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Article #30369Re: System 6.0 only finds 10 & 12 point Times/Helvetica
From: Larry Prince
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1988 15:27
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1988 15:27
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.>I've just installed System 6.0 on my Mac II. I use Suitecase to
.>hold ALL fonts except Chicago, Geneva, and Monoco. What I noticed
.>(and it only happens with Times and Helvetica, not any others) is
.>that programs ONLY find 10 and 12 point font. I really have
.>9,10,12,... up to 54 point of both of these fonts.
.
.I ran into a similar problem on an earlier system (I've forgotten
.which). The difficulty is that the FOND in the system file doesn't
.usually know about fonts not in the system file. My solution is to
.put all the fonts of a family in the same file, although it may
.suffice just to move them in and out of the system file with the
.Font/DA Mover.
.
The Suitcase (TM) User's Manual sheds a little more light on Font
name/number conflicts...in a nutshell, all fonts of the same family
should reside in the same file (as stated above), and even then, there
may be a number conflict between fonts of DIFFERENT names in different
files. (The font "numbers" are transparant to the user.) To clear up
any potential numbering conflict, move as many fonts as possible into
one suitcase file (a suitcase file will hold up to 200 fonts), then
refile them the way you want (putting them into the same file causes an
automatic renumbering in case there are any conflicts). It sounds to me,
though, like you are are describing something a little different, perhaps
related to System 6.0. Make sure you have the latest version of Suitcase
(I have 1.2.4 per the patches posted to this newsgroup, and am patiently
awaiting 1.3 to be released by FGS...does anyone have any info on this?)
If you still have problems, call Fifth Generation Systems at (504) 291-9953.
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way attached to Fifth Generation Systems, to my
right mind, or as far as I can tell, to anything else in the known universe.
UCLA Computer Science Department
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!ucla-cs!prince From: prince@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Larry Prince) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: System 6.0 only finds 10 & 12 point Times/Helvetica Message-ID: <14591@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 20 Jul 88 15:27:18 GMT References: <12@conti.ee.tulane.edu> <12282@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: prince@cs.ucla.edu (Larry Prince) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 36