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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: more on (Re: Adobe Type manager -- Initial Reactions)
Message-ID: <1989Nov10.001215.810@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 10 Nov 89 00:12:15 GMT
References: <36164@apple.Apple.COM> <1989Nov4.193047.27277@NCoast.ORG> <36263@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac
Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH
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As quoted from <36263@apple.Apple.COM> by chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach):
+---------------
| >BTW, for those who haven't bought Suitcase II or MasterJuggler yet, do so if
| >you want to use ATM -- especially with the Plus Pack.  I have only the basic
| >font set, and my font menu is now as full as I'm willing to risk (15 fonts
| 
| I might point out that ATM seems to work just find with NFNT format fonts --
| I'm using my pre-ATM bitmaps that had all been converted to NFNT and packed
| with Suitcase II just fine. That really helps reduce font menu clutter.
+---------------

In studying my manuals, I have found out that there is in fact no limit on the
number of fonts in the System file; for some reason, I had managed to get
fonts confused with desk accessories (aided and abetted by a certain font
which I have attempted to add/remove from the System only to receive a cute
little bomb alert, which I took to be a limit on the number of fonts actually
allowed in System the first time it happened.  Accordingly, I hereby downgrade
my advice above to a friendly suggestion to people who dislike System file
clutter.  [ ;-) ]

BTW, scanning IM 4 shows that fractional widths are controlled by a Font
Manager call.  I also noticed the warnings about using it in applications
which don't expect it, but the warnings aren't so terrible as to preclude
using something like the FKeys/DAs/etc. that diddle with an application's
setting for the Font Manager scaling fonts.  Has anyone tried this, or have I
finally found a use for MPW?  [ ;-) ]

++Brandon
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