Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!adobe!dkletter From: dkletter@adobe.COM (Akbar & Jeff's SUPPORT GROUP for the vaguely dissatisfied) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Font menu SANITY!! Message-ID: <1985@adobe.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 90 19:10:06 GMT References: <1971@adobe.UUCP> Reply-To: dkletter@adobe.UUCP (Akbar & Jeff's SUPPORT GROUP for the vaguely dissatisfied) Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View Lines: 40 In article ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) writes: >Thankyou for that explanation, Akbar. It was very thourough. your welcome, Jeff--er John... 2;^) >But it left me with a question. You mentioned that there will be no >font/DA mover in 7.0? How, exactly, will it be different? the difference will be in the way you load your screen fonts into the system. our preliminary documentation for system 7.0 (in the Toolbox chapter) on page 45 says this about it: "In Release 7.0, the Finder will include a new mechanism for moving fonts into the system file. The new mechanism must be used to recognize, update, copy, move and remove all font resources. Existing resources ('FONT', 'FOND' and 'NFNT') will behave exactly as they currently do, whereas the new 'sfnt' resource will be integrated into the system. The user will be able to distinguish the difference between bitmaps and outlines" that's kind of sketchy but, the way i understood it was that you would only have to place your bitmaps and outlines into the system folder and then they would be automatically installed. >Would it still be possible to use my current postscript and screen fonts? most definately. Apple has made a commitment to allow our fonts and ATM to work with the new system. there would be no need to buy "new" PostScript typefaces all over again. hope this helps.--d --- "I've read all your letters and, well i have only one thing to say... get a life people! I mean, it's only a T.V. show... we, did it as a lark." --William Shatner