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simonm@mel.dit.csiro.au (Simon McClenahan) writes:



>Hi,
>	My parents are graphic designers, but mainly do a lot of book design.
>They have a Macintosh IIci running System 7.0.1 + TuneUp 1.1.1 , a huge
>24-bit colour monitor, and an IBM laser-printer that can output at 600dpi
>as well as 300dpi.

>	I'm the computer expert in my family, so with my virtually unlimited
>ftp access to Type 1, Type 3 and TrueType fonts, and all PD Macintosh
>software, it's not too hard to impress them :-)

>What I would like to know, is what is the correct and/or best way to install
>fonts? I use the PD version of Suitcase, Carpetbag to include bitmap fonts
>that reside in a folder full of suitcases. With Carpetbag comes an extension
>called LaserPath, which allows you to put all the laser font extensions in
>a folder other than your Extensions Folder (I'm talking about system 7.0 here)

>As for the ATM files, I leave them lying around in the System Folder. Looks
>very messy.


>Recently my parents complained to me that some of the fonts I installed
>didn't print out. They didn't print out indeed, in fact a completely different
>font was used on occasions. I thought this might be some sort of font
>numbering conflict, as I had installed 60 or so bitmap fonts.

>A friend of theirs came around and decided to share some of his fonts with
>them. So he did what every beginner Mac-user is told to do, and copied them
>all into the System file!!! Is this a good thing to do, or a bad thing to do?
>The System file size increased a lot, and launching applications seemed to
>take a lot longer than normal. This friend also left a copy of an
>application called Font Harmoniser, which comes from the Suitcase II package
>upon inspection of the About... dialogue. I thought what the heck, and
>harmonised all the fonts in the fonts folder (installed with Carpetbag). I
>even found a couple of dodgy fonts that did not work (Futura family). This
>harmonising process took a long time, and did not seem to make any difference.


>After shuffling a few files around, I found that we had more fonts than I
>started with (the other guy prolly couldn't be bothered shifting everything
>into the System file.. I know I couldn't!). In the laser fonts folder, there
>were 168 files. I assume that means that I have approx 180 fonts installed
>at startup. Unfortunately, the font menu in applications were long, but it
>didn't look that long.

>Anyway, one of the biggest complaints that my parents have is all the
>different names for different styles of the same font, e.g. Helvetica,
>I Helvetica, B Helvetica, BI Helvetica, etc....  Is there a program that
>will group these fonts together, whether it produce a heirachical menu, or
>implicit selection when there is a change made from a Style menu ?
>Font Harmoniser said that it would do it, but it didn't. I don't know why.
>Do we need Suitcase II ? What about Master Juggler?

Hi Pp.. (Grin..) The file you are after is called WYSIWYG Menus. Its part of the now utils pack. It groups all the font of the same family together. Shows what the font will look like in the actuall font menu and also the size menu (ie. it shows the exact size in the menu..)

you cal also change the order the font are shown in..

Hope that helps..


>Once my parents have this fantastic selection of fonts to use, they tell me
>about when they go to the printers or publishers, with 500+ fonts installed
>on their Macintoshes. I would really like to find out how they do it without
>slowing the machine down to a crawl.


>How would one make sample sheet printouts of all the fonts? There is a PD
>program called FontPrinter, but It seems our printer runs out of memory
>very quickly, and just gives up. Is there any program that can reduce the
>size of a PostScript file? Or print selected font families instead of all
>of them at once?


>Can anyone please explain to me the difference between Type 1, Type 3,
>TrueType fonts on the Macintosh, and how they are installed? I am still
>unsure. IS there an FAQ? I have searched, but to no avail.


>Finally, on the umich archives in the fonts directory, there is a HyperCard
>stack that has previews of (apparently) freeware/shareware/PD Type 1/3/TT
>fonts available. How often is this updated? What can you do once you click
>on the mark box? Can you print out a selection, instead of having to go
>through the whole stack again?



>I know this is a long posting with lots of questions, but I would truly
>appreciate any light on the matters I have raised above. I'm a computer
>programmer, not an artist :-)

>cheers,


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