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Article #11233Re: FastFonts (was Re: Windows/Fonts)
From: Rich Carreiro
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1989 23:05
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1989 23:05
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In article <430@madnix.UUCP> perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes:
>In short, FF (every version ever released I believe) contains a bug in which
>the font flag bits are incorrectly tested to see if a given font is ok to use.
>The net effect is that a lot of fonts which are ok to use cannot be used.
You might want to try using FED on some fonts. I have no idea if this
works in general. My specific case was:
I wanted to use clean.font that comes with SONIX. I copied clean.font and
the clean directory and its contents to FONTS: I then ran ff clean.font
It said that the font was not fixed-width. I then ran FED on the font.
It was most certainly fixed-width, but I saved the font back again.
When I ran FF again, it worked.
I don't know if loading and then saving a font with FED will work in general,
though you might want to try.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!husc6!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!rlcarr From: rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Rich Carreiro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: FastFonts (was Re: Windows/Fonts) Message-ID: <9006@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 29 Jan 89 23:05:08 GMT References: <6080.AA6080@heimat> <671@intvax.UUCP> <430@madnix.UUCP> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: rlcarr@athena.mit.edu (Rich Carreiro) Distribution: usa Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 28