Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!saul.cis.upenn.edu!hodas From: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Textures 1.3 and CM/PS Fonts 0.9: Several Steps in the Wrong Keywords: fonts PostScript installation Message-ID: <35269@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 21:17:56 GMT References: <55@sierra.STANFORD.EDU> <15840@reed.UUCP> <1991Jan3.185623.7477@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 41 In article <1991Jan3.185623.7477@Neon.Stanford.EDU> philip@pescadero.stanford.edu writes: >One thing you might try to reduce the length of the font menus is to >install the screen fonts directly in Textures, plus any other application(s) >that need them. (Obviously not practical if you need to use them in many >applications.) Actually, it is not necessary to do this for TeXTures itself. Just put the suitcases in a folder called TeX Fonts in the folder which contains the application itself. Since I don't care about having the CM fonts open in other apps this is what I do. I had hoped that I could just drop the outlines in this folder as well. I had thought this would work, by analogy to the fact that when suitcase has a font file open, any outlines in the same folder are also accessible. Unfortunately it doesn't work out. For now my solution is to put a dummy suitcase with one of my apple fonts in the TeX fonts folder and keep this suitcase open with suitcase. This is a bit of a Kludge. I am not sure how easy it would be to add this facility to Textures (ie, when it opens the fonts in the TeX fonts folder, also add any outlines there to the font path) but it would be a nice feature if possible. All in all, I like the CM/PS package. Most of the hassles are because of Apple's way of finding fonts (which was perfectly reasonable in the old days). One question, Do you (Blue Sky) plan to release the rest of the LaTeX fonts in CM form with the 1.0 release? Its kind of annoying to have to keep bitmaps around for all those left-overs. Josh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Hodas Home Phone: (215) 222-7112 4223 Pine Street School Office Phone: (215) 898-9514 Philadelphia, PA 19104 New E-Mail Address: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu