporation.

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