I don't currently have access to a machine running XP, and the last Windows version I used seriously was Win2000.
But it used to be as easy as dropping the font file, called apl385.ttf (downloaded from http://vector.org.uk/?area=fonts) onto: C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. There's also (if memory serves) a Fonts item in the start menu. But you may need Administrator privileges to install fonts on your PC, if it is a corporate computer. XP has such a baroque collection of permissions that nothing seems to work first time: certainly not on my clients' machines. And when it finally does work, you don't know what you've done to get it to work. And I'm told Vista is scarcely any better. J itself doesn't need any special font. It's ironic that an article about J makes out that it needs an APL font to read it correctly. If this is the tip of an iceberg of novice problems then I'll re-think the approach of JinaDay. But can I respectfully suggest you try reading the article without the APL font, and see if you encounter any real need to see correct APL chars? Courier New seems to contain most if not all the APL chars used in the article. That's true for Courier New on the Mac: I don't know if it's different on Windows. Ian Clark On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Keith Park <[email protected]> wrote: > Could someone explain to a dummy precisely how to install the APL font. I > have been working on it for a week now! My computer runs Windows XP > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
