Stop using old fonts and start using fonts from the z/OS Font Collection

Description

Starting with z/OS V2R1, z/OS contains a new base element: z/OS Font Collection. The z/OS Font Collection provides fonts that were previously marketed and serviced for z/OS, including both single-byte and double-byte fonts. The FMIDs for the earlier font products that z/OS Font Collection replaces are listed in z/OS Planning for Installation.

The z/OS Font Collection includes:

AFP Font Collection for S/390 (5648-B33), includes Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese
IBM Infoprint Fonts for z/OS (5648-E76), includes Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese
PSF Compatibility Font feature (5655-M32), includes just the PSF feature for the compatibility fonts, not the executable code or the entire product
World Type fonts that were not previously available in the z/OS environment. These fonts were part of the InfoPrint Font Collection V3.1 available on other platforms. A Subset of TrueType fonts from the World Type library are provided in Infoprint Transforms to AFP for z/OS V2.3 (5655-N60).
Selected object fonts (not source), Pi and Special (5771-ABC), Math and Science (5771-ADT)

Now that z/OS is assuming ownership of the z/OS Font Collection, you no longer need to order the previous standalone products as of z/OS V2R1.

Table 1 provides more details about this migration action. Use this information to plan your changes to the system.

Table 1. Information about this migration action
Element or feature:	z/OS Font Collection
When change was introduced:	z/OS V2R1.
Applies to migration from:	z/OS V1R13.
Timing:	Before the first IPL of z/OS V2R2.
Is the migration action required?	Yes, if you use any of the following stand-alone program products for fonts with your z/OS system: Print Services Facility (PSF), PN 5655-M32 AFP Conversion and Indexing Facility (ACIF), optional feature of PSF IBM Print Transform from AFP to PCL for Infoprint Server for z/OS, PN 5655-TF2 IBM Print Transform from AFP to PDF for Infoprint Server for z/OS, PN 5655-TF1 IBM Print Transform from AFP to PostScript for Infoprint Server for z/OS, PN 5655-TF3
Target system hardware requirements:	None.
Target system software requirements:	None.
Other system (coexistence or fallback) requirements:	None.
Restrictions:	None.
System impacts:	None.
Related IBM Health Checker for z/OS check:	None.

Steps to take

The z/OS Font Collection, for migration and compatibility with previously available font program products, will continue to use existing font libraries, and will have some new libraries. IBM recommends you use the latest level of the fonts available for z/OS, and therefore, those that are found in the z/OS Font Collection. For that reason, do not continue to use the standalone font program product data sets with z/OS releases after z/OS V1R13. No application or program changes are anticipated.

Do not expect to order separately available font program products with z/OS V2R2, or to install them into the z/OS V2R2 SMP/E zones. The z/OS Font Collection provides SMP/E statements to supercede, delete, or version the earlier standalone program product levels of the fonts.

Ensure that you are using the font libraries for z/OS Font Collection instead of the font libraries for the earlier font products. If you refer to the SYS1.FONTOLN font library for AFP outline fonts, replace the references with SYS1.SFNTILIB, which is the AFP outline font library for z/OS Font Collection. Look in these product locations for references:

PSF: Startup procedure
ACIF: FONTLIB DD statement
Print Transforms from AFP for Infoprint Server: Infoprint Server transform configuration file (aopxfd.conf)

Reference information

For information about how to edit font library locations, see:

PSF for z/OS: Customization, S550-0427
AFP Conversion and Indexing Facility User’s Guide, S550-0436
IBM Print Transforms from AFP for Infoprint Server for z/OS, G325-2634

For details about the z/OS Font Collection, see z/OS Font Collection.

For installation planning information, see z/OS Planning for Installation.