Configuration File

To configure the list of fonts that Equation Composer/Document Composer is allowed to use, create a font configuration file with file name "FontConfig.txt". Use -fontconfig as a parameter of the Equation or Document Composer method to specify the name and the path to the FontConfig file. Example:

"EquationComposer32" -license "dessci.lic" -mathmlfile "test.mml" -imagename "test" -imagetype "png" –fontconfig "X:/abc/xyz/FontConfig.txt"

If this file is not present when Equation Composer/Document Composer is initialized, Equation Composer/Document Composer will consider all TrueType, OpenType and PostScript fonts installed on the system as eligible for use within EPS files. This is not recommended, except for compatibility with older versions of MathFlow. See Font Style Management Overview for more information.

The font configuration file should contain a list of font face names, one per line. The '#' character can be used to include comments. Any text on a line following a '#' character will be ignored.

The following example illustrates the format of the font configuration file:

# A sample FontConfig file

#

Times New Roman

Euclid Symbol

MT Extra

Mathematica7

Important: the font face name given in the font configuration file must exactly match the font face name as defined in the font. To determine the font face name under Windows, locate the font in the Fonts control panel and double click it to open the font preview panel. The font face name will be given on the first line. It does not include the parenthesized font technology label which is sometimes present. For example, the title bar of the font preview panel for the Mathematica7 Regular font reads "Mathematica7 (TrueType)" and the font face name is Mathematica7.