Technical & Support Archive
Technical and Support Archive
Archived technical notes for Enfour fonts: Mac OS compatibility, PDF/CID embedding, gaiji and CID download services, ATOK, and updaters.
At a glance
This archive preserves the technical knowledge Enfour published for its font products between 1998 and 2003. It covers Mac OS 8.5–9 compatibility and output devices, PDF and CID font embedding, the Gaiji and CID Variant Switching download services, input-method dictionaries for ATOK and Kotoeri, vertical-writing fixes, and updaters. It is kept as a historical record; support details refer to discontinued products.
Key facts
| Period | c. 1998–2003 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mac OS compatibility, PDF/CID, download services, ATOK, updaters, news |
| Status | Historical reference |
Part of
Every Enfour product line in one place: gaiji fonts, edit kits, TypeBank, kana, Comic-Font, screen fonts, FONT1000, and the support archive.
Historical product information from Enfour’s original Japanese font site, translated into English. Prices, addresses, and ordering details from the period are omitted.
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Technical and Support Archive: products and resources
Technical & Support Archive
Compatibility of Enfour gaiji, TypeBank, and kana fonts with Mac OS 8.5, 8.6 and 9, ATM requirements, and supported PostScript output devices.
Technical & Support Archive
Enfour’s 1999 PDF/CID notes on embedding Japanese CID fonts in PDF with Acrobat 4.0, and its 117 embeddable typefaces.
Technical & Support Archive
Archive of Enfour’s Gaiji Download Service for Gaiji DX and GAIJI TOOLS users: radical index, character lists, and Weekly Gaiji Download issues.
Technical & Support Archive
Archive of Enfour’s CID Variant Switching Download Service for TypeBank and GAIJI TOOLS users, merged into one radical index table.
Technical & Support Archive
How Enfour Gaiji DX worked with ATOK12–14, Kotoeri, and other input methods, including the gaiji dictionary files and IM Display font.
Technical & Support Archive
Enfour’s free Marukan Compatible Vertical Writing Support file fixed garbled vertical text with Gaiji DX on Mac OS 8.5 and 8.6.
Technical & Support Archive
Archive of Enfour FONT TOOLS WEB free software downloads and the licence terms that applied to them.
Technical & Support Archive
News and events from Enfour’s font business, 1999–2010: product launches, MACWORLD Expo/Tokyo 2000, and product updates.
Details
Background
Support Information
Support information
Gaiji DX Series / ENFOUR TYPE COLLECTION / Shintaro Ajioka Kana / Typos Allmighty / Incubator
For output devices supported by each product, see the Font products output device compatibility list.
For GAIJI TOOLS, Keitai-Font, and Kanji Edit Kit 2.5, please access support from each product’s CD-ROM.
| Product | Issue | Support |
|---|---|---|
| Enfour Gaiji DX Series (all editions) | Download gaiji dictionary files for ATOK12–ATOK14 and others. | Go to Gaiji DX Series dictionary file downloads |
| Display and input of Gaiji DX with Kotoeri on Mac OS 8.5–9, and more. | Gaiji products on Mac OS 8.5–9 | |
| With ATOK12–ATOK14, some Enfour gaiji such as circled 1 are not entered. | With ATOK12–ATOK14, install Enfour Gaiji DX IM Display and set it as the font for ATOK’s candidate display. | |
| Enfour Gaiji DX ATM Edition (all) | Enfour gaiji do not display via ATM under Adobe Type Manager 4.6.x (including the copy bundled with the PS Edition). | This is caused by a bug in Adobe Type Manager 4.6.x. Move the file named “H” (the single letter H) in System Folder > Common > CMaps to the Trash and restart the Macintosh. |
| Enfour Gaiji DX ATM Edition 2-Typeface Pack | Suitcase file for users of Morisawa NewCID fonts (including the copy bundled with the PS Edition). | Download the support file (92 KB) and install it following the included instructions. |
| Enfour Gaiji DX ATM Edition 3-Typeface Pack | Suitcase file for users of Morisawa NewCID fonts (including the copy bundled with the PS Edition). | Download the support file (138 KB) and install it following the included instructions. |
| Enfour Gaiji DX PS Edition 3-Typeface Pack | Printers with a hard disk with 2 GB or more free are not recognised. Applies to PS Edition 3-typeface installer versions older than 1.0.4. | Download the updater (575 KB), decompress it, and follow the update procedure in “About the updater” inside the “Gaiji DX 3-Typeface Updater 1.0.4” folder. |
| Enfour Gaiji DX PS Edition 2-Typeface Pack | Fixes printers with a hard disk with 2 GB or more free not being recognised; adds support for QMS Crown and RICOH-SCRIPT printers. Applies to PS Edition 2-typeface installer versions older than 1.2.4. | Download the updater (506 KB), decompress it, and follow the update procedure in “About the updater” inside the “Gaiji DX 2-Typeface Updater 1.2.4” folder. |
| Typos Allmighty | Cannot be installed on Macintoshes without a floppy drive, such as the iMac and new G3. | Use Typos Allmighty Installer 1.2 (690 KB) with a USB floppy drive connected. Confirmed USB floppy drives: Panasonic SUPER DISK LK-RM734UZ; Imation SUPER DISK SDD-120USB MAC; Yano Electric UFD-01, UFD-02, UFD-03, UFD-04. |
| The Illustrator filter Type Mixing (font recomposition filter) bundled with Typos Allmighty does not support Adobe Illustrator 8.0. | Update to Type Mixing ver 3.3.3 with the Type Mixing updater: go to Download the Type Mixing updater | |
| Kerning data tool: creates kerning data for your own recomposite fonts combining Typos Allmighty with typefaces you own; kern in PageMaker 6.0J and Adobe Illustrator 5.5J. | Go to Download TyposTsumeMaker | |
| Incubator Ver. 1.2 | Optimisation for PowerPC 604. Ver. 1.2 users can update to 1.2.2. | Download the free 1.2 → 1.2.2 update program (FTP mirror) |
| Gaiji Kit Series | Support ended. | Successor: Gaiji DX Series (the special offer for Gaiji Kit users has ended). |
| Gaiji Edit Kit | Support ended. | Successor: GAIJI TOOLS (the special offer for Gaiji Edit Kit users has ended). |
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