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From: Jerry.Bono@p23.f22.n282.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jerry Bono)
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Subject: ATM Font Families, help
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Date: 18 Mar 90 18:52:06 GMT
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In a message to All [14 Mar 90 06:30:00] John DeRosa wrote:
  >Has anyone been able to resolve the differing font names
  >within the ATM fonts and the Font pack (plus pack?, 35
  >fonts in all, counting variations of the same family).
  >
  >What I would like to do is create one suitcase with
  >all the fonts, and then get rid of the variation names
  >such as Ifontname or BIfontname and just end up with
  >the root family font names.
  >
  >I am following the advice in a recent macuser article
  >to use font harmony that comes with suitcaseII to resolve
  >this problem.  Font harmony says to fold all the fonts
  >together as a start.  By fold they mean to not put all
  >the fonts in a virgin (empty) suitcase but to begin with
  >an existing suitcase and copy everything else into it.
  >
  >They Font Harmony allows you to "harmonize" the font
  >families.  Unfortunately, nothing appears to happen.
  >Even after a restart, the font menus are the same.
  >

      Here are my comments about harmonizing fonts into one suitcase:

Don't do it if you send files to a service bureau for Linotron output.
You are asking for trouble. The screen font information may not carry
over correctly to the service bureaus setup. With the fonts harmonized,
you may be using a light weight or a black weight...and not really know
which weight you are using, and so, if the service bureau does not have
the font, you will have to supply the download font, and won't know
which ones to bring with you for output.

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