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Re: 3.0 FontPanel acceleration is broken (BUG!!?)

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From: Pascal Gaudette
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 19:49
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In article <1992Oct7.030229.27428@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> coco@cbnewsl.cb.att.com  
(felix.lugo) writes:

>  Hold the press ... I just discovered that it DOES work.
> 
>  Follow these steps:
> 
>  * Launch Edit
>  * Order front the Font Panel (Command-t)
>  * Click on the title bar to make panel key
>  * Select a Font and Typeface (say Courier-Bold12)
>  * Click on Preview and click on the preview Text object
>  * Shift-click on the Typeface already selected (i.e., Bold)
>  * Now use the arrow keys to traverse the fonts.
> 

Following these instructions, you are actually not limited to
using the arrow keys: you *can* type in the first few letters
of a font family and the panel will go to that family.
At least, it works on *my* machine...

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